MPH-does she plan to rent it out at all? Sounds nice

Thanks Pete and MPH. I'll definitely be watching quite a bit of the Tour, to see the best of the scenery and who comes second.

I didn't realise Stokes planned to retire during the 2nd innings

OI - You may be interested (or not) that my good lady has bought property in Garraf, a very small village/resort, down the coast from Barcelona. Next month the Tour de France on Day 2 passes along the coastal road from Sitges straight through. I drove that road last November and it should make good TV viewing. She's there atm and will be able to witness - I'm not and won't be able to.

OI - The sync between video and sound is lousy, but enjoyable anyways. Dave E, is (though retired now) to R&R what John Mayall was to Blues. Many great musicians moved on up via those two bands.

Nice link Pete, may be better than the Nick Lowe version.

If you go from St Pancras via Sheffield you can avoid bus replacements

Sparta - That Panama disallowed goal bears looking at closely. Don't know if you noticed the replay was very iffy as to the split second the ball was played through. I thought Panama had a great game.

Dave Edmunds' drummer, Terry Williams, went on to join Dire Straits, replacing Pick Withers (who also drummed for DE at one time) His replacement is seen here learning the ropes [Link]

The Allman Brothers Band had two drummers and they didn’t both play the same thing (unlike the glitter band)

Then takes a wicket

Ben stokes retiring from international cricket

Have we played back to back league games with the same team and got heavily beaten?

DO - Sky have already announced their L1 selections for the opening weekend and our game at Huddersfield wasn't one of them so it will stay 3pm on the Saturday

Thanks for the train info, particularly about the bus replacement, I might consider staying in Leeds instead.

Fergal Sharkey had 2 female drummers.

I agree with WU at 10.18 about better teams being able to proffer from the chances our defence like to give out, even to the not so good teams. A case in point is the disallowed Panama goal last night.

Thought the Algeria v Austria game was a great advert for football in general last night. Could have easily given each other the wink and played out a nice easy 0-0 draw knowing that meant both teams would qualify. But no they gave each other a manly handshake and then went hammer and tongs at each other for 95 minutes instead, with all the relevant drama ensuing.

When is latest SKY can move the Huddersfield match?

WTID, use split tickets website and book as far ahead as you can

WTID - cheapest I can find is £89.30 return. 10.10)13.30, 18.00)21.21 - note that Leeds to Huddersfield is a rail replacement bus in both directions.

Book as far in advance as you can.

The Grateful Dead

Ok, so now fixtures are out I now know what games I’m able to get to when I’m over in August, pleased with the home draw in the league cup as all being well I’ll arrive around 10:30am on the 8th so I’ll be able to get to Plough Lane in good time. Have already booked hospitality for Reading game but do any of you regular train travellers have any tips for getting cheapest return tickets for Huddersfield? I’m thinking of travelling up there on the Friday & back to London on the Sunday. I know train travel fares are ridiculous so any tips would be appreciated, wondering whether hiring a car might be cheaper? 🤷🏻‍♂️

Showaddywaddy had two drummers!