Monday, November 28, 2005

Wales: Not All Bad

I made my first visit to the Millennium Stadium in Cardiff on Saturday, and darned impressed I was too. Pretty much everything about it is "a good thing". It's convenient (so close to the railway station: why would anyone ever drive there?), warm and dry (the roof was closed), atmospheric (again, the closed roof might have helped), has good sightlines (we were pretty much at ground level, but had a feel for the whole game), the staff (both security and bar) were courteous and efficient, and the marshalling for getting back on return trains was organised and sensible. Oh, and seeing the Aussies lose wasn't exactly the worst of it either.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/rugby_union/international/4467712.stm

Just 2 gripes, neither of them the fault of the Stadium. (1) Just how little bladder control must one have to need to urinate in hand basins and rubbish bins when the queues for the urinals were minimal? (2) How did First Great Western manage to display a "Last Trains" notice which showed the last train to Paddington leaving 30 minutes before a specific train onto which I had booked? When I asked the station staff about this, I got the refreshingly frank answer that "That's been confusing us all day too".

Comments:
//For whom does one cheer?//

It's a good question, and one I hadn't resolved by kick-off. However, in the words of the cliche, I really was able to hope that "sport was the winner", and it made a refreshing change to be watching a match without any emotional attachment to either side.

Ultimately, as the pints of Brains took hold, I and my new friend in the row in front resolved the dilemna by singing "Ireland's Call" loudly. That confused 'em.
 
This is confusing. They let Shed into Wales, understandable because the English wanted rid but why earth did they let him out/back in again?

AND...... why did you catch a train. Surely a brisk 140 mile bicycle ride would have been much better?
 
Mags it's English cottages they burn in Wales... not Sheds...
 
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