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Rugby Losses

March 20, 2021 by Simon Robinson Leave a Comment

We watched Leinster Rugby host Ospreys for a very rare home loss. We can’t go to home games due to the pandemic and so we watched on TV. There was a degree of horror for home supporters as Ospreys scored 21 points in the last twelve minutes to win by 24 point to 19. Leinster had the game in the bag from half time but did nothing to consolidate their 19-3 advantage.

Heineken Champions Cup Final Twickenham 2012
Leinster won 42-14 over Ulster in an ‘All Ireland Final’.
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Filed Under: Fake Memoir Tagged With: leinster rugby, rugby, travel

Rugby Shot

November 23, 2020 by Simon Robinson Leave a Comment

I really don’t know why I like this photo of schoolboys I took this day seven years ago.

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Filed Under: Fake Memoir Tagged With: photography, rugby

Nine Years On

October 5, 2020 by Simon Robinson 1 Comment

It’s a shame that not everyone has the opportunity to visit New Zealand. Sometimes, our planets align and there are multiple reasons to do something. Let’s face it, visiting the other side of this planet requires unusual alignments.

0630 AM walk on Pauanui Beach this day 2011.
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Filed Under: Fake Memoir Tagged With: geophysics, icebreaker, new zealand, photos, rugby, RWC, simonscarves, travel

Sea and Light

October 2, 2020 by Simon Robinson Leave a Comment

Mariner's Church, Dun Laoghaire. Reflection in a puddle by the seaside.
Sea and light.
Mariner’s Church, Dun Laoghaire.

The day started with a walk. The church spire reflected in a puddle seemed painterly. No longer a church, it is somewhat diminished if described as the maritime museum spire reflected in a puddle. A building in which we have attended civil wedding ceremonies that are enriched by the maritime icons that symbolise journeys of hope in this life rather than what many see as the cruel and debasing imagery of the supplanted Christian ethos.

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Filed Under: Fake Memoir Tagged With: astronomy, coliemore harbour, harvest moon, maritime museum, photographers ephemeris, photography, photos, rds, rugby, the muglins, x-t3

Journal 132 Day 100

July 10, 2020 by Simon Robinson Leave a Comment

I started this series of daily journals on March 1st when my preoccupation was the preparation for a walk from Manchester to Rome. I’d already realised that the coming pandemic might postpone it. Nonetheless, since I planned to journal the walk, practice was required.

Twelve days later, I wrote that I’d been discharged from prostate cancer care but the bigger news was the confirmation, on the same day, of a tumour in our eldest daughter, that confirmation coming three days before I started the journal. There’s always an element of denial with the arrival of cancer but by the 27th journal, a strange day, her treatment had started. The treatment continues and will continue for many months to come.

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Filed Under: Anchoritism, Fake Memoir, ManRom2021 Tagged With: birds, cancer, cladistics, rugby, walking

Sports Service

June 19, 2020 by Simon Robinson Leave a Comment

The numbers 7, 34, 46 and 93 probably don’t mean much to you. They represent four of my favourite motorcycle racing champions who carried those numbers for most of their wins. Texan Kevin Schwantz only won the world championship once and though he carried 34 the rest of the time and it’s been retired in his honour, he chose to use #1 for the 1994 season. Who? 

Texas 2013: Marquez takes poll and then wins his first MotoGP
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Filed Under: Anchoritism, Fake Memoir Tagged With: booklink, michael aylwin, motogp, rugby, travel

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