Another day, another sport - this time cricket - the real reason why I had planned to go down in the first place. Dave and I usually take in one of the ODI's and this year it was the Aussies who were on tour and the final match looked like it had the possibility of being a cracker, as it could have been the series decider - that was until England went against the form book and won the first three matches in the series.
Still, it was a lovely day out and the first time we'd been to a match in the capital when it wasn't cool and windy. In fact, it was an idyllic day for watching the cricket, and Lord's is a super place.
Walking from St John's Wood tube station, we passed the flat Dave used to live in - pre Jayne, in the mid 70's:
Most appropriate change of use we thought.
Celebrity spotting again - we saw Merv (the swerve) Hughes (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Merv_Hughes):
Everyone, including me, was convinced it was him, but Dave questioned this and suspected it may be a doppelganger passing himself off as the former Aussie bowler.
We stayed off the sauce until Australia had completed their allotted 50 overs, but then headed straight for the Marston's and lunch at the Nursery End:
Collingwood just failed to make his ton and the Aussies won with a couple of overs to spare, so we managed to make a quick escape and were in good time for our evening concert at the Royal Albert Hall - Crosby, Stills & Nash.
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