There seems to be some kind of football competition going on…
Ok. I’m determined not to spend the next month complaining about the World Cup. I’m going to do my best to just ignore whenever possible. And this is actually going to be a positive post about the World Cup.
You see, it all looks very depressing when you see the wall-to-wall tv coverage and the jingoistic tabloid coverage, but until Saturday I’d forgotten the best thing about the World Cup – empty streets.
I was out in Balham on Saturday afternoon and there were probably a quarter of the normal number of people that you’d expect to see at that time. It was great. I blew it slightly by walking home during half time. There are bars on both sides of the road at the end of my road and at half time people were grabbing a bit of fresh air and both pavements were packed with people and getting past them wasn’t easy. But that was a small price to pay.
I understand that the next England game is a 5pm on Thursday. I’m looking forward to an extremely pleasant tube journey home.
I was walking about town last Thursday afternoon and it was like somebody had dropped a neutron bomb: I wonder what it’ll look like if England reach the final.