Lady Lainey's weekend of rest

Well if you think that I am going to be having a restful weekend, think again! No lazing around on the chaise longue, no having pizza or Indian delivered. Much as I would like to have a lazy weekend, it is never going to happen.

So the 4th test kicked off yesterday in Chester Le Street, Co Durham. YES County Durham! where people are not 'Geordies' and Newcastle is 10 miles up the A1. However after listening to TMS  yesterday I think that Durham CCC need to change their flipping name to Newcastle CCC, as this was all they talked about. Nothing about the beautiful city of Durham complete with Cathedral and Castle, nothing about the heritage of Durham. Nope!!! However we now know a lot more about the night life in Newcastle! Which probably explains why the England team are shacked up in Lady lainey workville.

I did however find out ( according to some eedjit on TMS) the Finchale end is named after the river Finchale ( no such river, it is named after the direction to Finchale Abbey) I was waiting to be informed that the Lumley end was named after Joanna!

The cricket was not much better than the commentary to be honest.Alistair Cook took forever to get a half century. KP, came out swaggering and waving his bat ( hey no tape on here!). And not too long before he was back in the 'hutch'. In fact it is fair to say that Australia took control of the game from the start. Today is another day so lets see what happens.

Sad news for Surrey that they will be without skipper Gareth Batty ( top tyke too), who received a two match suspension for inappropriate conduct on the field. Looks like he was getting a tad cross with some of the Somerset boys. Well now he isn't going to get a bat on Finals Day and at 35 years old he should know flipping better.

So what of today, well as soon as I have finished typing this I am off to Homebase and then back to Tykes Towers to get the new curtain poles put up,  scrape some more paint off the tiles in the hallway and then packing and wrapping of pressies and then ...........nap time.

And whilst this is all happening I will of course be glued to the test.

And it looks as if it is going to be a glorious day too.


have a good one!