It has been a battering weekend for the Westcountry in both
the weather and the sport.
I stupidly thought that we had left the worst of the winter weather behind us after one of the
wettest January’s on record, how wrong I
was. It was impossible to hide from the storms that battered all of the South
West last weekend, the wind and rain were relentless for a second weekend in a
row. The previous weekend I gave in and resorted to mountain biking, a form of
exercise that is designed for such conditions, this weekend however I was
determined to fight it. I headed out for an ambitious ride on my light carbon
framed road bike, my mind set on proving the storms could not hamper my
training any longer, sadly I lost. Two punctures later as I was starting to
loose the feeling in my digits I admitted defeat and turned my back on the
gusting wind, racing home to thaw out. Sunday I opted for the static spin bike,
what a novelty it was to overheat whilst sitting on a bicycle.
The sun also refused to shine on Westcountry rugby as both
Bath and Exeter lost at home in their respective matches. Last year’s
Premiership finalists Bath have been struggling at the bottom of the table most
of this season. They faced local rivals Gloucester, a team they had not lost to
for several seasons. Yet frustratingly for them it was another nail in the
coffin after an exciting Friday night derby saw Gloucester win the battle.
Exeter Chiefs faced current Premiership leaders Saracens, with the first chance
of the season to knock them off that top spot. Having not lost at home for a
record thirteen months it was made all the more painful as they could not quite
hold off the visitors in the second half, loosing just fourteen points to
eleven.
It was not quite all doom and gloom though, thanks to an
encouraging win for England rugby at the start of the Six Nations tournament.
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