Ping Pong

My project for my final year in uni is looking at loneliness in older people through their home environments and their local community. Through the research I have been doing, so many support networks have come to light as well as the achievements of the oldest old. I seem to have missed all the screenings of Ping Pong over the summer months but I'm going to buy the DVD of the film, about octogenarians and older who compete in tabletennis tournaments around the world - it looks incredible!

London 2012

One week has passed since that magnificent opening ceremony at the Olympic stadium in Stratford - what a display of British eccentricity! Since then we have been attached to our TV screens, Olympic apps and even been out to watch. Last Saturday we went out to Kingston to watch the men's road race pass by and today we went along to BT London Live at Hyde Park and watched the track cycling, and at both the atmosphere was fantastic. Team GB brought in two golds and we also saw the women's team pursuit (with Jo Rowsell, who was in my class at school) smash the world record. Roll on the final tomorrow - GO TEAM GB!

Trot Trot

This weekend Louise and I popped up to Warwick to visit Fiona. She's taken up polo at uni so we went to watch her playing in the nationals. I knew nothing about the sport before but now I wouldn't mind a horse riding lesson myself (wish list!) The horses were gorgeous, I fell in love with a dog - a Patterdale originating from the Lake District - and I thought an old barn converted into a club house was very sweet and rustic.