This weekend I didn't have to work *gasp*!

Only because for Christmas I bought my dad tickets to the EDF Energy Cup final at Twickenham which was on Saturday. For those that don't know, the EDF cup replaced the Anglo-Welsh cup, one of the only chances on the Rugby Union calender that Welsh and English teams have the chance to meet. At the time of purchase there was no indication of who would be in the final but in the vain hope that it would be a Welsh team (Scarlets, Blues or Ospreys especially) I thought it would make a great present. You see we are a rugby mad family and especially support the Welsh contingent. Don't ask me why, that's just the way it's always been.

We were overjoyed when the semi-finals were to be fought out between the Osprey's versus Gloucester and Cardiff Blues versus Northampton. I'm quite the Osprey's fan (if you saw the video on YouTube I did when I received the new kit you'll remember my utter excitement) where as my father prefers the Scarlets or the Blues. The final was to be fought between Cardiff and Gloucester. At this my allegiance switched to the Blues and my Blues kit is winging it's way to me as I type this!

Anywho back to Saturday...we had quite good seats in the south east corner of the stadium with a great view of the pitch. Walking around in my Osprey's shirt I did get a bit of grief from the Gloucester fans but they were soon to be laughing out of the other side of their mouth. The majority of the fans were Gloucester with the odd pocket of Blues (well they did have to travel from WALES after all).

It was a great match, particularly exciting when Cardiff scored 2 converted tries within 90 seconds of each other! The final score was Cardiff Blues 50 - Gloucester 12! Here is a very happy Paul Tito (Blues captain) holding the first piece of silverware the team have won since the regionalisation of the Welsh teams:



How do I as a daughter top this as a present? Well my dad is 60 next year so I'm toying with the idea of either F1 British Grand Prix tickets or a Welsh international match at the Millenium Stadium with a night in a hotel...we shall have to see how flush I am feeling later on in the year.

Next on the planning agenda is my best friend from university is coming to stay for a few days in June. She is from Bolton and has only ever been to London once for a few hours on a school trip. I'm going to take her to Camden, Selfidges, Harrods, Oxford Street, The Rainforest Cafe and I cant think of anything else at the moment. If anyone from the South/relatively close to London can think of anything 2 girls would enjoy doing in London over a few days then feel free to leave a comment!

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