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Hello, Elle.
My day was reasonable, thank you.
What is confusing you, Elle? We can't have this!
Yes, wonderful scenery, and more to come!
And wildlife! Lots of lovely horses in fields etc.
The spectators mostly behave like that, and it will be more frantic on Alpe d'Huez, but that is a long way off.
It can be dangerous but cycling is a tough sport.
I was looking for Noah playing when I found Bahrami.
I would pay money to watch him!
And what a lovely voice Yannick Noah has!
Roger Federer has a very joyful personality.
He impressed me. But he goes about his business on court like he had a date with Madame Guillotine.
Djokovic, too, has a sense of humour. If he would stop shouting at wee girls, I could get to like him, lots...so I could. My friends are at sea now, heading home to Norn Iron.
Iran must be what they call Persia now, is it?

Rusty, Yannick Noah has a very nice voice indeed, warm and full of rythm - that's in his blood. He is quite successful in French show biz and has got a very pleasant personality, slightly laid back but always a big grin on his face. very popular with the very young teenagers too.

Pigale, that is exactly what I thought.
A lovely voice coming from a big warm friendly man.
Always smiling, too.
He was a favourite of mine years ago, when he played tennis.

Hi, Rusty!
Try this
www.youtube.com/watch?v=d6Vqp6UveIU
Bahrami & Leconte vs McNamara & Mcnamee
I couldn't find a video of Bahrami playing doubles wth Yannick Noah but I know he did in the late 1990s.
Now I know you're only 'taking the mickey' when you say you could get to like Djokovic......
Btw, I didn't know that Yannick Noah Sang?
What are you reading now? Have you started your book on Father Flanagan yet?
I'm reading one of Patriica Corwell's latest books - she writes about a forensic pathologist called Kay Scarpetta - a Chief Medical examiner, and her cases.
Fiction, so it definitely wouldn't appeal to you - but I'm enjoying it.
I hope your friends have a good journey back to Norn Iron, and that things have quietened down by the time they get home to Belfast.

I'll try again
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d6Vqp6UveIU

Elle, me? Take the Mickey?
Assuredly not!
I came across a clip of our Novak when he HIT a ballgirl.
Completely accidental! He gave her a wee hug and all was well!
Yannick is a super singer. I saw a clip of him walking along a beach singing. So relaxed. He is a natural!
I will watch your clip later. I have downloaded a calendar and am trying to set it up.
I have a date with Miss L Plate tomorrow, best place it in the calendar.
Not reading today.
My friends will be landing shortly at Belfast...so they will.
Not so quiet. A senior policeman has had an ear torn off, and a very senior Orangeman has been charged with attempted murder. They say he deliberately drove into pedestrians and a 16 year old girl is very badly hurt.
She was trapped under a car and folk had to lift the car to free her. Bad craic!
Hope it settles down. We have this nonsense every year.
Pity we can't invent a time travel machine to send them back to 1690 where they belong!

At least there weren't any cars in 1690. Or not when I last looked.

Cake has been in fridge, cut (luckily it was cooked properly) and pasted through and all over with butter cream. Cholesterol city. Just the fondant and decoration to do now.

Rusty, no wonder your friends thought they would leave the country for a while! It's amazing that all this violence continues so many years on from the Battle of the Boyne!
I cannot imagine having this self same scenario recur year after year. Does relative 'peace' reign in between whiles?
Why cannot folk "live and let live".....?
How old were you when you and your family moved to Scotland? Did you go to school in Donegal or in Dundee?
We've had a very wet evening, although it's dry again now. Supposedly damp in the early morning with sunny periods later. We shall see......

Is the birthday lady having a party, Ros?
Are you invited? You certainly deserve to be after all this wonderful effort!

Hello Elle
No, I have never even met her, or know her name other than "Sue" to go on the cake.
I'm hoping for costs (though people always forget the oven and petrol to get the cake drum etc) plus a nice bottle!