Meeting Tigger Lamb Girl......

Arrow marks the spot where we sat!

When I had a phone call from Tigger Lamb Girl telling me, that she was coming to Bristol to watch her son play in a cricket match, and asking me if she I would like to join her I naturally jumped at the chance. TLG and I have spoken on the phone before so I had a feeling that we would get on fine. TLG offered to make a picnic which was so kind of her (you all notice how quickly I agreed!. My meagre contribution was a couple of small bottles of sparkling wine and some English strawberries).
The cricket match was at Clifton College which only happens to be a few miles from where I live and we met up outside the college. The school has several different sports field in the area and we did have a bit of chase around before we finally found the correct pitch. TLG told me she was lucky with parking and I couldn't believe my eyes when there was a space right outside the gates (this reminds me of daughter, Beccy who also has a parking fairy looking after her)!

We settled down in a shady spot to enjoy a delicious late lunch (around 3pm) and watch the cricket. TLG had thought of everything. She had made a tasty artichoke dip, which I loved (I want to try it on embee and I can't remember the quantities so if you are reading this TLG you could post the recipe~ I'm sure there will be others who might like to try it). There was a lovely homemade quiche and salad, and a wonderful salad dressing. Now I am not at all keen on eating olives, and although there were olives blended into the dressing, I loved the combination of tastes and it was perfect. I don't know why I didn't take any photos of the picnic, that was a bit stupid of me!

Like many people, TLG does not like to have her photo on blogs, so I only took a couple of her taking photos of her son, from a distance. I'm waiting to hear whether she will let me use one of those. She did take a few of me (which I haven't yet vetted!!!) this includes a few that her son took, back at my house with Embee.

I cannot believe how quickly the afternoon passed, I managed to take some video clips of TLG's son playing. He batted well, hitting several fours which helped boost his team's score. The teams were well matched, but yesterday it was the Clifton team who managed to win overall.

I am always a bit nervous and shy when I meet new people, and I'm a different generation so I wondered if we would find enough in common! However, I needn't have worried, TLG is so warm and friendly and we chatted about all sorts of things and had a thoroughly enjoyable afternoon. I don't think I made too bad an impression because she has invited me to visit.

P.S In case anyone is wondering, TLG's son is a very polite and charming young man, who, in my opinion, will have the girls beating a path to his door in a few years time!

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