Sport - spoiled for choice.

Despite a couple of days of  rather non summery  weather which has put me off having a ride out on the motor cycle,  and after a couple of very early rises, which necessitated a wee bit of a snooze in the afternoon - lots of sport on the TV to watch.

Open Golf at St Andrews has shown how fickle Scottish weather can be, any time of the year, causing a major upset by stopping play all day yesterday and forcing play to take place tomorrow,  some of the players were complaining about the weather  ( fair weather golfers!!)  heard it all.  One consolation being that those who can go tomorrow will get in for £10.    Big scramble for hotel beds tonight as many thought they would be heading for home this evening - so bet your boots some folks will make a lot of cash tonight.   Nice to see two Scots sitting in the top six at the moment.  Young Eddie Pepperrel playing a blinder at 10 under and then goes and whacks a ball into the side of the Old Course Hotel  !!!  Double bogey in the offing methinks.
Shame that Tiger Woods seems to have totally lost his game, some commentators are suggesting that he might retire from the game, others are saying that he just has to let his coaches sort out his problems - still a crowd puller.

Davis Cup tennis taking place, Andy Murray not doing well at the moment, just hope he can pull something out the bag, otherwise it goes to match four later in the day.  Maybe he should not have played in the doubles, where he may have picked up an injury, or  is just tired.

Tour De France, going well, very spectacular, with todays route affected by heavy rain and making roads a bit dangerous.   Bad incident yesterday with a spectator throwing a cup of urine over Chris Froome, the tour leader,   inexecuseable  behaviour, seemingly brought about by comments based on speculation in the French press, add to that riders of the Sky team being punched, just not on.    I said the same thing a while ago when thinking back to the actions of the striking miners who threw bottles of urine over the Police on the picket line at Bilston Glen.
Drove past there yesterday and despite what everyone said when the colliery closed, there are now many more people working on that site than ever did when the pit was working.

Test match at Lords,  looks like England will need to build a wall in front of their wickets to avoid a good hammering by Australia and the match finishing today.

Mercat Grill has been very busy this past two weeks which are normally a bit quieter due to the Edinburgh holidays which finish today - had a 91st birthday, few assorted birthdays, reunions, a christening and a funeral party.

Mrs B and her two friends currently over in Northern Ireland for the weekend, interesting trip to see the Titanic exhibition, and a tour of the Belfast region, Newcastle and surrounds yesterday while the sun was shining.

Going to have a different day tomorrow with a job to do in Ayr, in the morning, and later in the week off to London.