MIXED EMOTIONS...

  

One of those days when the emotions clash between being happy about some things but troubled by others.   The smiles came on my face late last evening when, after following their progress via TV reports, online updates and a smattering of live coverage, it emerged that Southampton had gone away to South Wales in a League Cup game at Newport County`s Rodney Parade ground and recorded an 8-0 win - the highest away victory in the Saints`136year history. 

 

Then I saw the last knockings of Hampshire Hawks` quarter final T20 cricket game away to Nottinghamshire at Trent Bridge.  It was one of those nerve fraying endings but one which saw Hampshire winning by just two runs to secure their place in the T20 finals day at Edgbaston. So two good results to be pleased with. 

But while watching the enjoyment of the crowd at the cricket it made me wonder whether the unfolding misery in Kabul or the latest coronavirus statistics that had earlier been released, had ever troubled the minds of those, perhaps myself included, who were much more concerned with the game they were watching.   For all  the enjoyment of winning, I confess that it all felt a bit `unreal.`  Maybe it`s just me but although feeling a bit of discomfort about it perhaps we need these distractions from the `real` world we live in?

And the earlier news of the passing of Don Everly and, this morning, Ted Dexter just adds to the mixed emotions I`m feeling on this grey August morning.