The moment I touched down from Liverpool it was a quick change and then straight to a Hounds football final in York where Andy was playing his third football match since we had got back! It was a big change from watching the sun-drenched ‘soccer’ matches back in Oz whilst sat in my fold-out chair with sun cream on…I was dithering in my big puffy jacket and scarf! At first I found it incredible that every man and his dog bring their chairs along with them to every game, standing at the side of a pitch is unheard of! The pitches were also a bit worse for wear compared to over here, they won’t even play here if there’s a cloud in the sky so there’s no sliding about on a muddy pitch. Unfortunately the Hounds didn’t win, but it was good to see everyone (who I used to spend every weekend with for the last 10 years) again.
After the game Andy, my brother Stuart and I met up with his girlfriend Michelle for drinks and food in York It was great to go to Oscars – the kick start of many a good night out. We then worked our way down from Varsity, Bar 38 which isn’t Bar 38 anymore, Casa which isn’t Casa anymore and then to Yates – which has always been Yates! Later on Andy and I got the fun bus back to Selby to meet the football boys out in t’Londsborough. It was a really good laugh and weird seeing everyone there just as though we’d never left.