getting back to the important things... cakes etc.

my wifes friend has delivered 8 fresh mince pies from [url=http://www.dumouchel.co.uk/Dumouchel[/url at garforth.... absolutely gorgeous.

my mum makes her own. beautiful they are too.

i will not be at the game but i may be able to make an announcement as why in the next day or two.

My mother used to make her own mince pies too, the crust (yes they had a crust) had the consistency of wet MDF and there was always a rim around the lid of burnt mincemeat that was completely inedible. Most of her mince pies ended up on the front lawn where starlings would gather and wait for a run of several rainy days to soften the pastry after which they devour them and be unable to take off until digested three or four days later.

She also did mince tarts which were the same but with icing on top instead of a lid which just lulled you into a false sense of security - the icing was straight forward enough to navigate but the mincemeat beneath had its own micro-climate and would retain heat for days, it was like licking molten lava out of a wet MDF mould.

I won't even start on the xmas day she served the turkey still raw, the timer on the new oven confused her.

Fu*k it - I'm still going on Boxing day, even if there's no cake at all.

Assuming the game is on and everyone hasn't OD'd on cake .. Who is gonna be in the supporters club pre-match ?

Me and JR will probably be stood outside as usual .

I hope the game doesn't go on if it means that the pitch will be ruined for the first few weeks of the season as happened last year.

Its not helped by the tykes using it as postage stamp size. I do hope if the game goes ahead that we have the full width unlike the tykes use it.

Match is postponed - to be rescheduled for New Years Day at 3pm straight after Carnegie's RU game with Gloucester www.therhinos.co.uk/news/15630.php

Match is postponed - to be rescheduled for New Years Day at 3pm straight after Carnegie's RU game with Gloucester www.therhinos.co.uk/news/15630.php

Wonderful - Leeds United are also playing on New Years Day KO 1pm - a mad dash from Elland road to Headingley is now on the cards.

Oh dear. Had to cancel my tickets and get refund as going to New York on Wednesday. So no rugby fix for me this Christmas.

We are in Edinburgh so ditto.

More importantly rugby league supporters across the region should be giving thanks to the Rugby Union organisation Premiership Rugby for the use of their pitch protection facilities without which the NY day fixture may even have been in doubt.