Total Eclipse
April 8, 2024. A star gazers delight. Millions journey significant distances to view a total solar eclipse, those precious few minutes...
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A Life In Sport
A blog by Ian Hyde-Lay
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Ian Hyde-Lay is a teacher who lives and works in Victoria, BC. He has been heavily involved in sport his entire life, as a player, coach, referee and administrator.
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- Mar 27
- 4 min
Man of Steel
Mid March. Late on a Thursday afternoon. Outside, it is damp and grey. Low, scudding clouds threaten rain. The wind swirls. However, for...
hydesollie
- Mar 15
- 5 min
The Ins and Outs of Love
“To play is good, to win is better, but to love the game is the best.” Early March, 2024. Langley, British Columbia. The city readies to...
hydesollie
- Mar 6
- 4 min
Dreamtime
Mid December. Pitch black. It is 450am. A cloak of darkness envelopes our family’s rental car. We edge our way slowly from the parking...
hydesollie
- Feb 26
- 4 min
Bucket List
I can’t claim to know Taylor Swift. And she certainly does not know me. If we passed each other in the street, I wouldn’t recognize her....
hydesollie
- Feb 5
- 4 min
The King
Early February in Cardiff. The opening weekend of the 2024 Six Nations, the world’s greatest rugby union tournament. The Millenium...
hydesollie
- Jan 21
- 4 min
The House
“There are no strangers here; only friends we have not yet met.” So wrote WB Yeats, the brilliant poet and dramatist. One of the...
hydesollie
- Jan 10
- 5 min
La Sociedad de la Nieve
The event, in the end a 72-day odyssey, takes place a half century ago. Nonetheless, the story and its extreme circumstances resonate...
Ian Hyde-Lay
- Nov 30, 2023
- 4 min
Flashback
The coffee shop hums with conversation. Cups and saucers clink invitingly, the latte machine whirrs. A delightful aroma wafts through the...
Ian Hyde-Lay
- Oct 29, 2023
- 4 min
Duality
Late October, 2023. Paris. La ville de l’amour. And, if one appreciates rugby union, as so many of us do, how appropriate that the city...
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