I attended a horse-racing event yesterday evening, on my side of the river from Pontevedra in Campañó. The setting was magnificent and the course impressive for a small village. Additionally, most of the races I saw involved “pure bred English horses”. Of, course, I realised it wasn’t Ascot – especially after a half-hour fight took place in the parade ring – but it was, nonetheless, very enjoyable. Both the races and the fight. Which started up in a desultory way after three horses had collided on a tight bend and unseated their hyped-up riders. But then descended into a free-for-all which seemed to involve several families. Or possibly clans. Perhaps the funniest sight was of two overweight local policemen making their slow way to the scene of the altercation, hampered by the fact there was no direct way down from the refreshments tent. Meaning they had to tortuously ziz-zag their way down the clay banks operating as terraces. At the top of which we sat with a great view of both the fight and the organisers’ attempts to get the show back on the road. But the absence of instant replays took some of the shine off for me.

Later that evening, I attended the final event of our Jazz & Blues week. This one starred three ladies who formed, with their backing musicians, The Chicago Blues Tour of 2010. Great singers they certainly were. But skinny they most decidedly weren’t. I felt for the beds in the local Parador. And for whoever the first of them was shaking her booty so impressively and suggestively for. Quite a sight. And quite a night.

So, another tremendous week for Spanish sportsmen – in cycling, motorbike racing and Formula One. Though some might regard Fernando Alonso’s victory in Germany as rather hollow. Later this week, the English Under-Something team play Spain in the semi-final of some competition or other. This must be a foregone conclusion you’d be safe to bet on. Unless Ferrari are organising the event, of course.

Finally . . . My apologies to those who couldn’t get one or both of the links I cited yesterday. Short of time between the events described above, I didn’t link them in the text and couldn’t check whether the links at the side were both good. But all should be OK now.