It was a little grey to start with but the day brightened up and we have had full sunshine since mid-morning. Having said that, there are some threatening looking clouds just to the north of us.
The Gorse Fox set off early for today's football. The last two weeks have taught him that you have to be early to get a convenient parking space. One by one the lads turned up and were allocated their team colours. The Gorse Fox was playing for the yellows. His algorithm for selecting the teams had been thrown out by their best player deciding to play in goal... so, by half time, we were 7-1 ahead. Just as the whistle blew, however, one of the orange players pulled a muscle and had to leave the pitch. We now had to deal with a 4-v-5 situation and move a yellow player to orange to rebalance the sides. That didn't work. Before long it was 9-9 (two goals from the Gorse Fox) and they were pounding them into our net at will. It didn't help that our goalie kept rolling the ball out to their players! We adjusted the teams again, moving another player. This improved the balance. We eventually lost 11-9.
Back home and showered, the Gorse Fox returned to the conduit. He decided that the more robust rope he bought from Toolstation needed to be in place for tomorrow. The conduit was laid out in the garden and the new rope attached to yesterday's string. It only took a couple of moments and the new rope was in place. He then fed some of this rope through the off-cut from yesterday. This gives hime two lengths that he can have buried by the landscapers.
The Silver Vixen is busy in her sewing room this afternoon.
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