Author: Gavin Dimmock
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#52. “Confusion…”
16th August 2025 Tardy. Remiss. Slack. Disappointing. These are just a few words you can use to describe my lack of post updates since the Euro final. After detailing, often in quite some depth, the planning of our Swiss adventure and then many of the events that occurred once we were in Switzerland, I’ve not…
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#51. “Mixed Emotions…”
29th July 2025 This blog has got all out of sync. I find that I don’t mind at all. I still haven’t told you about the Wales match. And I’ve not touched on the tension and anxiety of the Sweden quarter-final. Or the stress inducing lateness of the Italy performance. As for that final….well….I aged…
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#50. “Expectations Far Too High…”
27th July 2025 I was planning to continue chronologically with the blog. This post, the fiftieth of them – Heck! 50! Who’s read even one of them? Hands up! – was going to recap the Euros following our return from the DadLadTour trip to Switzerland. I’d planned to touch on the Wales match – a…
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#49. “If I Leave Here Tomorrow…”
12th July 2025 The airplane goes up. The pilot does her – maybe, his – thing. The cabin crew do their things. The plane does its flying thing for a while and then it lands. We taxi, then the doors open and we are hit with a blast of raging hot air; perfect for when…
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48. “Dirty Harriet…”
12th July 2025 Our return flight with EasyJet was uneventful. No teeny-tiny backpack size issues. No sick passengers. No taxiing backwards and forwards on the runway. And, sadly, no dual heritage fans to chat with. Shame. The only noteworthy thing about our return trip occurred at security when in Genève-Aéroport. As was our style –…
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#47. “It Won’t Be Long…”
The DadLadTour (On The Way Back From Switzerland) Day 4 – Genève back to Manchester. The Match – Back To The Sofa And Watching On T.V. 12th July 2025 These Swiss trains are really something else. Scheduled to arrive at Genève HB at 0215 and that is precisely when we arrive. We are both shattered…
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#46. “Let’s Go Girls…”
The DadLadTour (Now Actually In Switzerland) Day 3 (Part 5) – Bern to Genève. Five Fabulous, Feisty Finnish Funsters. The Match – The Italians come up against the Spanish 11th – 12th July 2025 We are among the first to leave the Wankdorf as the match enters its final few minutes. We are determined not…
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#45. “Going Back To Bratfud!…”
The DadLadTour (Now Actually In Switzerland) Day 3 (Part 5) – Bern. La Roja…Le Azzure…and some coloured cards.. The Match – The Italians come up against the Spanish 11th July 2025 Liam presses the can into my hot hands. The beer is delicious and cold. We sit and sup. Fans pass by us. Not unexpectedly, we…
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#44. “The Magic Bus…”
The DadLadTour (Now Actually In Switzerland) Day 3 (Part 4) – Bern. Another bridge, HDK – again – and La Roja. The Match – The Italians come up against the Spanish 11th July 2025 Liam has eaten, and my body and iPhone, if not fully recharged, are each at about 70% battery level. Though my bladder…
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#43. “We Were Just Playing Cards…”
The DadLadTour (Now Actually In Switzerland) Day 3 (Part 3) – Bern. Playing Cards…We’re Unstoppable. The Match – The Italians come up against the Spanish 11th July 2025 Earlier, when we first got to Bern and before we saw the bikinis, bears and bridges, we mooched around the Old Town of Bern. It is adorable. Absolutely…
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