Popped down to the test match on Thursday. Sri Lanka v Pakistan - 4th day. Not the most exciting afternoon of cricket and it was hardly full, but C appreciated the chilled atmosphere, J had some space to run around, and we sat in seats that only cost 80p.
More to the point, we were on TV! The camera lingered on the whole family (it was right in our faces) and apparently Sophie was a natural, acting just like she did not even know she was on television. Amazing for one so young. We learned all this from our friend Jonty watching the match in Northern India.
At stumps for the day we popped down to the Galle Face Hotel for a sandwich and a sundowner. The hotel seemed to have more of an atmosphere of the troubled country that this is. The view one way was of the sunset (and me and S),
and the other way was towards the swimming pool, with an unfinished building behind it, on top of which was a fairly prominent machine gun encampment. You can just about see it below:
Dear S/C/J/S
ReplyDeleteGreat to see and hear about all the good things your achieving. It was hard leaving after 2 weeks; 2 months will be incredibly tough I would imagine. An avid follower and loving the sports day pics on Flickr. Love to all - Gav