PB Week: Jury service, swimming in the sea and some great football
It has been a strange week as I have had jury service but without 'the sitting in court deliberating bit' as many of the defendants took 'court fright' and pleaded guilty at the last minute writes Andrew Tjaardstra, editor, Professional Broking.
Also, it appears Easter is a fortunate time to carry out 'one of the most important duties of a citizen' as judges don't sit the day before Good Friday or the day after Bank Holiday Monday. The waiting area has become rather sophisticated with broadband access, Sky News and the delivery of the London evening papers; however, the coffee machine was simply awful, in fact a crime against coffee. Also, I would like to know who decided we should each be allowed £5.39 per day for food, surely our MPs could not cope with that amount.
Easter
Do you remember Easter? It seems a while ago now, but I had a nice family holiday in south Pembrokeshire, Wales in Tenby. After a cliff walk and buoyed by the superb weather, I went swimming in the sea, only to leave it after half a minute because it was absolutely freezing (as I had been advised); luckily I managed to warm up in an outdoor heated swimming pool soon after. I can thoroughly recommend Pembrokeshire as a great place to get away from it all, and try and go in the summer if you want to go swimming in the sea.
Sport
This week has been a fantastic week for football with Liverpool and Chelsea entertaining the nation with a humdinger of a match on Tuesday night. Were you lucky enough to be in the crowd? Let us know. With Arsenal and Manchester United going through last night, Wembley should be a very happy place this coming week-end, as the FA Cup semi-finals get underway. I'll be there supporting the one non-European Champions' semi-finalist – Everton.
This Saturday I will be at Twickenham with a bucket raising money for Mulitple Sclerosis, so if you happen to be going to the EDF Anglo-Welsh Cup Final – please give generously!
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