Malcolm wrote:

And I don't wish to depress you, but rain washed out the third day on
the Ashes match last year (that's the Saturday, I believe). the only day
to be lost to rain throughout the whole five-match series :-)


I know, I had the good fortune to be at the second day of that test. We
only lost 20 minutes to rain and had a lovely afternoon. On the
saturday I went to the Imperial War Museum North while it chucked down
;-)

Douglas