ok, i think i have figured out how to play clarke and warne. 232/6 with tresco 108 n/o. i shall try again!

and he wins at last! with one ball and one wicket to spare!

i got 133 with england and was going well until warne came on – can’t handle him!

193/9 warne and clarke again!

got 91 with australia… we’re still miles away from the target though!

the free drinks machine at work is the very same model we used to have to endure at the pepper factory! dear gods, the memories! and yes, everything that emerges from it tastes like slight variations of filth. (a bit like the drinks machine encountered by arthur dent in the Hitchhiker’s guide to the Galaxy where he tries to get a simple cup of tea and get something which is not quite, but nearly completely unlike tea.) all except the hot chocolate which is palatable. To be honest I haven’t tried many of the other variations (pear and apple drink, chicken soup, veg soup, etc) as after the tea and diet pepsi i’m not sure my tastebuds could handle it!

once again i spent an inordinately long amount of time in the garden yesterday. Watering this time, whereas yesterday i was only collecting veg. M and D always go away when the garden needs most tending it seems to me… just heading out now to check the eggs and feed the chickens.

Pinkie headed off to canada this morning, but has been stuck on the tarmac at toronto airport due to this. Sounded like she had a pretty hairy trip!

well there are about a million police around london today, all because it’s a thursday. Bevies of suspicious coppers most probably ready to ‘shoot to protect’ and packs of hounds sniffing for semtex or suchlike.

Also i have a rather stiff neck from trying to sleep on the train.

Bring on Brighton!