By golly they did it! We’ve always had the raw material but we don’t seem to be able to breed managers in the same way we can breed outside halves.

If this is all gobbledygook to you, it’s about rugby football. Yesterday Wales beat Ireland in Dublin to capture the Triple Crown (that’s for beating England. Scotland and Ireland) under their new manager Warren Gatland, a New Zealander. Wales having already beaten Italy, the Six Nations table as I write looks like this:

1. Wales 8 points
2. France 4 points
3. Ireland 4 points
4. England 4 points
5. Scotland 2 points
6. Italy 0 points

The big game is at 5pm next Saturday, Wales v France in Cardiff. We haven’t beaten France in Cardiff since 1999. This is for the Championship and the Grand Slam. France could win the Championship if they score an outrageous number of points. but only Wales can take the Grand Slam. Reason enough for optimism.

If there’s a Wales left, that is. Weather forecasters have been forecasting a “bomb” tonight — a storm of apocalyptic magnitude hitting the Welsh coast. We’ve been told to stay inside and keep away from coastal areas — a hard thing to do when we are a coastal area. This morning I looked out of the window and saw the highest tide I’ve seen in many years:

Compare this with the everyday view from our house, which is the calm and placid background to this blog. We’re a little apprehensive about the wind tonight. The waves we can cope with, unless they’re over 250 feet.

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