Rain stopped for play

 There was heavy rain overnight and it was still pouring down when the Gorse Fox and Ellie got up this morning. The sky was a heavy grey and it looked as if the rain had settled in for the day. 

Urban-Cub was first off the mark, taking Ellie across to LA. The Silver Vixen had cancelled her Pilates in case she was needed to look after Ellie, so she set up the living room, did her Pilates using YouTube, then went for a walk on the running machine. The Gorse Fox had football.

He headed across to Worthing and bumped into a fellow footballer in the changing rooms. He had just got out of the shower and his phone rang. He cancelled it. It rang again. He cancelled it again. This continued for a few moments. He then explained it was his daughters on a Zoom call - and given that he was in a public changing room, and still dripping wet, it would have been a bit of a surprise for them if he had taken the call. We continued to chat and he commented that as far as he could tell, the Gorse Fox has got faster during lockdown. This was good news, but he still needs to up his fitness.

Just as we strode out to the pitch, the rain stopped. It was still grey, and still windy, but at least the rain had stopped. The sides were a bit uneven today. The Gorse Fox was playing for the yellow-bibs. We concluded we were in for a pounding so two of us set up at the back to repel all comers. We almost survived the first half, conceding a single goal in the last few seconds of the half.

In the second half the Gorse Fox suggested his fellow-defender pushed up further. This had a positive effect as we started to drive them back. We won a free kick about 10 yards outside the area. A slick interchange of passes saw the Gorse Fox in wide open space and the ball was passed back to him. He blasted it and it swung right before curling left back into goal. All was even. Slowly we edged into the lead, and in the end, managed to finish the game as 5-3 winners.

This afternoon the Gorse Fox has been helping Old Bill who had a problem with the security settings on his iPad. After a bit of fiddling, it was suggested that he bring the device over and see if the message persisted on the Gorse Fox's network. It didn't. In the end, the Gorse Fox concluded that his router was broadcasting WPA as well as WPA2 security, and the WPA needed to be switched off. His router is remotely managed by his internet provider, so he'll have to phone them up and get it changed. His new iMac is due tomorrow, so he may need some more help then.