Ollie

@ollieroo.bsky.social

Trip The Light Fantastic

New season, new coffee machines in the Eurostar lounge...and everything paper. Good thing I've decided not to have any alcohol before London because wine or any spirit in a paper cup feels wrong.

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Even if it’s just me, I am massively relieved we didn’t get Vinicius. Obviously, you could also say today it was clear he didn’t really fancy us, which adds up.

It's past 11pm and there's still nearly as many people queuing for ice cream in Rue Soufflot as there were when I got to the pub. It'd better be fucking good....

One year ago, in Nice, we ended up in a bar with a screen showing Trump handing some trophy to Cuntski. I decided there and then I’d skip the actual World Cup. Glad the final has no France or England, I can continue avoiding it untroubled while spending another evening in Nice with an English mate.

Best of luck to Leo Trossard. Lovely player, a real winner too. Always welcome back (as long as he never leaks the story about how he got the regular black eyes when Gabriel and Saliba were nicking his lunch money every day at training).

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Looks like they might just manage to keep the delay under an hour. So no compensation. Note also that the old timetables used to have shorter travel times (only by about 4 min on this one), so easier for them to fall into the no compensation zone. Fuckers. Maybe friends on Ebbsfleet can do sth...😬

Eurostar delays how I've (not)missed you. The next train left on time while we're still fixing problems on the doors of mine (the very door I entered through apparently but it wasn't me😬).

It got worse. Was running in a downpour, big puddles forming by the side of the road. Incoming car. Nobody opposite, easy to swerve but did he fuck? Went as near me as he could for maximum splash. Was already so soaked it didn't make such a huge difference Turned round, saw the L (well 'A' here) 1/2