From the side lines

 Camera and notes on the game, running out of hands and it would seem options.  A football match in the Mirca area of La Palma, where we find the home of S D Tenisca. A humble (or not so humble) third division club playing in group twelve, the Canary Islands. 

Unusual isn that they own their ground and have a training facility, comprising a full size astro turf pitch, as well as their natural turf virgen de Las Nieves.

They are one of only two clubs whom own their own ground, the other being Mensajero, whose Silvestre Carillo stadium is to be found at the very top of El Puente, one of the main streets in the islands capital of Santa Cruz. 

I have access to both grounds during matchdays owing to colaboration with local radio stations, giving them updates throughout the match...and the odd photo, for local press.

All very small time.

This image from the opening game of the season Mensajero (Red shirt) With Tenisca (white) .

Many people think I am an addict to football, this is not the case. Capturing an image is what I want, and of course Spanish Radio for my continuing education. 

Anyway thanks for reading, I will continue to work on my photography and my Spanish...and of course my blog.

Domingo en La Palma

 

Storm Barbara.

 

Not quite sure when it started,

although we were in that zone

a middle entry

Or was it just the edge?

Debris danced along the street

seeking shelter from ferocious gusts

combining danger

threateaning death

life and limb in peril.

As rain lashed down

drowning hope.

But

In time tranquility returned

the countryside norm

damage assesed

breath again

until the next blast

wakes me from this dream.

 

Día del Derbi Palmero...buenos a todos..

 

Día del Derbi Palmero...buenos a todos..

Soy el escocés errante, y estoy aquí en la isla bonita de La Palma, por disfrutar para un partido especial. Los dos protagonistas en el mundo del futbol local , es decir futbol canario, encuentran hoy.

!Y que manera para arrancar la temporada¡

Mensajero con el nuevo MISTER Yurguen Hernández González entrenador del primer equipo. El entrenador ‘bagañete’, llega procedente de la EF El Cano.

El tiene un desafio hoy contra un conjunto Tenisca que se perdió el ascenso a la segunda b mientras los rojinegros jugaban en la zona de descenso.

Pero hoy es diferente, el derbi lleno de emoción y expectativas, impossible de adivinir quien va a celebrar en 90 minutos.

El grupo 12 esta differente también, motivos de COVD19, hay grupo A (Oriental) y grupo B occidental., en nuestro grupo hay 11 equipo y el otro 10. Supongo vamos a tener otro tipo de play off cuando acabara la temporada, pero la verdad es no lo sé, porque hay dudas sobre esta temporada.

Salud primero señores.

en tenisca

 

the corruption of untruths

 

Sitting in the semi dark, listening to the gusting wind, looking at mistakes, mine and those of others. Mistakes like renting instead of buying, thus making funds available to sample life in different hemispheres, on a number of trans world adventures, with maybe more to come.

A no brainer, evidently.

Wondering about greed, and where it takes us. A former footballer turned pundit signing a BBC contract worth almost 2 million a year, while the government abolishes free TV licences for those whom need it most. Can that even be true? Living away from greedy for 14 years I must rely on the media which in itself is polluted with the corruption of untruths.

Depending of course on your political leanings, and the truth you believe.

Speaking of which, how do you rate Boris and his Broadcasting Corporation? A powerpoint equation now swamped with COVID 19 problemitas and not just the illness, but economy and now of education. I suspect he is sinking in his personal mire, although like all good Tories his money and his moneyed pals will pull him out of the mess he´s made.

Although I doubt if he cares, despite his platitudes, just another greedy person.

Maybe the gusting wind will blow away my doubts, and even my no brainer opinions.

Maybe not.