[theo_luddite]

As England v India at Edgbaston goes into Day 2, good luck finding a hotel room anywhere near Brum if you're planning a weekend visit. In addition to the cricket, Black Sabbath play their final gig and ELO start their final tour, both in Brum this weekend. Of course, it might only be final until someone makes them an offer they can't refuse. I've seen Quo and The Stones more than a slack handful of times since they announced their first final tours.

AmChaff finds herself out of The Women's at Wombledon. 4th seed Paolini lost in R2 to Rakhimova as the seeds continue to wither on the Wombledon vines ivy. The Lions had a short 6 hour flight across Aus from Perth to Brisbane to run in another 50+points in their warm up games. I think the longest individual treks they have now are between Adelaide and Brisbane and back to Melbourne (both around 2 hrs 30 mins). Next up NSW in Sydney on Saturday.

The F1 boys (and girls) come home to Silverstone this weekend with points up for grabs by naming the winning driver. Not too late to change your mind for this race if you want to.

The Ladies Euro's has kicked off in Switzerland, with the homies losing 1-2 to Norway last night and Le Tour (Hommes) has it's Grand Depart this weekend. Both finish on the 27th July.

The shale shifters are in Sweden for the "Thrilla in Målilla" (as locally advertised) on Saturday evening. Tapes up at 7pm. Qualifying takes place earlier in the day but there's no Sprint Race this weekend. To say this place is "out in the sticks" is an undertatement.
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