A cooler day today but without rain - here at least. Sara and I went to All Saints Church this morning for the Parish Eucharist where I delivered the Intercessions and acted as a chalice bearer. It was good to see our friends the Mooreys in church today - on leave from Bahrain - and I arranged to join Chris with Richard at the Lion's Head tonight to catch up on things. I spent a good part of the day, once back from church, gardening - mowing the two lawns and doing some weeding - the green bin is now full! The Ashes test match was brought to a sudden halt this afternoon with Australia trying to add on some more runs before declaring. Bad light and then torrential Manchester rain seem to be England's saviour and so a draw now seems inevitable unless Australia can bowl out England on the last day for less than 330-odd runs. Time doesn't appear on their side especially with more rain predicted. The Hampshire game also looks to be heading for a draw - Glamorgan having a lead of 120 and Hampshire slowly plugging away in the second innings. Mary's flight to Edinburgh has now been booked and she will be accompanied on both flights by cabin crew. It's exciting for her to be flying on her own from Southampton to Edinburgh. A pleasant evening tonight in the Lion with Richard and Chris and we were able to bring Chris up to date with all the gossip (news). He has another year to do in Bahrain then probably a further two before he leaves the navy. He hopes to retire to Winterslow or close by.
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