Do I Still Have It?
After two unsucessful weeks in attempting to get to the 5-A-Side football (or soccer as they call it over here) I got there extra early this week and was ready to play. Usually they only let 20 people play but due to there being nobody at the reception there was about 25 this week.
More than half the people there were British and most of these were fellow Bunacers from my flight. Making up the group were a few Canadians and a couple of Germans. Football is so highly regarded in Canada that we even have to play with ice hockey goals which are very small and cut down on goal scoring chances.
Having been put in a team with Simon, Andy, Andrew, Chris and Gavin it was the moment of truth. Could I still play football after almost 4 months without kicking a ball. Both goals in an opening 2-1 victory, and the winner in the second proved I still had some ability although I was almost dying after the first game. A further two goals followed in the evening plus an awesome display in goal to keep a clean sheet, meant I had a fairly successful night of play.
It would have been even better if Keenie had managed to convert some of my passes with open goals galore at his mercy.
Ronnie Rosenthal can finally relax as his miss is no longer the worst in football history
Other than football I went to two birthday outings at the weekend. Firstly to the Steamworks for a meal and then to Malones on Saturday for Australian Jade's 21st and then to The Buffalo Club for Gareth's birthday on Sunday. The highlight of this being Gareth going onto the stage for a drinking game and then collapsing before being ushered away as he'd already had a lot to drink.
All being well I should be going to the comedy club tonight and then attentions turn to moving house next week.
We've also started planning a road trip which will take us to the other side of Canada through America in September. Here is an early draft of the route as borrowed off Simon's blog.
Day 1. Vancouver, BC to Banff, AB
Highway 1 - 550miles
Day 2. Banff, AB to Calgary, AB to Glacier National Park, MT
Highways 2 and 5 - 200miles
Day 3. Glacier National Park, MT to Bozeman, MT
Highways 89, 15, 90 - 350miles
Day 4. Bozeman, MT to Yellowstone National Park, MT
Highway 89 - 80 miles
Day 5. Yellowstone National Park, MT to Mount Rushmore, SD
Highway 212 - 450 miles
Day 6. Mount Rushmore, SD to Sioux Falls, SD
Highway 90 - 330 miles
Day 7. Sioux Falls, SD to Des Moines, IA
Highways 29 and 80 - 300 miles
Day 8. Des Moines, IA to Iowa City, IA
Highway 80 - 114 miles
Day 9. Iowa City, IA to Chicago, IL
Highway 88 - 210 Miles
Day 10. Chicago, IL
Day 11. Chicago, IL to Indianapolis, IN
Highway 65 - 180 miles
Day 12. Indianapolis, IN to Fort Wayne, IN
Highway 69 - 128 miles
Day 13. Fort Wayne, IN to Cleveland, OH
Highways 24 and 80 - 250 miles
Day 14. Cleveland, OH to Niagra Falls, NY
Highway 90 - 250 miles
Day 15. Niagra falls, NY to Albany, NY
Highway 90 - 300 miles
Day 16. Albany, NY to Boston, MA
Highway 90 - 180 miles
Day 17. Boston, MA to Cape Cod, MA
Highway 6 - 70 miles
Day 18. Cape Cod, MA to Montreal, QU
Highways 6, 93, 91 - 250 miles
Day 19. Montreal, QU
Day 20. Montreal, QU to Ottawa, QU
Highway 417 - 120 miles
Day 21. Ottowa, QU to Toronto, ON
Highway 201 - 230 miles
Day 22. Toronto, ON
Day 23. Toronto, ON to New York, NY
BUS $50
Day 24. New York, NY
Day 25. New York, NY
Day 26. New York, NY to Seattle, WA to Vancouver, BC
FLIGHT $150, BUS $40
Total cost including spending money, accomodation, rental, flights and car should be about $2,500 Canadian.
More than half the people there were British and most of these were fellow Bunacers from my flight. Making up the group were a few Canadians and a couple of Germans. Football is so highly regarded in Canada that we even have to play with ice hockey goals which are very small and cut down on goal scoring chances.
Having been put in a team with Simon, Andy, Andrew, Chris and Gavin it was the moment of truth. Could I still play football after almost 4 months without kicking a ball. Both goals in an opening 2-1 victory, and the winner in the second proved I still had some ability although I was almost dying after the first game. A further two goals followed in the evening plus an awesome display in goal to keep a clean sheet, meant I had a fairly successful night of play.
It would have been even better if Keenie had managed to convert some of my passes with open goals galore at his mercy.
Ronnie Rosenthal can finally relax as his miss is no longer the worst in football historyOther than football I went to two birthday outings at the weekend. Firstly to the Steamworks for a meal and then to Malones on Saturday for Australian Jade's 21st and then to The Buffalo Club for Gareth's birthday on Sunday. The highlight of this being Gareth going onto the stage for a drinking game and then collapsing before being ushered away as he'd already had a lot to drink.
All being well I should be going to the comedy club tonight and then attentions turn to moving house next week.
We've also started planning a road trip which will take us to the other side of Canada through America in September. Here is an early draft of the route as borrowed off Simon's blog.
Day 1. Vancouver, BC to Banff, AB
Highway 1 - 550miles
Day 2. Banff, AB to Calgary, AB to Glacier National Park, MT
Highways 2 and 5 - 200miles
Day 3. Glacier National Park, MT to Bozeman, MT
Highways 89, 15, 90 - 350miles
Day 4. Bozeman, MT to Yellowstone National Park, MT
Highway 89 - 80 miles
Day 5. Yellowstone National Park, MT to Mount Rushmore, SD
Highway 212 - 450 miles
Day 6. Mount Rushmore, SD to Sioux Falls, SD
Highway 90 - 330 miles
Day 7. Sioux Falls, SD to Des Moines, IA
Highways 29 and 80 - 300 miles
Day 8. Des Moines, IA to Iowa City, IA
Highway 80 - 114 miles
Day 9. Iowa City, IA to Chicago, IL
Highway 88 - 210 Miles
Day 10. Chicago, IL
Day 11. Chicago, IL to Indianapolis, IN
Highway 65 - 180 miles
Day 12. Indianapolis, IN to Fort Wayne, IN
Highway 69 - 128 miles
Day 13. Fort Wayne, IN to Cleveland, OH
Highways 24 and 80 - 250 miles
Day 14. Cleveland, OH to Niagra Falls, NY
Highway 90 - 250 miles
Day 15. Niagra falls, NY to Albany, NY
Highway 90 - 300 miles
Day 16. Albany, NY to Boston, MA
Highway 90 - 180 miles
Day 17. Boston, MA to Cape Cod, MA
Highway 6 - 70 miles
Day 18. Cape Cod, MA to Montreal, QU
Highways 6, 93, 91 - 250 miles
Day 19. Montreal, QU
Day 20. Montreal, QU to Ottawa, QU
Highway 417 - 120 miles
Day 21. Ottowa, QU to Toronto, ON
Highway 201 - 230 miles
Day 22. Toronto, ON
Day 23. Toronto, ON to New York, NY
BUS $50
Day 24. New York, NY
Day 25. New York, NY
Day 26. New York, NY to Seattle, WA to Vancouver, BC
FLIGHT $150, BUS $40
Total cost including spending money, accomodation, rental, flights and car should be about $2,500 Canadian.
posted by Paul Banks at 3:35 PM
2 Comments:
Tut tut, reduced to stealing off my blog. Im so outraged im going to leave now in search of another job
Yes, stealing off your blog is very much like a Sunderland game. Sunderland do all the tiresome work and then the opposition come in and steal all the glory.
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