On Friday and Saturday it rained. Now that shouldn't surprise nor should it be memorable to record. Yet it is. The truth is we haven't had any rain for a month, all the more unusual as this period is within the months of April-May.
Ironically of course rain coincided with a weekend when cricket was to dominate. With no football at the weekend, Saturday had a very different flavour, a trip to the gym and the chance to go and watching our village cricket team while sitting outside the pavilion with a pint of beer. I don't want to get all " John Major" but there is something almost uniquely English and rural England at that, about watching cricket in the sunshine and drinking beer. It sums up summer for me.
And I just can't get enough, so Sunday we went to the Oval to see Surrey v Leicestershire in the CB40 competition. A great day out. Surrey scoring 206 and then bowling Leicestershire out with 17 runs to spare. Three games into the competition and 3 wins. Just perhaps winning ways are returning to the Oval. If so this is going to be a very enjoyable summer.
Key Quotes
"Anyone who believes that exponential growth can go on forever in a finite world is either a madman or an economist."
(Kenneth Boulding)
"Down these mean streets a man must go who is not himself mean, who is neither tarnished nor afraid. "
(Raymond Chandler)
"Live simply so that others can simply live." (unknown)
"I cannot live without books" (Thomas Jefferson)
"Sport is war without the shooting" (George Orwell)
"New York is a great city to live in if you can afford to get out of it" (William Rossa Cole)
The secret of a happy ending is knowing when to roll the credits (Patterson Hood)
(Kenneth Boulding)
"Down these mean streets a man must go who is not himself mean, who is neither tarnished nor afraid. "
(Raymond Chandler)
"Live simply so that others can simply live." (unknown)
"I cannot live without books" (Thomas Jefferson)
"Sport is war without the shooting" (George Orwell)
"New York is a great city to live in if you can afford to get out of it" (William Rossa Cole)
The secret of a happy ending is knowing when to roll the credits (Patterson Hood)
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