A day of sport and space travel

Ironically, on this day of sporting excellence, I took almost no exercise at all! This was partly because I was watching the sports (tennis and football) and partly because I was making red currant jelly and making arrangements for our holiday in the Cotswolds. 

The red currant jelly turned out very successful and is a gorgeous colour. The holiday arrangements are progressing.

However the main business of the day was the sport. 

In the afternoon I watched the Wimbledon men’s final between “old timer” Djokovic (he’s only 34!) and young contender Berrettini who is 25. It was a hard fought match and Berrettini managed to win one set. But Djokovic was clearly the stronger player and was a worthy winner in four sets. They both played some marvellous tennis.

In the evening we watched the Euros final between England and Italy. It was so close and both teams looked very good to me. It went to extra time and then penalties, but in the end Italy won by one point. I felt so sorry for England. However there’s always the World Cup next year! 

I should also mention that today Richard Branson flew up to the edge of space in his Virgin Galactic rocket plane and returned safely. This was a bit competitive because his fellow billionaire Jeff Bezos (who founded Amazon) had already planned his own space trip next week, so Branson rushed to get there first! However Bezos has sniped that he will be going higher than Branson and in a “proper rocket” as opposed to Branson’s high altitude plane. It’s as if they are arguing over who has the best toy! Let’s hope that both toys are safe!