Jamie Cureton much later in life enjoying a successful playing and managerial career
Jamie Cureton much later in life enjoying a successful playing and managerial career

More time in Norfolk, on a frosty and icy day, tidying up salvaged timber and watching Norwich City Reserves where youngster Jamie Cureton scored twice in an exciting match despite the cold that ended 2-2

I was about and ready to do things at Harnser by mid-morning.

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The workmen had removed much from the piles of waste and timber and the whole site was beginning to get tidier, but first Sam wanted a walk along the dyke roads which he thoroughly enjoyed again in this home from home.

It had been very frosty and icy and, with the water levels up, the scene had become truly wintery. I went into Wroxham and bought myself four herrings after I had withdrawn some more money.

I prepared these fish and had them for lunch and kept the roes for later to have toasted on some halved rolls. Time for a two-hour working session in the afternoon; cleaning off and removing the nails and bolts from the last of the two large bearing timbers reclaimed from the old building.

Then another walk for Sam before putting him to bed in his Norfolk kennel for another freezing night. After tea and some telephone calls, I set off for Norwich to see the evening City Reserves match with table-topping Charleton, the first time I had been to Carrow Road to see a reserves match.

They were fielding four senior players to judge their match fitness after injury and it as an exciting match despite the cold that ended 2-2. Youngster Jamie Cureton scored twice but the team's defence let them down in front of a good few hundred supporters in the one stand that they opened.

Back to do a few chores before bed and then sat up altogether too long until 1.00am, pondering upon potential layout designs for my replacement of Heronshaw.