Au revoir Smiths and so long Seville

Jenn and Russ left on the 10.30 a.m. ferry for the next part of their holiday on the Western Isles, where they will be renting a campervan. We walked down to the village to see them drive onto the ferry, and then waved goodbye from the cottage, although I think that we were too far away to be seen! 

We had a relaxing day around the cottage and James did a bit of gardening, but the evening was always going to be about Rangers playing in the Europa Cup Final. We sat down to watch it at 8 p.m. Meanwhile Ally was watching it with friends in a pub in Glasgow. Davie was watching it in Manchester. Even Jamie, who is not a big football fan, was keeping tabs on the match from New Zealand. Several family members and friends had travelled to Seville, with or without tickets for the match. One of these was our nephew Neil, who was holidaying in Albafueira and then getting a bus to Seville. Seville was full of Rangers fans, many of whom were wearing blue sombreros. When Rangers scored we rejoiced. When Frankfurt equalised we lamented. It went to extra time and then penalties, and sadly Rangers lost. It was hard to take because they had done so well to get this far and it was so very close.