Life had been hectic - preparing for a trip to South Africa with my parents to celebrate their Golden Wedding. As a result this blog took a back seat for a while. We arrived home yesterday after a fantastic trip, but more of that later.
Yeovil was our last congress before the trip, a lovely, friendly congress. We have found a quiet, tranquil campsite about 20 minutes drive away. It's good to get back in the evening and get the charcoal oven going. (Once we've finished cooking it also provides heat in the tent).
This time John played and I looked after the books. Unfortunately he didn't do as well as normal (too much on his mind?). The congress takes place in a primary school with plenty of parking and space outside. The open and major are in the gym, whilst the other sections are in the school hall. It can therefore get interesting coming up to time control, with only one official arbiter, but as John and I have both passed our arbiter's exams we step in to help out at that time.
It was good to see all the 'usual suspects' again, probably the last tournament we will all play in before the British Championships in Great Yarmouth.
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