Morning everyone

Here we go again following the excitement of Sunday at Cardiff, the second test from Lord's.
I've been telling non-cricket watching friends that it actually got really tense for the last hour - they don't believe me - but bloody hell - that was real test cricket at its most exciting - the culmination of 5 days of play - and the Aussies didn't win ;-)

No beer so far this week - except for a one or five out with John in the rain on Tuesday - so am looking forward to today's play, and today's beer. I may have to pop out at lunch to get stocks of London Pride (as it's at Lord's), as I seem to have already drunk the ones I got last week.

Have been making up for the lack of cricket with old war films in the morning: Tora! Tora! Tora!
and Midway so far, and the Tour de France in the afternoons - great countryside to watch as some people sit on bikes in the foreground - and some actual British, well Manx, success for a change.

Given the Aussies history at Lord's - and the weather forecast - I'm not too optimistic, but perhaps England's new bowling sensation, and solid number 11 Steve Harmison can make the breakthrough he's been promising for the last couple of years.

Anyway - about an hour to go, weather's looking good for today...