Friday 13th June 2025

Friday 13^th June

SHE SAID:

We woke to a lovely sunny & warm day; I was hopeful that the “Friday 13th curse” would pass us by… sadly it didn’t!

The story goes: Mum & I had a lovely day. We caught the bus to Worthing, which took a little over an hour. Enjoyed a morning cuppa on the pier, in the sun, then we walked into town, had a look around a few shops, & had a smoked salmon, poached eggs & hollandaise on brioche for lunch.

By the time we’d finished lunch & chatting it was time to head back to the bus stop. We arrived with about 10 minutes to spare. But 45 minutes later no bus had turned up. Everyone waiting was getting irritated, then another bus stopped & said there was an accident on the A24. Two of the expected buses had been stuck in the chaos then randomly cancelled! The wait time for the next bus was another 35-40 minutes. By this stage I was over it. I tried ringing a taxi to get us to the station; I tried 3 different companies, none answered, so we found out where the bus to the station left from & got that. I purchased 2 single tickets to Horsham for 30 pounds; we had 1 change at Ford to get us back to Horsham!

It was 6pm by the time we arrived back! Ho Hum!

Worthing Pier

Cricket Days

HE SAID:

It was another early start as I was dropped off at the station by Varena about 7:30 for my pilgrimage to Lord’s. It was just me and Percy today, and we had a good day, watching the Australian tail bat for two hours and boosting the score to defensible level. However, as the pitch had settled down so much that our tail-enders could look unruffled, that meant that the South African batsmen would also have it easy. The SA batsmen went as expected, losing just 2 wickets in 2 sessions, leaving just 69 runs to get tomorrow with 8 wickets in hand. Not how I wanted it to work out, but a good day at the home of cricket. I made it back to Horsham around 8:15pm and was met by my patient, lovely wife.

It was reported as the warmest day in the UK for the year so far, knocking on 30 degrees at the cricket.