I walked out of camp and up the hill, I then came back
down as we had had discussions from the car which road we’d drive. I
didn’t want to be left behind.
Took some photos of John leaving camp.
Wanting
to get to Nizhny Novgorod for lunch with David and spend sometime
with him we had left early.
Wonderful
to see all the fancy window surrounds again. Makes the houses look
cheerful.
Bought some apples and pears from the side of the road. Many different variety of apples, but not many have a good crunch!
We
drove out to an island that sits in the middle of the river that runs
through Nizhy, and found a suitable place to camp for the night. With
that chore done we drove further into the heart of town to the Gorky
squash courts. A very narrow road with traffic blocking it. Amazingly
they all just sit and wait for someone to move. A 4x4 finally took to
the foot path which gave us room to get off the street. When all the
traffic moved on we followed in the 4x4 footpath tracks then continued.
Around the corner along a bit then parked on the street near the
sports centre.
John
washed some of the mud off of the maps again. Really is time for EC
to have a wash.
Met
David and he showed us around the sports facility. A big concrete
building but setup for indoor soccer, Judo, and boxing-ring. Gorky squash
is 5 years old inside this monolithic building, two of the 5 courts
only built last year. David has only been coaching there for a
month.He seems to have settled in well.
We had a walk around the area while David had a coaching season. The park with the armored vehicles was a hit with the kids.
John had
a quick lunch then John had a hit of squash with David. First in
over 2 years… Fitness not there either but he did get a couple of
points (joke).
We
asked permission to stay in the carpark overnight which was granted.
Make it easier.
Went
out to dinner with David and his another young coach Andre Who is
rather just much too fit and strong.