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My introduction to Jäger Bombs during the Edgbaston Test in 2016! Vaughan, Blofeld, Tufnell and Warne. What a quartet! I had three! They were delicious and I wanted to go again the next night but they chickened out!!!
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What a dreadful day for cricket. Rod Marsh, a great man, who recalledDerek Randall in the Centenary Test at the MCG and was horrified by Trevor Chappell’s underarm ball. And then Shane Warne, the greatest bowler ever who taught me to drink Jaegar Bombs! RIP Rod & Shane
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It's only just beginning to sink in.That incredible walk round Lord's. Then I was asked into the England dressing room! What an amazing end!
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Smith & Warner should never be allowed to play again. Lehman must go & Bancroft tho he was presumably sucked in & to curry favour went along with it. Like match-fixing, ball tampering is a cancer and those caught, must be completely cut out. Aussie PM’s reaction was spot on.
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Allelujah! The sun is shining for what looks as if it will be my last day commentating with TMS. Let's hope for a humdinger of a finish!
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A long time ago!! The amazing Brian Johnston, Blowers and dear CMJ. How lucky I was to share the TMS box with such great men - and what fun we had!
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The Lord's caterers gave me two lobsters for my last working lunch! Lobster Thermidor and it was way beyond exceptional. What a last day!
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It’s the saddest & most unbelievable cricket crisis ever. An Australian captain openly admits cheating & then says he’s not going to resign the job. Poor old Jim Maxwell. His tearful reaction that of a true sportsman. I wonder how much the vice-captain had to do with all this
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I couldn’t be more thrilled that the Aussies won the World Cup. Talk about going into the lions’ den and coming out first. Well done all of them. it won’t do India any harm. They’re getting a bit too big for their boots!
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Bob Willis was a great man with a wonderful, wonderful dry sense of humour. Almost 30 years ago we spent two summers driving round England together while working for Sky. What fun and laughter we had and what excellent wine we drank!!! I shall miss him.l very much.
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I am having an amazing last Test, first day. Just met the Director-General, cakes and cards galore and so much amazing warmth!
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I’m sure Alastair Cook has made the right decision. The pressure of Test cricket is huge. It’s hardly surprising he feels he can’t summon up the cutting edge any more. We must all be enormously grateful not only for what he has done but for the selfless way he has always done it.
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What an amazing few days I've had! I had no idea it would be this big. Thank you,thank you, thank you everyone for yr messages & friendship
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Many, many thanks to all those amazingly kind people who've sent me lovely messages about my retirement from TMS. I have been deeply touched
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Another victim for Jimmy Anderson - stumps out of the ground!!!
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A wonderful surprise! The telephone rang this morning and it was the amazing Peter Alliss saying well done to me. I was deeply touched
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After gigs in Glasgow, Edinburgh & Bingley, we’ve returned to Norfolk maybe to bunker down for 3 or 4 months. Not wanting to be done over by thirst, I’ve stocked up with booze, but it’s scary to realise at my age, I’m right in the firing line!!! We must take it head on & win.
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I always feel rather embarrassed when people offer me their seat on a bus or underground. Three did today, but I resolutely remained standing. I don’t want to be thought I am SO old and incapable!!! I think part of me wants to grit my teeth & say ‘I’ll show ‘em’! Vanity, I fear!
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Birthday Boy!!! Who wants to be 84?! But, I tell you what: the perfect birthday brunch at the Jardi de Ses Bruixes in Mahon with gorgeous step-daughter, Tanya. The movie maker is the fabulous Valeria. MGM are after her, for sure!
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Appalling batting by England. Surprising if SA don't win in four days. Now to find replacements for Dawson & Ballance who are not up to it.
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Really excited about ringing the bell on Saturday morning at Lord's. I've had tuition from Graham Smith who rang on Sat & Michael Vaughan!!!
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I have just watched the best travel programme I will ever seen. It was Michael Palin’s fascinating five-and-a-half month journey : From Pole to Pole’. He was superb and must be just about the nicest, most brilliant & perceptive communicator in the world. Wonderful!
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Just off to Heathrow! There’s nothing more exciting in life - with a decent bit of chaos thrown in - than the first morning of an adventure! Will the taxi turn up? Where are the passports? Have we got the boarding cards? Which terminal is it? All the fun of the fair!!!
