A Spot of Cricket eh what?

In order to make the most of the Aussie tour of the homeland and the fact that they lost the last test and thus to determine how low they can slide we headed off to Northampton for a day of county cricket. This is the biggest event that’s happened in the town since George Best kicked six goals on the same ground some time in distant past (so we were told by the dude sitting next us).
Leaving the kids with girls, Nick and Neil headed off on the bus, train, bus and bus (via Milton Keayes) to the Northants home ground in Northampton. After sussing out the ground, the seating the lax security and general country attitude to the whole situation, we grabbed two deck chairs from the bar area, sat tem down on the edge of the ground and promptly had the best seats in the house for entire day.
Neils expertise shone through when he declared the two Northants batsmen at the crease were about to form a long winded partnership. When the next ball saw one of them depart (2 seconds later) the laughter from Nick was heard around the ground. Cricket wise we saw Aussie wickets tumble (6 of) for about 100 runs, We then saw the locals hit some quick runs , loose a couple of wickets, form a solid partnership (see !) , to see it eventually collapse and then declare a sporting declaration.
For those mad keen Aussie cricket fans back in Aus – don’t get your hopes up, they were struggling to beat a county side – whilst it was really hit and giggle – they did not seem to be a team capable of retaining the ashes.
The boys did however have a great day out. This type of cricket with a jovial happy crowd, relaxed officials, perfect weather and extraordinary seats was one to remember for a long time. The end result (game wise) is irrelevant.
In the meantime the rest of the clan did this :-
Car to train station, train to Oxford. wandererd around shops driving Oliver to a case of severe boredom. Boots, Primark (2hrs), sat on a hill next to Oxford castle and had lunch where they nearly fell asleep and then walked around some more. Then came home. Apparently they had a great day....
Tomorrow begins the journey back to the other side of the planet.............