And more from our boring lives...

It seems the only thing eventful in our lives at the moment is rugby games! Bah! But here's some juicy gossip: last night, one of the "fans" verbally abused our head coach in a very threatening manner. Apparently, Shaun (the coach) was visibly shook up and admitted he should have walked away but was afraid if he turned his back on the guy, he would be physically attacked from behind. Shaun is a pretty tough guy and though he's never shown that side to me, I imagine he can be very intimidating. So for him to be shook up and fearful means this "fan" must have been very aggressive and threatening.

So apparently, despite Salford beating a few of the best teams in the league this season, when we lose, our "fans" are entitled to abuse our head coach. I'd like to blame it on the alcohol but apparently the same guy has since been on the unofficial forum proudly bragging about the altercation.

The good news is, Paul witnessed it all, we know who the guy is and we will be banning him for at least the rest of the season. Next season, he can "plead his case" but it's not guaranteed the ban will be lifted next season either. If he attempts to gain entry to one of the games during his ban, it will be extended to a life time ban and Steve will get the police involved. I don't understand people who behave this way to begin with but least of all do I understand how they think they can get away with it, especially when they go bragging about it on the internet.

And in other, slightly related good news, I think I got some really good shots from this game (one of them being to the left). I've set up a flickr account because uploading to blogspot reduces the image quality so much. All my work is up there now, including the rest from the match last night.

In Honor of Nan

Well, we lost this time but at least the sun was out and I got a few good shots.

But it occurred to me while I was watching the game that Nan would have really liked the players tight shorts. I remember she used to love watching Baseball just to see the athlete's "cute butts" lol. And I really had to laugh and think of Nan when this happened:



Sorry, Malcolm! (That's the player). It was too amusing not to take the picture.

But now for some normal photos:





And I'll leave you with a link to one of my photos used on the Official RFL (Rugby Football League) website.

Da Vinci Exhibit

It's a bank holiday in England (so we have off work) - Easter Monday. So we took the opportunity to visit the Manchester Art Gallery. I mainly wanted to go because there is currently a Da Vinci exhibit of some of his sketches from the Royal Collection.

It was very interesting and I asked Steve which was his favorite - he picked a map of a river! All those gorgeous sketches and he picks a map, lol. I think my favorite was the horse statue but I'm bias.

After the art gallery we got something to eat and it was such a nice day (imagine that in England!) we decided to walk home. Probably walked a total of 4 miles which is not like me at all. Had I known we'd walk so much I would have worn different shoes though - my heels are sore.

On another note, Salford just beat one of the best teams in the league (Leeds) which is very surprising and Steve is very excited, lol. Apparently Salford haven't beat them in 32 years so it's kind of historic!

All in all, a great day!