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Couldn't believe what happened last Sunday ,it was my last game before Paddy and the wife returned from their North American adventure, I'd watched the game Saturday and saw Kes pick up another six wicket haul and the awesome Chris Cook Kiwi score a rapid sixty two that saw us get another twelve points ,obviously it was celebration time for me. But when I woke Sunday morning and the cupboard was bare and I'd developed another thirst ,there was no other answer on a glorious sunny afternoon than to go down to the club watch the two's then imbibe in the amber nectar and get stuck into the now World famous cheese and Onion pie, just imagine my shock, horror and surprise when I was met by a padlocked gate and a deserted car park. I was faced with a terrible dilemma should I go to Asda and stock up or go to the Shepherds, with dilemma averted I was making my way to the "Sheps"when I noticed a group of people and a camera crew outside Fitzpatrick's Temperance Bar they all had a look of disappointment on their faces and looked slightly agitated, so i asked them .
"Can I help you?"
"Well we've travelled all the way from our Alesbury film studio to come and see the last bar in Britain that doesn't serve alcohol"
"The last one ,you must be joking there's another one just round the corner"
"Now you're joking ,what's it called ?"
"Rawtenstall Cricket Club"
"What a coincidence we were going there next to continue our filming"
"Oh are you the Grand Designs programme?"
"No we were filming the secret millionaire and were told that they were a worthy cause ,,but I guess they must be OK"
There's a moral in that tale somewhere, unfortunately I didn't go the Grammar schoool..

We won over at Rishton the feedback that I got was that in the field we were superb and restricted them to 150, then Payney scored a good fifty , but the real hero was Andy Bomber Baldwin who produced the goods when the team needed him.
This weekend its our first game without Nathan but he's replaced by Jarrard van Englefield a Dutch Kiwi he comes with a glowing reference from Nathan ,otherwise it's the same team ,but with Will Cook Wiggins returning for the seconds at least we have strength in depth.
Apparently I need to apologise to a few members, I'd said in a earlier blog that there was a poor attendance at the fancy dress event ,but I've been told that there was another thirty people there ,but they'd gone as the Rossendale hide and seek team. They should have gone to the Olympics they were that good(having said that they might have done).
Oh I nearly forgot Payney carried Kes down to the Car park and poured him into a Taxi on Sunday night ,I bet he's glad it wasn't me.
Got to go now I'm trying to find that name in the Yellow pages were they get rid of moustaches on paintings ,there back in the morning.