..................THE DAY BEFORE!! OMG what a flipping brilliant day yesterday was.It the wedding of cousin The Great Gibson at the super spooky ( supposedly haunted) Manor House. And wow what a day it was. The weather was horrendous yesterday morning with me coming back from Tesco resembling a drowned rat!.However by the time Dame Didi arrived and we were waiting for a taxi. The sun was shining and it was a glorious day............and that is how it stayed!
Well the whole gang turned out ( OK a couple didn't) and what a wonderful day it was. There were a few unsuspecting folk who had the 'privilege' of being seated on our table, yes I bet they will not forget that in a hurry. It was great that cousin Sir Stuart was there too, he had come up from Bath ( last saw him August last year when we had to 'dismantle' Auntie Lynn's house to remove a sofa!).He was super kind to Lady Lainey and Dame Didi and gave us a lift home ( yeah because we could have walked! NOT!!!).
All in all a wonderful day and congratulations to the happy couple Mr & Mrs Cousin Great Gibson.
Now for the part which made the day even better. I was trying to keep up on Twitter to what was happening at the cricket. As you know from yesterday Yorkshire had been set a target of 336 to win the match. Huge amount of runs in any ones books. So I was trying to see what was happening ( made more difficult as the day went on by the amount of wine Dame Didi was pouring down my neck!).
Mr Funky the chauffeur then sent me a text message to say that Joe Root was in top form. After a mad scramble through 'tweets' I say that the Tykes had only gone and jolly well 'stuffed' ( technical cricket term) former besty home county of Durham.
So here is my version of events. Durham declared on 275-4 smugly thinking that Yorkshire would struggle. In the boys went ( and I can tell you I really wish that I had been at Chester Le Street to see this). Joe Root showed why he has been selected for England with a amazing 182 runs. He was helped along the way by skipper Andrew Gale, Jonny Bairstow, Gary Ballance and Adil Rashid. Joe was bowled by Callum Thorp with one run needed for victory and having been at the crease for over six hours. Then Bresnan came in and finished it off! How flipping brilliant are my Tykes???
Paul Collingwood had made a comment last week about Ben Stokes being the future for England, well I hope that he watched Joe Root yesterday, as he is truly the future for English cricket. ( and not an ounce of arrogance either)
Great praise also goes out to top coach Gillespie the Gallant. He really has made this team the best and in less than two years has turned them round. I am only sorry that I was not there to see this win.
No 'home comfort' for Geoff Cook.
Footy news not too great though
The Mighty Whites lost and The Blades drew......................
...........even so a perfect day.
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