It was our first hockey league match of the season today. We were playing against North Wilts, who play in Swindon which is about an hour drive from my house. As I had to pop into Bath first I allowed an hour and a half for the journey but things didn't exactly go to plan.
Unbeknownst to me there had been an accident on the motorway between the two Swindon junctions which had shut the motorway completely. The long and short of that was that I arrived about 20 minutes after what should have been the start of the game. Luckily the officials had delayed the start of the game for us, but only by 25 minutes which meant I had no time to warm up. (Not good when your 55).
Anyway we started the game with only 8 player and no goalkeeper, which is an essential position in hockey. Amazingly we were only 1-0 down at half time, by which time we were just up to full strength.
Alas, our early efforts took their toll and as our fitness wained in the second half, as we pushed for an equaliser, they got a break away goal which was then followed by another.
A disappointing start to the season losing 3-0 but I'm sure things will get better.
After I got home I went for a little walk to get some steps in (phones and hockey matches don't mix) hence the cover picture looking over the local river.
That's all for today. Thank you for reading and I'll be back tomorrow.
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