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The last two left in the Queen’s Grill last night on the Queen Elizabeth
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It’s lovely to come back to Norfolk and live again where it all began. Just back from a lovely family drink party & Hoveton has never looked better! Two lovely fat Mallard drakes waddled up to the front door - full of testosterone - lucky Old Things!!!!!!!
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How desperately sad. Tony Cozier was a brilliant commentator & a truly great man. West Indies cricket has lost a man it will never replace.
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At Home With Henry is off to a good start today with that all-important first cup of coffee on a fabulous Norfolk morning!
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My Dear Old Things. Eat your hearts out Look what old age has done for me!
@RealNatalieLowe
@MichaelVaughan
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My 2021 ODI kit! Just about to play my first knock of the year. I’m here for shout-outs too, don’ forget!
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Just about to board BA flight to London in Hong Kong when our business class boarding cards were swopped for the magic of first clas. Terrific: the service, the wine, the comfort - yes, a bed (!!!) & a good night’s sleep. We were both like small children given an iced lolly!
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In all the years I've been watching cricket, I have not seen a more abject and humiliating defeat than England. It was perfectly dreadful.
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A Warne inspired Jäger Bomb Blast with Vaughany, Tuffers & Blowers
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There cannot be many more unromantic places than Luton Airport at 4.00am. But the Special Assistance staff are brilliant. Our seatbelts are fastened for a 6.05 take-off for Mahon. We have been promised temperatures of 32 degree. There may yet be life after Luton Airport!
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What a week! Two out-of-this-world semi-finals, a great Lashings game at Burley-in-Wharfdale and three nights at Langar Hall where the scrambled eggs and salmon after a heavy day is the best comfort food of all time!!!
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I had to have a laugh at the remarkable news that the 67 year-old Thai king is holed up in isolation in a Swiss hotel with no fewer than twenty concubines to help him wile away the time. No loss of energy yet, it appears! Can you credit it!!!
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A terrific Test Match watched by enthusiastic & knowledgable supporters of both sides without any rancour or unpleasantness between them.
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Desperately sad about Dean Jones. I had the luck to commentate with him in Australia at the end of my time in the box. He told it as it was without ego or prejudice or anything getting in the way. He had a real twinkle in his eye , loved a beer and was of course a great batsman.
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Checking out of our house in London for good over the next four days. Half the house is covered in red stickers for Menorca & the other half is plastered with blue stickers for Norfolk. I fear some things will go the wrong way, but that’s life! It’s all a bit of a hoot really!!!
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Well done England. Three brilliant games! Twas terrific how England hung in there after being two games down. Six innings & all over 300!!!
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What a staggering cake. I hope it is given to poor Mrs Aggers with all our love. She's a real fighter and she'll win that horrid battle.
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Oops!!! Went to bed with a resounding dry cough & runny nose. Alarm signals flashed,& again this morning. My splendid doctor is putting his money on flu or a cold. Anyway, we are battening down the hatches!Am buying a machine from Amazon which should reveal all! Tense times!
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The last ball and all four results possible. What a stocking filler!
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Joined Queen Mary 2 this afternoon. Good lunch, usual life- jacket safety drill and a spectacular bottle of Champagne in our room. What can possibly go wrong?!!!
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I'm speechless! I wonder if England's bowlers could defend 400. I doubt it. And the lack of leadership is frightening. What is Moores doing?
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Started as a quick single, ended as an all-Run four! Blowers up for anything: Q&A, Speaking, Memories of doing this, that or the other and having masses of fun and laughter!
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In the morning Valeria & I clamber aboard the Queen Victoria in Southampton for a twelve day cruise: Lanzarotte etc! I’ll be a good break after the hectic book time, but only 17 degrees in L.
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The most amazing few days in Menorca. 12 of us out from UK partying vigorously, ecstatically and thirstily! Brilliant food , good-ish wine and scintillating company. Our new house has stood up to it well and we’ve had two games on the amazing Mebnorca CC ground! Beat that!!!
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The Christmas present of the year: ‘Over and Out’ by Henry Blofeld with all the hysterically amusing untold stories from TMS
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The first two nights after the clocks go back are awful and it’s a long wait until the end of March!
