Saturday 20 June.
We were up at our usual time and I made the breakfast. Still no training, my leg is getting better but I don't want to risk damaging it again before it is fully healed. I spent the morning after I had completed the prize crossword in the 'Telegraph' working on the outside of our bedroom window. The varnish had dried in the harsh sunlight and was starting to flake. This window was really bad, the others appear to be all right for now. I rubbed the wooden frame down with sandpaper then gave it a good wash. Once it had dried I began to apply the varnish. There were old two tins with varnish in the garage, both were fluid and looking good even after lying there for a couple of years. One was a meranti varnish stain and I began with that but it was very thin and watery, also it didn't give a good finish. I tried the other one which was a clear varnish. It didn't add much colour but it did go on thickly snd should provide a better protection for the wood. I said to Moira that if we were staying here it would be better to look into changing to either aluminium window frames or plastic ones. We would just have to make sure we could get them in brown or the rest of the residents would complain. When I finished it was looking not bad but may be better with another coat. The garage door that I did yesterday is looking very smart indeed.
We had an early lunch and, dressed in our whites, set off for the social bowls at 'Tweni club. When we got there the car park was full and when we looked there were bowlers already out on the green. We couldn't understand why they would start so early then saw that they were playing across the green, the direction reserved for competitions. We assumed there was something on and headed for Southport instead. A lot of the people there remembered us from before and we got a warm welcome, they are a friendly bunch. We got our tabs in, it only cost R10 for visitors.
They were playing trips and I was down as No2 for my side with Geoff from 'Tweni as skip. He said that there was a KBA competition on at 'Tweni today and that was why he was here as well. I had a reasonable game considering I haven't played in 2 years. Once I played a few ends I gradually got a feel for the green and started to get in some good shots. But we were well beaten, Geoff didn't have a good game and the opposing skip, she played very well. Moira said she had played quite well and only lost there match on the final end. At the tea break we were officially welcomed by the club President and there was also cake to go with the tea, it was somebody's birthday. At the end the opposing No2 bought me a beer but when I wanted to return the favour he said to get him a drink the next time we were there. I had a good chat with Geoff afterwards and recalled the names of the people who played at 'Tweni years ago when we were members there. It was 5pm when we were heading up the road and home again. It had been an enjoyable afternoon and our games can only improve the more we play.
I put on the TV as soon as we got in from the bowls for the 5th and final ODI between England and NZ. The visitors had completed their innings and had only made 283 then the rain had come on. They were showing the highlights of the previous games until the weather brightened up. It did at 6:30 pm our time and they were now having blue skies in Durham where the match was being played. The game was now reduced because of the interruption and by the Duckworth Lewis calculation England had to make 192 in 26 overs to win. They made heavy weather of it and were reduce to 45/5 then Jonny Bairstow from Yorkshire, I think his father David was wicket keeper for the county and England when we lived there, steadied the ship and they won comfortably in the end. It was quite a good match and the series has been very exciting and enjoyable to watch.
We got to bed shortly after the cricket finished, there was nothing else worth watching on the TV tonight.
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