She joined us for the big quiz on Friday night, and helped us to a frustrating third place out of more than 40 teams. Frustrating because we have been second and third and third and second so many times, but have never won it.
This year a round on the songs of Kylie Minogue caught us out. For a start, we couldn't work out where one clip finished and the next one started.Lovely girl, though.
We looked round the table for inspiration - Mrs H, Younger Daughter, The Caerphilly Kid, Caerphilly Kid's daughter, Bazza, Other Bazza, Lee, Shaun, Mrs Shaun, Their Friend....it was a big team, but none of us Kylie fans.
On Saturday I was warm and dry in the press box while Mrs H and Younger Daughter suffered the wind and rain on the Pop Side, and defeat at the hands of Rotherham United.
And that's when winter really kicked in.
Gale force winds tugged at the slates on the roof overnight and squalls came in like someone throwing handfuls of gravel at the windows.
Nine ships sheltered out in the bay - tugs, tankers, cargo ships and coasters. Time is money, so it must have been bad out beyond the protection of the headlands to drive them into the bay to drop anchor for the night.
Flotsam appeared on the beach when we went down there with Reg and Baxter. It won't be long before the winter jetsam joins it - washing powder boxes from Europe, plastic pots with Japanese script on them, lengths of rope and net and odd shoes.
Fulton Mackay made a whole house out of it in 'Local Hero'. Maybe I'll do the same down at Saltern Cove.
Wow, Reg, that's rather a large quiz team you had there. You would have been banned from doing that down our way. We also came joint third and some know-all blighters from the next village were first, again.
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