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To satisfy, I hope, all those who have asked charmingly if I will be commentating on any Tests this year, I shall be doing the next 4 Tests!
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It’s extraordinary & extremely disappointing to have driven yesterday along the litter strewn Newmarket bypass & other roads similarly afflicted. In the last three weeks I have visited Singapore, Hong Kong, Japan & South Korea where the roads are all spotlessly clean.
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Yes, My Dear OT, Just seen Julie Hall's magnificent & amazing cake. I've instantly elected her to The Order of Brian Johnston, First-Class.
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I still can’t believe it really happened. This was part of that extraordinary walk round Lord’s at the end of my last day as a commentator which ended with a glass of champagne in the England dressing room. It was…
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I’ve been packing for years but it never gets any easier! Off tomorrow morning to Singapore, packing lies ahead! Ugh!!! I fear it’s an up all night job. But the Mandarin Oriental brckons and what could be better than that!!! Aren’t we lucky! Keep you posted .
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What a wonderful Test Match. Joe Root superb and Moeen Ali has looked a true Test allrounder for first time. England will win this one now!
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It’s amazing how quickly you get used to doing nothing! Our daily, hour-long walk is a joy &the sharp east wind makes sure we keep up a good pace too! Delicious supplies filter through & there are piles of books to read. Work will have a huge problem trying to embraceme again!!!
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It was amazing to listen again to the commentary for the Headingley Test last year. The first time round I don’t think I realised how brilliantly all those at TMS had done it! I think, like most people, I was too involved with the storyline. Well done everyone: it was terrific.
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England having a net on the way to Australia in 1911/12. I wish I could have commentated on that one - ‘It’s Sydney Barnes from the Captain’s Table End end…..’ nas can chirpy ring to it!
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Oh dear, oh dear, oh dear! What a dreadful start to the World Cup for England. New Zealand had a point to make in this game after the 2019 final at Lord’s - and could hardly have made it more emphatically. Well done them!
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The word has reached me at sea that
@WILTY_TV
Christmas special was well received last night. It was an absolute joy to film
#montecarlo
...
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What an amazing victory & an extraordinary series. A huge triumph for the game of cricket & for Test cricket in particular! Hallelujah!!!
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This is the life! Valeria & I are safely installed in a splendid cabin on the Queen Victoria.we are girding our loins fort the compulsory safety drill which no doubt will be a hoot!!!
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What a day! A wonderful victory and phenomenal bowling by Broad. And a series win - not easy to do away from home these days
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MDOT, it is with great excitement to announce I will be joining the
@ClassicFM
family in
@thetimes
today. Tune in over Easter weekend for
#blowersaroundbritain
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Alcaufar beach not a bad place to spend a perfect late summer’s day in Menorca’
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How on earth could the selectors leave Harry Brook out of the World Cup squad?! It defies belief for he is so good although it appears he could be squeezed in at the last moment. Who for? Jason Roy perhaps. But really!!!
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What a fantastic England victory & well done Joe Root. Let’s hope this is the turning point in his captaincy career. Chelsea Arts Club also won yesterday,at Oxford on lovely Queen’s College ground on the banks of the River - fab setting. Great lunch at Chelsea Arts Club today!
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Just snuck into the top 10 best selling memoirs list of 2017! Not bad for an old fart like me!!!
#overandout
What a success! So proud to see
@blowersh
reach the Top 10 Best Selling memoirs of 2017!
#overandout
#78retired
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Walking up the Thames today, I just wished time could stand still. It was perfect: blossom, birds, boats, new green foliage & cloudless sky
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Tony Cozier was only commentator able to walk seamlessly & brilliantly from the TV to the radio com box - two vastly different disciplines.
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My Dear Old Things, Thank you for yr messages. I shall be in the TMS box for the last two Tests in SA, in Jo'burg & Pretoria! See you then!
