Should have added, the bulk of my career was in the print industry, I was an indentured apprentice, that was good at it, but it never excited me.

I think it was this programme that got me addicted to engineering programmes such as Scrapheap challenge were always a source of fascination to me. Sadly events took me away from doing so in real life in building boats (redundancy and with on-going medical issues) and Wind turbines blades, but developed asthma and had to leave. Particularly the former, loved the work and had a great boss, but the business Ultimately failed on 1 bad contract when they deviated from their core business model and got stung badly from a leisure craft customer who kept changing the spec, without the business manager revoking their penalty clauses for the changes and the price went about 70% above budget as a result, that's a lot on a £600k boat at original book price.

Keefy- strangely not

CW is that on our website anywhere?

Don’t think I ever watched that Alan - maybe I was just too young or interested in other things. The name really rings a bell though so I gave it a quick watch on YT: [Link]

Change VAR to cricket-style with a limited number of reviews

Triggs disappointment in the duck race sees a reversal of that with the shear delight of not seeing eggs in competition but being a fantastic show that broadened the mind with science [Link]

Yes season starts on 15th and luckily we have been drawn away to Crawley in the league cup on the 8th so handy for Gatwick

Have a bit of time off at the start of august so have bitten the bullet & decided to risk the Middle East staying relatively quiet & booked flight to come over, am I correct in thinking that the league season starts on 15th? and the weekend before the 8th is going to be league cup? I’ll be arriving mid morning into Gatwick on the 8th so a home draw would be nice 🤞

I Notice all playing & training kit is selling at reduced price on the website, im assuming this will mean new kits again next season? Anyone heard if we are staying with lotto or changing again?

I have no idea whether any of these things ever drive any actual change but if you dislike VAR enough to put your name down for having it scrapped then here’s a petition to do so [Link]

The traf south wimbledon closed today due to the heat 😂

Whole area is being flooded with new homes except for where the local county councillors live

That’s the one. Misses’s family are from there. Nice enough village but getting too big for itself these days apparently.

WJ - you have sparked lovely memories of the Matra-Simca Bagheera

Trigger - was that the South Cerney duck race alongside Bow Wow?

PW - staying here for 8 weeks in a perfectly placed apartment opposite 2 boulangeries. Matra museum still here, but I think it may be in new premises. yet to pay my visit.

Proper farmhouse scrumpy washing down a homemade* pickled egg in the balmy Cotswold sunshine yesterday after the duck race. Imagine my disappointment when I first moved out west and saw them advertising a duck race and it turns out to be plastic ducks dropped in a stream. Gutted.

Kite - doesn’t bother me at all, honestly… I mean, it’s hardly a rogue apostrophe is it…

Morgen alles. Due to be 26c and drizzle/rain in Yerevan when I arrive there tomorrow week

On a chateau tour WJ? Stayed in that area many moons ago- is there still a car museum?

Just to join in the fun, currently 32 degrees in Romorintin, France. Expected to hit 35 this afternoon

Sorry for spurious "am" in last post a4e

This time last year - find your limbs - [Link]

I'm not actually in Cornwall I should add; I'm am tracking it because I have friends there. I'm not keen on travel during school holidays.