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Today’s title is from the Duckworth Lewis Method<\/strong> <\/em>their amusing song about “the ball of the century” from Shane Warne<\/strong> <\/em>in 1993. I thought we should have a song about cricket as we are now in May! I’ve also included a proud parental picture -it was the first time I had ever played men’s cricket with both my boys David and Peter (I think Peter was 9 at the time). Cricket is a special sport because it does give the opportunity for parents and children to play together-that was a friendly game, later we did manage to play a few league games together.<\/p>\n

Another touch of summer today, well sound of summer! Four swifts came screaming over my head this morning. I did see my first swifts a couple of weeks ago but that sound is to me so evocative of summer.<\/p>\n

Today’s Quiz was inspired by today’s Exercise Ride. I saw a train as I pedalled over a bridge. So all the questions have a train theme. I hope you are all impressed by the diverse thematic questions! If you look back through the blogs you will be able to see all those questions-it is always a challenge for me thinking of a theme.<\/p>\n

a) Opened in 2001 name the highest railway<\/strong> <\/em>in the U.K.\u00a0\u00a0 b) Which platform at Kings Cross did the Hogwarts Express<\/em> <\/strong>leave from?\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 c) What city is the National Railway Museum<\/strong><\/em> in?\u00a0\u00a0 d) Who wrote the Signal Man<\/strong><\/em>?\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 e) The train involved in the Great Train Robbery in 1963<\/strong><\/em> was travelling from what city? And which county was it stopped by the robbers?<\/p>\n

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