Day 332 - 83 all out

Saturday here is pretty much like any other day, though the traffic patterns are different, the restaurants are a bit busier and the golf courses are too.  I woke up early this morning and thought I'd check the cricket score. Hmm England all out with a slender lead and lunch was being taken with South Africa having scored a few runs for no wicket.  Rolled over and dozed some more... looked again: 3 wickets down... no 4, I mean 5...

That was it: TV on and the rest of the morning was spent enjoying the splendid performance of the England team. Who said Test cricket was boring; I found it enthralling and was bemused by how momentum can swing back and forwards in a series like this.

Once the final runs had been scored, we decided to go out floor shopping... There is an area of the house here that needs redoing: either by replacing the carpet or else possibly putting down a wood floor.  Like all such project, it risks getting bigger the more you think about it: maybe we should also take the opportunity to remove some of the moulded bookshelves...  We got a good look at what was out there and as ever, came to the conclusion that you pretty much can spend as much or as little as you want!

We had a vert pleasant lunch out, downtown in Sarasota: we had considered crossing the bridge to the beaches but the traffic looked rather daunting, so parking was bound to be a problem.

Back home for the afternoon and, on the spur of the moment, given that the sun was shining and the temperatures were up in the 80s (sorry...), we opted for a casual 9 holes together. Kathryn played some of the best golf I have ever seen here play and I managed to get off the tee reasonably well, so we both returned home happy with our efforts.  It was probably a good idea to have played today as the weather forecast for tonight and tomorrow looks dire....