In that dim and distant time before the credit crunch I booked flights and hotels to go to South Africa to watch the 2009 Lions trounce the Boks.
I've paid for the internal flights & hotels and have paid a deposit for the return flightto SA. I'm umming and aahing about flashing the cash for the remainder of the cost of the long - and instead simply writing off the costs already incurred. Times is tight. It feels that way anyway. Should I be wasting money on my self?
Anyway the internal flight tickets arrived yesterday. A wave of stupid optimism rolled over me & I could see Shane scoring the winning try in the corner at Pretoria. Have moved from 20% likely to go, to 80% likley to go. Brother-in-law ,who is coming with, is insistent we go. He's very persuasive.
To celebrate: here's a pic of me & Gareth Edwards in an Auckland restaurant prior to the final test vs NZ in 2005. World was a different place then. Gar was still greatest ever player though. I hereby apologise for pestering him and interrupting his meal. He was of course entirely gracious.
