Sunday 2nd October
2011 More Swimming and Church |
Given the heat and a strange hotel bed, I slept well. I woke at around 7am and watched Match of the Day; Sue slept until 8:30. Our room rate included breakfast. Service was not outstanding .. there didn't seem to be enough staff, but we did get a reasonable breakfast. My cough seems to have returned this morning. Hopefully it will ease through the day. Today, we have the Hampshire Schools Relays. There is always confusion about entries, but we do have plenty of time. Many of the events are straight finals. We will take a minimal competition setup, two computers, one shared printer and one network cable. Our next challenge is to get home before roads close for the Basingstoke Half Marathon, which we did. Our house was pretty chaotic when we got back, with 3 little people playing very busily. Cathy and the Jackson family left around noon, which gave us just about time to get things ready for the swimming competition. As expected, we got teams that we weren't expecting. Managing the
competition using "proper" meet management software meant that we could
cope with late entries. There were one or two minor problems: Despite this, the competition went through smoothly and we were finished in time to go to the Evening Service at St. Mary's. Both Sue and I were very tired and struggled to maintain concentration on the sermon. This was based on Acts 11 and 13 and looking at what made the church in Antioch so strong. There were however some really inspiring words in the choice of songs All my days I will sing this song of gladness, How firm a foundation, ye saints of the Lord, In every condition in sickness and health, Fear not, I am with you, O, be not dismayed! Richard Keen 2003. As usual lots of people wanted to know how I am. After church, we
went to McDonalds for a sumptuous dinner. |