What a windy day..............
I don't usually volunteer at Tyntesfield on a Saturday, but today in an act of reckless abandon I did. A Martyr to not watching all the Six Nations rugby on TV, I manifestly manned the barricades against the rushing hoards. Actually due to the gales and rain in the morning the rushing H were more a moist trickle. I stayed until 4pm when after a brief lull in the pestilence, airspeed once again was at full throttle. So yet another day, about the 10th in as many days whereby the wind was the winner. When will these winds die down we all wonder. It is hard to photograph wind, so today's image is of a bent tree by the car park, leaning ominously over the footpath. That's close enough.
As for the rugby, well I got home in time to watch the astonishing 38:38 draw between England and Scotland in the Calcutta cup. Thirty minutes into the game England were 31 : 0 in the lead. By half time 31 : 7 with everyone writing off Scotland. I'm not sure what Scotland had at half time but they came out kilts flailing and romped up another 31 points by 75 minutes. Would they beat England at Twickenham for the first time in 30+ years? We all thought so, before an English push over the line 3 minutes into extra time awarded the game a draw. Brilliant rugby with all points scored via tries and conversions, just how it should be.
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