THE LOST HOUR

The final full day of the tour saw a very tired group of pupils and staff embark on a last walk around Lorett de Mar






Followed by an afternoon tour of Espanyol's newish ground, although on route most of the party 'lost an hour'















This was then followed by the last fixtures of the tour
The U12/13 team were visibly shattered and lost 8:0 as a lot of exercise and late nights caught up with them, although keeper Alex Brimage was excellent and was voted man of the match and promptly 'threw the lips' on some local dignitary!







The U14/15 team then took part in the 'match of the tour' in losing 3:2. The result was very harsh on the boys as they more than matched the locals but lost out to a dubious penalty decision in the last minutes.






Tomorrow is a bit more shopping and then the flight home
The flight number is EZY7208 due in at 22:30, please don't be late as all the party are very tired and are very keen to get home ASAP now that all the football is finished.
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I don't like spell checkers!!!!!!!?

FRISBEE NOT FREEBIE !!!!!!!!!!!


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Culture and Espanyol

A late breakfast with no run was Mr Jamieson's concession to the late night the night before. Another morning of indoor swimming pool was followed by the cultural part of the tour with a visit to Parc Guell and the La Sagrada Familia, both of which were very busy.










This shot of culture was followed by a training session with two coaches from Espanyol at another local pitch, which all the boys seemed to enjoy despite the hard work and language problems.






Unfortunately we do have an injury to report, fortunately it is to Mr Jamison who has 'done' his shoulder while trying to get on my ultimate freebie team for my proposed trip of 2014!!!!!!!!!!!!


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APRIL FOOLS AND MESSI, MESSI, MESSI

The day started with the staff April fooling the pupils ( a day early, we know ) into believing that I had lost the tickets. We were that good that Mr Young even forgot what we were doing and really thought they were lost !!!!!!! I apologise to all those parents that received angry/upset phone calls and texts but all saw the funny side - eventually. Even Mr Young who was presented with the tour dummy for a while.

We spent the afternoon touring Barcelona starting at the Olympic stadium then via cable car into the marina and ending up on las ramblas.



In the evening we arrived back at the camp nou for the match (10:00 ko). While we were waiting I discovered a talent for the paparazzi by getting a good shot of MESSI as he arrived at the ground



Once in the ground we had to stop Joel from intimidating the locals



The seats were great as was the football in a sold out camp nou






And best of all we found a way to silence Mr Jamieson


Oh the beer is non alcoholic for those that are worried !!!!!!!!!
We arrived back at the hotel at 2am so today everyone is a little tired but this afternoon it's off to train with the coaches from Espanyol and hopefully an early night.
A few very tired boys, a few blisters and scratches but basically everyone having a great time


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