Plymouth trip - Elm win!!

Sunday was the day of the under 14 cup final involving Lewis managed by his Dad, Paul. I went down on the saturday and had a walk around Plymbridge which you can see in the first two photos. The viaduct shown has a National Trust Peregrine Falcon watch in place with telescopes set up so that walkers and cyclists can observe the nesting birds on Cann Quarry rock face. I was able to see the female feeding the chicks and have a link if you are interested.

http://www.plym-peregrines.co.uk/webcam.html

Between the two football photos is a picture of two of my nieces, Emily and Grace enjoying the early morning sunshine as we waited to set off for the football. The pictures give away the fact that they won the game and were presented with the trophy and, more importantly it seemed, the boys got to gulp down as much champagne as they could before a teammate stole the bottle off them.

Lewis was captain and betrayed inexperience in collecting the cup as he ambled up rather shyly and neglected to turn with the trophy raised aloft. It was more of an awkward semi-smile and give it someone else as quickly as possible.

The gane itself was close although the first half was dominated by Elm, Paul's team. They should hav ehad more than a one goal advantage at half time but there looked to be only one winner at that time. However, the opposition were far better after the restart and competed well trying to froce an equaliser. They didn't really create too much and it was only going to be a mistake which let them back in. During a nervous last few minutes substitutions became important in ensuring a solid midfield and defence and the ref eventually blew the whistle for a 1 - 0 victory.

Well done Lewis, Paul and Elm.