Greetings, the hamstring is much better today, have some stretches to do berfore and after. Tonight the bike will stay locked away, I am meeting up for indoor nets with my new cricket team, The Star Inn, Plumstead, they seem like a good bunch and dont take it too seriously unless an Aussie comes to the crease, then the pace is upped and the length becomes a tad short..... I would describe myself as Ian Botham type, but take away the talent! I bowl better than I bat, I know how to hold the bat, and how to swing the bugger but thats about it, but I can bowl, used to be quick but its strictly medium pace with a bit of swing, and the odd quicker ball... My son on the other hand is a left arm spinner, and my god he can spin the ball.... So thats the entertainment tonight, stand by for aching sides tomorrow.

Colonel Bertie has confirmed his attendance for Saturday nights show on www.brfm.net 9-12, so the studio will have that oh so familiar aroma of horses. I think we will be playing a lot of 70s and 80s classics and the odd rock gem thown in to wake Sheppey up! hope they realise whats going to hit em.

Its the junior Finch's 11th Birthday next Friday, 11!!! my god where have the years gone? next Friday he is having a birthday party at Goals, and he has roped Simon in to ref, which is understandable as he is a ref and has a look of the Neale Barry about him, I am hoping he has not inherited my habit of continually assessing the refs performance throughout the game, which led me to see cards of yellow and then usually a quick red followed by a lonesome shower! Although having seen the little rascal play for his school team recently I fear like father like son. My most memorable sending off was when i asked a ref if I told him he was a $&*& would he send me off, he replied yes, so I enquired if I thought that, he could not send me off, to which he replied that is correct, so I told him I thought he was a *&*& and got a red card......... Yours in the doghouse