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Friday, 22 May 2009

Union Cup First Day

I have just returned from the first day of play at the Union Cup and I was left unimpressed. The rugby itself was okay for amateurs, but the whole event seems so lacklustre. There has been very little press about the event, the Kings Cross Steelers and Union Cup websites haven't been updated since last year, there was no food provided despite the limited information I saw saying there would be a barbecue, and very few spectators turned up today who weren't closely affiliated with clubs. Overall, I could have spent the day doing other things (like sitting at home on the computer knowing me).
I was also incredibly disappointed with my digital camera, which I may as well throw for all the good it did. I couldn't see the viewing screen in the daylight, as it wasn't illuminated enough, so I was basically guessing what I was taking a picture of. Every time I went to take a picture it had turned itself off, so with all the off and on-ing, the batteries were almost gone by the time we left. When I got home I found that EVERY picture I took was out of focus, with one exception. One picture, of some of the rugby action had someone standing in the foreground, he was in focus. Therefore, I have come to the conclusion that anything more than 6 feet away from the lens will be out of focus, which isn't much use at all. I knew I should have saved up for a decent camera. That's £40 down the drain. I don't think I'll even bother taking the camera tomorrow, not much point.
During today though, I did manage to get a bit of colour on my face, that colour being red!!
My whole face looks burned, but only my forehead feels it. It was difficult to judge the weather as the wind was blowing the whole day, therefore I didn't take my sweatshirt off at all. My face however was exposed and it wasn't until I got on the tube to come home that I could feel that it was a bit burned. I have put some aftersun cream on and hopefully that will ease it so that I do not look like a beetroot tomorrow.
I am going to go back to watch the rest of the tournament tomorrow, basically because I have nothing else to do, but this time I'll go prepared with some sandwiches and suncream (knowing my luck though, if I do this it will turn out that they will provide a barbecue tomorrow and it will rain).
Hopefully, tomorrow being a Saturday and not a normal work day, more people will turn up to watch.

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