not near the coast

So the turkeys have voted for Christmas ... when Trump tries to fiddle at his term end in 2028 will JD Vance be as honourable as Mike Pence?

Next year's Tour de France stays in France.  Starting in Lille the race spends seven stages on and around the Channel coast.  It then dives down to the Pyrenees, a stage finish on Mont Ventoux and a sprint finish back in Paris on the Champs-Elysees.

Returned from the Edinburgh Fringe where they had fun and probably pints of heavy Beryl and Clive are at the Halesworth Cut TONIGHT with Sing or Die - Their Musical (5 *s from The Student).

The eight stage Tour de France Femmes starts today with the first four stages starting in Holland and the final stage ending on the Alpe d'Huez ... a bit serious then.

Maybe this is how the Tour de France should finish in Paris instead of the fans distant from the racing.  See it on the BBC red button after just a 3.5 hour wait ... and the last 30mins missing ...

Saturday we will be mostly photoing the Peterborough Royals at home to the Manchester Lions.  It's nine a side women's American football which includes kicking so when we say kickoff at 1pm we do actually mean kickoff at 1pm.

In Stradbroke yesterday the home team were at 60 runs when a middle order batsman was bowled second ball.  Next man in out first ball but impressively the tail wagged finishing at 106.  The visiting Colchester Cavaliers were scoring steadily when we started to feel hungry, no lunch.  Cricket teas seem to have joined affordable postage stamps and tomatoes that taste of something so we went home ... final score.

The forecast was even money rain for the Cardinals at Colchester Gladiators yesterday but the weather restrained itself to just spitting early on.  It ... more here

The British American football season's second week Sunday with the Norwich Devils at home to the London Olympians and Ipswich Cardinals away to East Essex Sabres at Deanes Sports Centre Benfleet.

♫ The impressively careered Dana Gillespie and the impressively numerous London Blues Band play the Ipswich Jazz Club this Sunday afternoon.  Regrettably we'll be in Colchester for UEA Pirates v Essex Blades:(

Making us feel internationally glamorous Tessa Prior Thompson bought us a coffee from the Victoria Falls.

The East African Daily Times has recalled its Ukrainian reporter Venutia Cratpole because in six months she hasn't filed anything about ITFC or that there Ed Sheraton.  Venutia is due back Tuesday and will be reassigned as the EADT's Co-op and Posh Boys correspondent.