A Grand Day Out

Friday morning was spent tidying up the house. The prospective buyers showed up at 2PM and had a good look around. They seemed rather interested and made some positive sounding noises. We got the impression that they would be putting in an offer which would mean that we are likely to get six weeks notice at any moment. Later in the evening I swung past New World to score a 12 pack and wandered over to keep Wayne company. One of the kids had the trots, which threatened to put the kibosh on Saturday's grand plan.

Saturday was a most grand day out. We went over to Seddon Park, Hamilton along with Wayne and Vicky to watch the Black Caps vs Australia on day one of the second test. The kids seemed a bit better in the morning, and as Sam said she was happy to look after them even with the prospect of thermo-nuclear nappies to deal with, we headed off. We were a little late setting off, not making a move until 9:45 despite having tried to get V&W rolling by 9 using the 8:30 start ruse. The journey was uneventful and we managed to make it just after eleven. The $8 car park was full. However, we turned off the main road and parked down a side street which had no parking restrictions. This may be a trick that we shall remember. Australia were batting and were 12 for 0 so we hadn't missed too much of the action. Seddon park doesn't allow you to take booze in, but you can take in soft drinks and food so we went in fully stocked although a quantity of beer and wine was purchased at regular intervals along with a few portions of "hot" as opposed to "cold" chips. In addition, Wayne and I bought ourselves Black Caps shirts and congratulated ourselves on becoming instant Kiwis. We got market researched at one point, the focus being how much money cricket brought into Hamilton. Also, the very fine photo you see opposite was taken by a roving photographer, who was working for National Cricket Club. His camera was equipped with a thermal printer which produced a black and white image and an access code which allowed us to download the image later. Best of all this was free. I guess it must be a way of publicising the web site.

At the close of play, Australia were all out for 231, thus the day was considered a great success despite the Black Caps loosing an early wicket. We headed home getting back around 8:30. The consensus was to pick up a curry from Smart India which turned out to be rather a good plan as the nosh was quite decent. We finished off the evening with a few beers and watching the highlights of the cricket on Sky. Class.