Another weekend gone

Where did it all go? Whilst England enjoys the last few days of the school holidays and their own bank holiday weekend, Scotland is 2 weeks back into the daily grind of school and work, and the next bank holiday is not until mid September. This weekend saw the start back for most of the sports clubs, which means being a taxi for the weekend.
Saturday morning started early with Emma returning from her run trying to find the owners of one of those Lassie type dogs she'd found wandering around on the dual carriage way. The police dealt with it. Then it was a quick dash to Edinburgh to George Watsons School where kids are special (around £2900 a term sort of special) for Isabelle's game of hockey. Needless to say the Watson's lot won. The main difference between them and Dunbar was that they 1. Know the rules of hockey 2. Watson's have teachers who are sent to the tower if they don't get results, as opposed to Dunbar who don't have a teacher at all, but a team of dedicated volunteers 3. That they know how to play hockey from a young age at Watsons whereas Dunbar started it in S1 but had more games cancelled than played. These minor set backs are soon to be overcome. Emma is joining forces with some of the other mums to coach the girls and it seems that there is a bit more enthusiasm all round.
Straight from Watson's, we went to Dalkieth for an afternoon of athletics. The East Lothian competition is a good way of giving the younger kids a try at the sport, and for local experienced athletes a chance to out do each other. The problem with athletics is that your event is over and done really quickly, so it can be hours of waiting around for 20 seconds of sport. Frustrating but I am not sure how else it can be done.
Today was another early start as Andrew's football team have moved up to the higher level of the Edinburgh football league. The games were always going to be tougher so it was encouraging to see Dunbar make an early 2-0 lead over the Spartans. Sadly this changed quite a bit and by the end of the match it had been turned around to a 7-4 lose. That score line only reflected the poor performance of the last 15 minutes, so I don't think they should be too down. Andrew got man of the match for his 2 goals so it was a good trip really. Finally, I am following my marathon training to the letter, so to round off I did my 12 mile run, followed by watching the Titanic. Watching the Titanic is not part of the training, but it is Andrew's homework as they are dong a project on it. The scene where Kate Winslet gets her buoyancy aids out is obviously not suitable for a class of sniggering 11 year olds.