Despite a heavy overnight frost , Parks Lions met at Preston Avenue in good spirit and in good numbers . Ahead of them , a trip to Sutherland Park to face the mighty Vo's . Vo's have won 3 league games to date , one of those being against Park earlier in the season . With Park sitting second in the League , a bonus point win was the objective . With time approaching 1230 and no news from Novos , off we set .
5 minutes into the journey and Coach Jobson was having to return to home ,  having remembered his coat still hung on the bannister . This manoeuvre brought complete bewilderment from Josh Lake , following in car number 2 . Panic set in when he saw his coach travelling in the wrong direction . Seconds after the two cars passed each other , Lake was on the phone asking what was happening . His panic soon turned to joy when he was told of the reason for the travel in the wrong direction , gleefully telling the coach that he would be fined for his stupidity ! 
Trying to avoid the traffic was quiet a test on a bright but chilly winters day . Holystone roundabout providing the first test . A great decision saw a swift u-turn and an approximate saving of 15 minutes as The Park players headed back to the roundabout and take the next turning up past the Holystone pub . However it wasn't all plain sailing at the next roundabout with several baffoons blocking keep clear sections and other idiots entering the roundabout when their exits were already blocked . 
It seemed that there was no way through past Asda Benton , so the journey was to continue towards Killingworth . The lead car was lucky not to escape a serious injury , when , having just passed the huge Sambuccas , a lady driver in a black golf came swerving out of an estate entrance completely unaware of the Park car already on the main road . Great reactions from the Park driver avoided a collision which would've probably seen a season ending injury . 
With the journey almost complete and four lane ends in sight , then came the phone call all the players were dreading . At no less than 1:16 the game had been cancelled by the referee . Less the an hour before KO and with a couple of car loads of Park players already there and changed !! Furious is an understatement , so let's leave it at that . However that isn't in my nature , and what I would like to point out is that Candy League rules stipulate that if your pitch is unplayable (i.e. Frozen) then the game should be switched if the pitches are fit for purpose !
So , back to Park where 4 sides were about to enjoy a game of rugby . But not the unlucky Lions . 
Massive thank you to Rich B for taking the lads for some circuit training and to the lads for not wasting their entire Saturday by putting in some graft .

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