Saracens - A pre-Marathon Interlude

Just a quick post (before we talk about the BIG day), to let you all know about a very pleasant interlude we took at Vicarage Road last week, managing to combine a day at the rugby with a bit of fundraising as well!

Witness this motley crew, as they lurk around the entrance to the ground - a positively villanous collection of St Albans ne'er do wells. AND at least three of them are Welsh....oh, and another one was Nick Turner.

The day started extremely well, with a fine breakfast Chez Lewis consisting of tea and Sue's finest Scottish Square Sausage Rolls - A truly rare delicacy perfect for Sunday mornings. The more hungover the better.

Shirt came up trumps by transporting us over to Watford in the Tabard Bus - massive thanks for that fella - and I managed to provide some fine Single Malt to fill up the crew's hip flasks - this was of course entirely necessary on medical grounds given the snow that was covering the ground that morning!

So, off we went to the game for an afternoon of fun and rugby. We managed to turn up on time, which is more than Ospreys did!

Shirt even displayed further creative skills by taking some action shots - even getting the very moment here when Jackson slotted another penalty for Sarries. Although given the size of this picture, perhaps we should run a spot the ball competition....

It was a fine win for Saracens in the end, and a difficult time for Messrs Lewis, Evans and, er, West (my brother, not me). It only got worse as Cardiff lost to Toulouse as we were tucking into Sunday roast at the Farriers Arms. Thank God the Cardiff football team won for some Welsh redemption!

So why post these details? Well firstly, cos it was lots of fun, secondly, because Shirt sent me lots of photos, and thirdly because despite it being a very gentle and impromptu fundraiser, we still managed to stick the best part of £200 in the ladies' charity funds....

Well done one and all! Roll on Munster in the semi final.....