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Ey up! Nice day at Driffield .. excellent teas, warmer weather but... my colleague made a couple of major screw ups wch badly impacted the outcome of the game. Very late home as the A64 eas closed for overnight roadworks...pah! Today its off up the A64 (again) for a game near Malton. I had been asked to umpire games on thursday and Friday but I am off the a show in Bristol on Thursday.. and.. I am a semi retired umpire... Have a good day if you can! Baz

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Ey up! Sunny here too. Off to Driffield to umpire Over 60s cricket today. Teas are generally excellent at Driffield. Time to get ready to ho. Enjoy your day! Baz

Ey up! Unfortunately in video games if you shoot or knife someone.. they spring back to life when you restart the game.. My view is only the armed forces should be armed.. anyone with a gun or other form of "arms" should be gently volunteered to vebin the armed forces.. Today has no major plan.. but a trip to the Marie Celeste is required to try to book an appointment with Sister Drac. (It's less frustrating if you walk there than hanging on the phone for 40 minutes). Six electrical switches were wired up to some parallel bits of metal. 2 cheap Chinese made switches were U/s when connected up.. pah! Time to gerronwithit as they say! Baz

Ey up! Quite a while ago I took part in some clinical trials using z variety of drugs. Eventually I started on a daily injection of semiglutide.. weight loss was noticeable. I had been on a weekly ozempic jab but its not available for the next year or so.. so they switched me to Rybelsus.. aka semiglutide tablets taken daily. These are a faff and don't seem to be as effective as the jab was. The trials were looking at diabetes effects on the heart. Cardiff specialist hate metformin with a vengeance (as well as starting which they are pretty critical about) Back to today. Its wet.. pah! Her indoorsbis off out playing crumhorns and recorders today. A bit of wire strangling may be achieved. Wooppppiiiiddddooo! Stay safe! @grandadbob get a plan of where you want to visit at Beamish then look at how you can get there by bus tram etc. That way it reduces the walking to get anywhere bit.. Baz

Cvr(t) a Combat Vehicle Reconnaissance (tracked) wirh a FV 430 armoured personnel carrier. You can use both on public roads.. Baz

Oh forgot.. it has a proper fun fair.. Baz

@grandadbob.. Beamish is very large now..so a couple of days may be needed to see most of it... novworries though.. plenty of places to get tea/coffee, food etc. Buses and trams run regularly around the site. Angel of the North.. impressive.. Durham cathedral..by far the best Cathedral in Britain.. Not achieved much today..youngest Herbert was on the losing side today. Baz

Ey up! Back from a visit to Beamish (excellent apart from the weather.. sun, rain, snow and hail on occasion!) Then I decided to head to the Heugh Battery in Hartlepool ( which was attacked by German battlecruisers in 1914). Nice time was had (as was a bacon and egg banjo)... Main gripe.. lorry drivers on main roads. They should ban lorries from the major road system between 8am until 8pm. Why? Well they are governed to 56mph (the big 40 tonnesr have problems stopping if they go any faster) but insist on trying to overtake other lorries..pah! Beamish has been developing a new 1950s area. The work done so far is superb. Minors welfare (oap) cottages, council houses, police Houses (two semis with a police station tucked in the middle) etc. A trip on a bus and a trip on a tram.. excellent day.. but it meant an early bed time! Today.. no cricket umpiring any more but, due to most grounds being quagmire, few games to watch. Have a good day! Baz

I would ask if I can join too following a fall at Easter! Baz

Happy Birthday (belated) to Veronica. She just happened to have sent a photo of the Crab Shack... Baz

Ey up! Hope Beth's op goes well @jamie92208. And I hope your train arrives on time @woodenhead. (Not something I can bank on with Late and Never Early!). first up today a visit to the new dental hygienist, followed by hoovering and tidying ...pah. Day should be completed by a trip to the MRS before my trip to Beamish tomorrow. Busy, busy, busy Have a good day/night/ morning wherever you are ERing in the world. Baz

Is it retirement beckoning or end of teaching?... Dr Eldest is also having similar problems.. as in can't sleep so it may be a common theme for lecturers. Next up.. dissertation marking and reviews.. Baz

Ey up! Heavy rain in Driffield means my umpiring today has been cancelled.. pah! The Over 60s are a nice bunch .. I know a lot of them as well so missing out on a catch up and a cricket tea.... PAH! I fear that I will have to get a hearing test. I too had measles but years working in Engineering hasn't helped. One fitter at Leeds used to stamp numbers into the ends of a particular item.. using a large metal stamp and a very large mell hammer.. hevhad ear protectors on.. we didn't always have them.. standing close to guns even with protectors on wasn't good for the ears either. Handy when umpiring though.. players assume you are deaf anyway. No cricket means I have a free day.. could involve muddling or gardening.. Enjoy your day! Baz now located in the mushroom shed..

Ey up! Nice day yesterday umpiring a very nice friendly game at Escrick Park..the home of the Yorkshire Gentlemen. A bit of fun, some serious bowling and batting and.. it was dry! Not sure what I have been organised to do today.. yet! Enjoy your day! Baz

Ey up! Sunny morning here, fingers crossed it stays that way. As part of my cricket umpiring retirement I am still doing odd games (mainly friendlies) for a while to help to get away from cricket teas... these are, at least in Yorkshire, a thing of great nutritional value. I have a busy week coming up as I am venturing North for a couple of days to catch up with history (a quick trip to Beamish is involved). Time for my mugatea! TTFN! Baz

Was it from the Karachi ( or K) by any chance? Baz

Pete could have taken his layout to Warley but chose not to. Baz

Didn't see one last year but we did try the Mowe pick as per @jjb1970 s suggestion. Brilliant place! @monkeysarefun that platter looks nice. I noticed that an australian acquaintance was ar Crab Shack in Wellington Harbour recent where the staff wear t shirts telling everyone "We have Crabs" But tye food is very nice including the huge green lipped mussels and orange ruffle.. Baz

Have you ever got north of the M25 recently? Obviously not as your very broad brush view needs to be revised pdq. Why? In Leeds and other cities, towns and villages, I am certain that the choice of foods.. generally available prepared by at least first generation visitors (as in Chinese, Thai, Bangladeshi, Indian, Pakistani and both Greek and Turkish) as well as Italian restaurants serve food just like it says they are described. I didn't notice any majore differences on my travels. Unfortunately I await a visit to a local Japanese restaurant to check it out. Our local chefs may not be too pleased about your views.. Food in Switzerland ( on my business vists) was never really that exciting...even when prepared in the General in charge of Army caterings Castle! Baz

Ey up! Presenting to a group of muddlers today. They are expected to try turinng clean things into dirty things.. should be fun! No major aches and pains from yesterday. Good! But it reinforces my decision to longer umpirevleague cricket.. Time for a bacon sarnie (or so my tummy tells me!) Hope all of our missing ERs are well. Baz

I have.. but did this as a favour.. everyone is very short of umpires. No league cricket umpiring just special occasions.. Baz

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Cricket was umpired. It was very cold.. Baz at Headingley. The ground was quite soft.. but.. as we left.. they were watering the square. All club cricket has been postponed around here..... Baz