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6 hours ago, Lew-T said:

I think that’s the point. They want to attract new fans to the game who may not understand it or follow it. 
 

It’s so shite though, I can’t bare it.

It's worse than that

https://citinite.wordpress.com/2008/09/14/the-bowgie/

19 hours ago, Super said:

Was in Crantock the other week on the beach and lunch outside in the Bowgie Inn (or Bogie Inn as my son calls it). Lovely.

The Bowgie Inn, the stuff of legends in the late 80's early 90's with it's club.

Great memories of Friday nights in the club there

Ambulance shortage?

No problem just use a pickup!!

SAFE FOR WORK

2 hours ago, Lanterne Rouge said:

The Rame generally is a bit of a hidden gem, there`s some lovely places down there but most folk just get off the ferry at Torpoint and head for the tourist traps like Looe. If they turned left instead of right they`d enjoy it so much more.

Spent my childhood holidays in various chalets across the cliffs at Whitsand Bay, my parents were offered one in the late 70's for £150, that's on the market now for £500k

Also difficult to understand that part of Kingsand and Cawsand used to be in Devon, they don't like being reminded of that

On 22/07/2022 at 16:03, Lanterne Rouge said:

It is but try getting any work done in the place this time of year! I pretty much refuse to visit unless the customer can do before 7am!

See also Looe, Polperro, Fowey, Polruan, Padstow and many others.

I've altered that for you

Those last 2 are secret and no one should know about them

Someone's having a mare 

What a future he has

Meanwhile on a ferry in the Channel 

Who can relate to this when first seeing their wife/husband/partner

Sound up

Tron and The Omen, what films they were!

12 hours ago, ralphindevon said:

Well that was a frustrating day, it was sunny everywhere around the south west it seems…..bar Taunton. It never got heavier than a few annoying spots or light drizzle but rarely stopped all day.

A difficult game next week at Essex then we wait until September when we play all our rivals, two of which, Glos and Warwickshire are in a lot worse form than we are. Our points total from this game wasn’t bad and once we’ve played our game in hand over Warwickshire, Kent and Gloucester we’ll see then where we are.

As another has mentioned, the future of county cricket as we know it is up in the air, the problems caused by creating, promoting and funding the 100 are becoming all too real

I was at the Kings Festival yesterday, you can see the floodlights from there, we had rain, but it blew through quickly and didn't stop play!!

57 minutes ago, PHILINFRANCE said:

Ah, you may be correct.

He was chatting with the female commentator, and I wasn’t really paying attention as I was writing something and only listening in the background.

Who is she, by the way.

Knowledgeable and seems good fun.

On me 'ed son!!

Lancs for the win!!

Meanwhile

Bit off at a tangent, the Somerset cricket foundation, formerly board, on Twitter about one of their cups, photo from last years final, I'm the bloke with the black trousers

That over

19 hours ago, PHILINFRANCE said:

Did you manage to get there for the start after your umpiring?

Yes, both teams knew what was happening, they couldn't do an early start,

At 5:30 we made them aware we were leaving in 2 overs time, 2nd to last ball of that 2nd over the last wicket fell!!

WHAT A NIGHT!!!!!!!!

27 minutes ago, Super said:

Just to clear things up a bit 

Plymouth 250,700

Wakefield 333,564

Salford 219,200

Cathedral city of Wakefield is @95k, that is the metropolitan borough of Wakefield which is made up of different towns.

1 hour ago, Sir Geoff said:

Plymouth has a population of one million......I don't think so 

Wakefield has a population of @95k    

38 minutes ago, NewquayRed said:

Any idea where to have a beer pre game, know the area but can't say the pubs are too appealing near by.

10 min walk up Milehouse Rd will take you into Stoke village, several pubs within 3min walk of each other plus a social club, in case you're wondering i lived in Stoke for almost 30yrs

http://stokeplymouth.co.uk/category/pubs-and-restaurants/

12 minutes ago, Taunton_BCFC said:

There’s a spoons just down the road but like you say ain’t great! I’m hoping the 20 minute walk from train station will lead us to a couple pubs 

Dont wear any colours as they wont let you in, its called the Brit.

You can walk to Stoke village in about 20mins from the station, if you take a slight de-tour there'll be a few on the way or get a bus outside the station that will take to Milehouse