Clarification

Just to clarify, I wrote something about being 'sober enough to see and hear the Cardiff fans clearly' which in hindsights suggests that I (at the rugby) am normally too bladdered to be able to perform two of the human body's basic functions (seeing and hearing). This is actually quite false, it's just that normally I am a couple of pints to the better, and paying more attention to what's happening on the field than to the abusive Welsh tw*ts next to me.

Also, don't think yesterday's blog told the full story - when R and I got to Cardiff, we went to a pub (the Owain Gyndyr) and asked for a non-alchoholic beer. Cue sarcy (sarcastic, not saucy) comments from a fellow barman, and our barman scouring every single fridge before declaring, "No sorry".

We left sharpish and went to another unpronouncable Welsh pub next door. There waiting for us was Alc free Becks. The barman had to decant it into plaggy pint glasses as we were standing outside the pub. We got him to chuck another bottle each in the glass, so to the outside world we just looked like two ordinary rugby fans enjoying a pint. But looks can be deceiving, halfway down the glass and we couldn't stand the taste of it any more.

The moral - alc free shandy tastes okay - on its own drink only in small doses.