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Hello Pigale
Sorry for late response - iPad had a virus.
Cricket and Rugby are both wonderful sports - and both are competed for vigorously by England and Oz/NZ. Todays result in Cardiff is not only great for England but also annoys Australians considerably, which is a bonus! You are correct, the match was one of the Ashes series of five. It is the Holy Grail of cricket!
I haven't visited Oz or NZ but they seem to like coming here!
I have had a happy morning during which I was explaining to some Chinese about why cricket is so great and why a rugby ball isn't round! There was much shaking of heads!

Elle, you can practise galumphing quietly?

You know as much as me about the death, Elle.
36 seems old to be at P in the Dark?
There is always a large police presence but there were reports in my press this morning about thefts from tents. I think the "unexplained" bit will be because there has been no post-mortem yet. There will be lots of CCTV cameras. I am not sure if they get a mobile phone signal there. Pity. My girls are in seperate groups.
No word on the osprey family.

Hello Kenyatta,

Glad about your win today - but I spoke to my English friends and they (or rather he) said that winning on the first day often losing the rest of the matches ! Do you think this is true ?

It could be a bit like the French rugby team starting a tournament as big favourites - you can guarantee they will sing ' cocorico' before hand and then start losing most matches - and the media is a lot to blame in all this!

By the way, there is no love lost (on the pitch) between England and France, but I am sure they make it up in the 3rd half !

Hi Rusty,

I am very frustrated because although I watched the race until 4.30, just when it became important some friends popped unexpectedly - Obviously did not see anything since we sat on the terrasse.

I could see that France would be at least amongs the first, but I have not had the time to google yet and I don't even know who did win! Hope it is this Bretagne team - that would be good on their home land.

Am going to look up now.
TTFN

I won't say, Pigale!
Did you like the wedding?
I did!

OK, I have just seen the last 12 kms of the race - Glad to have, at long last, a French stage winner, but disappointed for Bretagne-Seche Team - Can't see anyone from the team among the first 30 , and yet one of them seemed to be doing fine when I stopped watching.

Anyway, good day for D. Martin as well, and C. Froome is still in Yellow I think ? Wonder how long he will be able to hang on to it ?

Boy, am I looking forward to the mountains !

PS. Sounds weird about the dead man in T in P !

Hi, Rusty!
Well, 36 isn't old for Glastonbury! There was a survey carried out a couple of years ago, and I think it said that 20% were aged 45-65, while 3% were either under 16 or over 65!
A friend of mine goes every year and he is in his 60s!
It may well be the same for T in the Park.
I hope you - or their parents - get word from the girls soon though - just to reassure you that all is well.

Martina and Sania are two sets all...... a really good match - have a look-in if you get the chance?

Pigale, Froome still in yellow.
Tomorrow is the team time trial.
I hope BMC win, and by enough to put Tejay van Garderen into yellow. Then the rest day, and then the mountains!

Hello, Elle.
What I have seen of the P in the Dark giggers, they are all youngsters. Very few over 25, say.
The dead man is definitely old to be there.
My girls are OK. They have a phone mast there now, and have ET'd home.
I nipped out to see my friends for half an hour.
They are staying in a nearby motel. Less than ten minute walk away.
Hope Martina wins.
She must be playing tomorrow, too?
Has she on her radiant smile?

How are you and the little people getting on?

Rusty, that's good that the girls managed to text home - now you can all relax.
I'm glad you managed to see your friends- how long are they staying? do you have plans with them for tomorrow?
Martina's match is on hold for twenty minutes while the roof is closed. It's at a crucial stage - five games all in the third set! The light is too poor to continue without artificial lighting- and also apparently Hawkeye doesn't
function in a bad light (I'm assuming it works fine when the roof is closed and the lights are on)
So a twenty minute break.... then all to play for......(going forward)

I and the fairies are doing fine - so we are!