Nine years ago I travelled to the UK in the wake of my husband who wanted to see the Springboks play live in the RWC. We got tickets for Birmingham and Newcastle, Springboks vs. Samoa and vs. Scotland. It was a really, really wonderful experience … Continue reading Rugby World Cup 2015
The older we get we seem to collect less and less tangible memorabilia. I’ve never been one to buy the usual tourist trinkets that more often than not end up as dust collectors on shelves. I would rather buy wearables. We brought back a hat … Continue reading Travelling Light
I wanted to illustrate not quite a ruckus by showing a rugby ruck. Now my husband (who is the rugby expert in our family) tells me that this is not even a ruck.
Therefore I present: Half a ruckus. A ruc.
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The man in pink is Nigel Owens, well-known Welsh rugby union referee, telling the scrum what to do. This was the game Scotland v. South Africa in Newcastle in pool B of the Rugby Wold Cup 2015.
And this is why I like rugby (as compared to say, football or soccer):
During the Rugby World Cup in 2015 we were in Newcastle for the match between Scotland and South Africa. This was on the day before and a team from the SABC (South African Broadcasting Corporation) were happy to do an interview with a German supporting the Sprinkboks. We don’t know if this snippet was ever seen in South Africa or whether it landed on the cutting floor.
The Ragtag Daily Prompt: Interview.
Five years ago I was on my first visit to the UK. My camera was brand new, I had no tripod and very little experience with taking photos. But I wasn’t going to be deterred. I ventured out in the middle of the night from our B&B to take pictures of the blood moon (breaking my glasses in the process).
The next day we visited Stratford-upon-Avon and I stood in front of the house of one of my heroes and found out that taking photos with lots of others milling about wasn’t that easy.
We went on to Birmingham where I looked at the canals.
But our main purpose in being there was the Rugby World Cup and of course, seeing the Springboks – playing Samoa (well, not really but we took the tickets we could get). It was my first life rugby game and it was grand! Later we saw the Bokke play Scotland in Newcastle and that was even better. I didn’t know whether I would be allowed to bring my camera so I only have a few shots from the actual game, taken with my cell phone.
Birmingham had some great sights on offere like the most amazing library building and of course, I met the Floozy in her jacuzzi:
Linked to Friendly Friday: Anniversaries.
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