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Re: Old Trafford

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From: john_nos...@jhall.co.uk (John Hall)
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Subject: Re: Old Trafford
Date: Fri, 7 Apr 2023 19:56:57 +0100
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by: John Hall - Fri, 7 Apr 2023 18:56 UTC

In message <k9aimjFd0nhU1@mid.individual.net>, Richard
<richsdixon____@gmail.com> writes
>Plenty of building work still going on here but what a terrific
> ground it is as it develops more.
>
>There was an outdoor net session over lunch with the eternally
> miserable Anderson along with Mahmood and Livingstone from Lancs
> and Surrey's Tom Lawes. Lawes is looking quite sharp, I was
> disappointed he wasn't playing this match.

If he had been, it might well have been in place of Steel, so perhaps
it's as well that he didn't.

>
>The view from up in the gods in one of the newer stands is
> marvellous (see link below) - Pennines in the distance (unless
> someone can correct my orography).
>
>Richard
>
>https://linksharing.samsungcloud.com/8mvO91Yl9AX7
>
>

I believe there's an old saying about Old Trafford: If you can see the
Pennines it means it's going to rain; if you can't see them, it's
already raining.
--
John Hall "[It was] so steep that at intervals the street broke into steps,
like a person breaking into giggles or hiccups, and then resumed
its sober climb, until it had another fit of steps."
Ursula K Le Guin "The Beginning Place"

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by: mike - Fri, 7 Apr 2023 21:47 UTC

On Friday, April 7, 2023 at 8:03:00 PM UTC+1, John Hall wrote:
> In message <k9aimj...@mid.individual.net>, Richard
> <richsdi...@gmail.com> writes
> >Plenty of building work still going on here but what a terrific
> > ground it is as it develops more.
> >
> >There was an outdoor net session over lunch with the eternally
> > miserable Anderson along with Mahmood and Livingstone from Lancs
> > and Surrey's Tom Lawes. Lawes is looking quite sharp, I was
> > disappointed he wasn't playing this match.
> If he had been, it might well have been in place of Steel, so perhaps
> it's as well that he didn't.

there cant have been many leg spinners all rounders from california!

> >
> >The view from up in the gods in one of the newer stands is
> > marvellous (see link below) - Pennines in the distance (unless
> > someone can correct my orography).
> >
> >Richard
> >
> >https://linksharing.samsungcloud.com/8mvO91Yl9AX7
> >
> >
> I believe there's an old saying about Old Trafford: If you can see the
> Pennines it means it's going to rain; if you can't see them, it's
> already raining.

its looks brilliant today though!

mike

Subject	Author
Re: Old Trafford	John Hall
Re: Old Trafford	mike