Shanghai Approaching!

The World Championships in Shanghai are starting to loom large on my horizon, as the teams are registered and the systems come rolling in (not quite as fast as I would like unfortunately - come on guys, get weaving!)

Don't forget you can enter the transnational Open Teams - such a great event and wow ! you get to see Shanghai as well as play bridge in a fantastic tournament. AND you get to see some of the great players in action in the final stages of the Bermuda Bowl, Venice Cup and Seniors Bowl. All very exciting ! Have a look at the ECatsBridge website for more information about this.

More local (and much sooner!) don't forget the English Bridge Union Brighton Congress - it starts on 10 August, but there is still time to book in. Click here for more information about that one.

Don't forget the next Green Pointed Sims will be the EBU Autumn Pairs on Monday 17 & Tuesday 18 September ... just get in touch if you haven't entered and would like to ... details are here

So what else - not much bridge really, it all seems to go slow in the summer months, which is really just as well with the World Championships coming up, but it did mean I could take a day or three away from the office to go wandering ...

... and as usual I headed North (despite the weather) and surprise, surprise, found myself in Scotland recently where I came across this furry little fellow - isn't he wonderful !

It was great to see red squirrels in the wild - round us they have been driven out by the greys, so I thought I would share this one with you.

We visited the Osprey Centre as well, and were rewarded with some great views of these wonderful birds - too far away for my camera unfortunately but I really (really) can't afford the sort of lens that would capture them!

So ... I hope you get good holidays, good weather and have fun ! And maybe I will see you in sunny Shanghai !