Camden Quest

A fairly quiet week, I guess. Busy, but not exactly exciting or all that interesting.
Getting tickets for the Cup final at Wembley is proving to be somewhat difficult.
Physio is going fairly well, the running has dropped off a bit due to a cold, so not much training while I get over it.
A few drinks out after work on Friday night with the work crew, which was a nice way to end the week, although it looks like I’ve somehow managed to get roped into organising a darts tournament for work. It should be easy enough, especially if I can wangle some sponsorship pounds out of it!!

Saturday was another trip to White Hart Lane to see Spurs take on Manchester United. Massive game in which Spurs took the lead part way through the first half, only to have Man U equalise after time before the ref blew his whistle for full time. Diabolical game all up, with the ref being either on the take for Manchester or completely incompetent. Leyton Hewitt would have called him a spastic one more than one occasion, for sure! And when you get an entire stadium including both sets of fans chanting “Can we have a referee!” you’d think he’d get the idea to pull his finger out and lift his game...

Sunday arvo saw us back to Camden Market with a lot more hours than last time to explore it. This market is HUGE. It just kept going and going and going. It was like a massive labyrinth, with so many stalls it was incredible. Cyber Dog, the rave store, was an amazing stall, that was its own maze, but unfortunately you weren’t allowed to take any pictures in there. You’ll have to just make do with this pic of a part of the market known as ‘The Stables’.
There was so much stuff on offer, I even managed to locate some of the old Matchbox Models of Yesteryear cars, and even the first ever one that I had as a kid - except that was before I worked out that they were collectable and actually played with them! This one was in mint condition and still in its box. I also found another old toy of mine - a Dinky Toys’ Thunderbird 2 - I sold mine years ago for $200, and this one was going for £300!!! (roughly $700)
But even with such a plethora of things to find, I didn’t end up finding what I was looking for - a long coat. Okay, I’ll admit to being rather fussy in exactly what style, colour and fit I was after. The fit was what proved to be the biggest problem as either all the English have short arms, or mine are just longer than average. The other problem was that when the arms did finally fit, the body of the coat was just too big - must be that obesity problem you keep hearing about over here... At least I managed to pick up an old style long sleeve cycling jersey and a cycling jacket for £10 (well, their tags showed £10 and £5 respectively, but when I said how’s the two for £10, they said ‘yes’) - so much for $45-$65 each back home!!
We also discovered that if you’re still there at the market at just before close, all the food stalls start dropping their prices considerably and are even open to haggling - two curries, rice and a naan for £2, thank you very much.

Just a quick note to say THANKS to those of you who have donated to my marathon effort!! It’s just broken £200!! Only £1,300 to go!!
http://www.justgiving.com/aussierunner if you’d be so kind, with all monies going to the Spinal Injuries Association who help paraplegics and quadriplegics regain a life.
Cheers!!