Celery, another Essex run, Science Of Stupid and Rangers win in OT to lead series 3 - 1

We've been growing some celery in the kitchen using cut off stalks from bunches that we have bought. They are coming along nicely!

We had to do another Essex run today. Mandy had stated over with us last night so needed to be dropped back in Witham. We started off with breakfast in Coffee Town before blazing the trail to Essex once again.

It was a gorgeous day and the sky was beautiful.

Mandy had someone coming to see her between 1 and 2. We dropped her off at 12:59. How about that for timing LOL

After dropping off Mandy we then headed to Stansted Airport to pick up Jade who was flying back from Spain. Short Stay car park was out of action so we had the privilege of paying £20 to park in the Medium Stay. What a rip off!!!! We had a few hours to kill so we bought magazines and settled down with coffee at Costa right next to International Arrivals. After she had safely landed we then ran her back to Deptford. Fond memories of my youth as the fair was in full effect on Blackheath. Spent some happy (and drunk) times there LOL

With Jade safely returned back home we headed back to Siducp. There was some lovely blue skies today.

The rest of the evening was spent chilling out and watching Science Of Stupid. This is a great little program presented by Richard Hammond that contains everyday folks doing really stupid shit with explanations on why what they were doing ended up with cataclysmic results using scientific explanations. It's a hilarious, entertaining and educational show. Check it out if you can!

Our night finished off with game four of the New York Rangers v Montreal Canadiens Stanley Cup Easter Conference Finals. Rangers headed into this game with a 2 - 1 lead hoping to extend that to 3 - 1. Missing from the Rangers line up was Derek Stepan after getting a fractured jaw from a late hit by Prust in game three. Thankfully though Derick Brassard made a welcome return to the Rangers after recovering from injury after being taken out in game one. Having killed off one penalty Carl Hagelin then went on a break away on the next one and scored short handed at 07:18 giving the Rangers a 1 - 0 lead. Hagelin nearly got another one on the same penalty kill. It was and end to end period with both teams having good chances. First period ended 1 - 0 Rangers. Shots on goal for the period were 9 - 11 in favour of the Canadiens. J.T. Miller was taken out in this period and headed out back for medical treatment.

Rangers came out in the second like they really meant it. They had most of the possession although the offensive efforts were fairly equal. 11:52 down and Montreal make it a 1 - 1 game. As tense bit of 4 on 4 had the Rangers with some good chances but the Canadiens must have been eating their lucky charms in that two minutes. The same came later when the Rangers had a rebound in front of an empty Canadiens net but couldn't get a shot away. Canadiens continued their dirty tactics in overselling penalties but no "diving" calls. Tokarski was proving to be a fantastic netminder. 56 seconds left in the period and Derick Brassard is back on the scoring books again as he takes the Rangers 2 - 1 ahead again. Second period ended 2 - 1. Shots on goal were 11 - 5 in favour of the Rangers (20 - 16 overall).

Third period saw the Canadiens coming out fighting. The they went on an early power play and Subann managed to tied the game up 2 - 2. This was going to be a tense period of that there was no doubt with the Rangers wanted to take a 3 - 1 series lead back to Montreal and the Canadiens desperate to tie the series up 2 - 2. Again it was end to end stuff with both the Rangers and Canadiens trying to take the lead. Less than ten left in the third it was still 2 - 2 and everything started to get a little tense. With less than five minutes left there was more and pressure coming from Montreal. It was still 2 - 2 with two minutes remaining. Third period ended 2 - 2 and it was into overtime again! Shots on goal were 6 - 8 in favour of the Canadiens (26 - 24 overall).

AAARGGGHHHH! Clenchy butt cheeks time again! Thirty seconds in and the Rangers are on the penalty kill again! STUPID! Thankfully they killed it off. There was lots of pressure from Montreal after that. Thankfully the Rangers got a lucky break and at 06:02 Martin St. Louis saved the day and won the game 3 - 2. Shots on goal were 3 - 5 in favour of the Canadiens (29 - 29 overall). The Rangers now head to Montreal on Tuesday night with a 3 - 1 series lead and a chance to get the job done and win the Eastern Conference Finals!