Cross-posted from Rudyard Crippling (The Wench’s ref-in-training) Earning My Stripes blog on his derby ‘misadventures’.

As I sit here to scrawl down this latest entry, Portsmouth is currently covered in a very Christmassy looking blanket of snow, which is kind of a rarity around here, especially seeing how we are located next to the sea, which generally ensures that everything gets covered in a thick layer of salt, meaning as a result of this that most snow rarely settles let alone falls here, so it’s nice to actually have some proper snow weather for a change. Continue reading →