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Looks can be misleading! This was the worst, most offensively unwelcoming hotel I can remember. Preordered sandwiches four days old & £6.50 each. Blonde receptionist blatantly rude & didn’t allow porter to bring sandwiches to our dirty room. We left at once & will never go back
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Excellent lunch at Lord’s in the President of MCC, Ian MacLaurin’s box. Lots of amusing people & a great England victory. Then, to the Holiday Inn, Luton Airport in preparation for 3.00 am call & 6.00 take-off for Mahon. Just now, the holiday mood still a trifle elusive!
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Do you think ‘Dinner With Blowers’ could be the Tipping Point’?!!!
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Mr & Mrs B looking the part on a Sampan in Hong Kong harbour this morning. Great adventure before climbing into the clouds for lunch at The Peak. Wearing shorts, it is chilly in spite of the rug round my knees!The excellent Sancerre has become a compelling & compulsory medicine!
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What a wonderful theatre! I payed last night in the Theatre Royal in York and this picture shows the boxes, stage right, and the start of the balcony and the circle. It was built in 1740 and is the oldest working theatre n the country. Do pop in and have a look if you’re nearby.
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A lovely walk round the edge of a field & up the side of an old wood. What a fantastic spring for wild flowers. Daffodils now hanging their heads, but primroses, daisies & dandelions all in mid-season form, & now, best of all, the thick carpet of bluebells in the woods. Heavenly!
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Terrific lunch in Longparish on Saturday with Johnny Woodcok, surely the most famous Times Cricket Correspondent of all. At 92, his mind is still in midseason form &, down memory lane,we went on many exciting adventures all over the cricketing world. He is a truly great man.
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Fantastic news that the New Real Marigold Hotel goes to air on Thursday 30th April at 9.00pm on BBC1 & the following three Thursdays. It’s a bit nerve-wracking wondering how it’s all been edited! But what fantastic fun it was being in India with all those wonderful people.
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I was hoping Santa might come up with a decent spinner for our next series against India!
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A really awful situation for poor James Taylor. No nicer man has played for England. I shall long remember the short leg catches at Jo'burg
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What a day! Made an Oldie of the Year at fab lunch at Simpson’s-in-the-Strand. Later picked up Radio Times award go TMS at a great party at Claridge’s! Fantastic!
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🇫🇷🇫🇷🇫🇷😪😪🙏🏻 What a desperate, appalling and despicable act of terrorism in Nice. Those poor children RIP. What a world we live in.
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This Autumn,
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Valeria at work on the 23rd floor in Hong Kong. We shall be dining on the table just behind her. And the Mandarin Oriental is exactly what the Mandarin Oriental should be - and with nobs on!
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Terrific win for England. I was delighted to see Steve Finn take two such important wickets, Misbah and Aslam.
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Just driven 468 miles in 30 hours to do a sensational gig with famous rugby radio commentator and brilliant good egg, Ian Robertson, at the Chagford Literary Festival near Exeter. Robbo was hysterically funny & superb & it went well! Wonderfully organised too.
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Fantastic to be back at the Theatre Royal in Lincoln. Swanny in midseason form, the theatre one of the most beautiful around. Almost 400 in.
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Tomorrow 'Over and Out' is published by my good friends
@HodderBooks
I had such fun writing this I really hope you all enjoy it! Pip Pip
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My dear old things, it is all thanks to you! Who would have thought
@thetimes
best sellers list! Valeria and I are both in fine form in the middle of the Atlantic. Pip pip
Did you all see
@blowersh
making
@thetimes
Hardback Non-Fiction Bestsellers List last week? Going from strength to strength!
#overandout
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Can’t wait to get onboard the Queen Elizabeth in Sotonnext Sunday especially as I’ve got a new SIM card and am all set for action after more than two weeks off the air. We’re off to New York via Bermuda and again I’m singing for my supper!
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Off to Lord’s tonight to speak to 180 or so MCC members in the Long Room. Dinners at Lord’ are always good fun and beautifully organised. Good fun!
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Two good looking young wicket keepers at the recent Lord’s Test! Farokh Engineer is is the one with his arm round me. Great player, wonderful man & great friend. We got to know each other on the England tour to India in 1963/64. I can think of no one I enjoy meeting up with more!
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Every date of the 78 Retired Spring Tour has been sold out! For me it has been terrific fun and just a little bit humbling too. For that I thank you all a bundle!! Due to the demand it has been insisted I go again in the Autumn!!! Book today!
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