Early start , 7.45 from Howfen to Wigan . 8.29 got us into Birmingham 9.50. Only11 of us , Bats on his jollys to Katmandu ( soon be back.working fulltime , pension pots getting battered). Sweden Al then buggered off to meet a Zulu. So a brisk 16min walk to The Brass House (,its a pub !! Which disapointed Ash). Excellent breakfast overlooking Black Sabbath bridge and canal network. Loads of bars etc .Moved on to the Moat House & Prince of Wales. Before getting Taxi's to ground.
Very disapointed with first 30mins , vast improvement 2nd half . Nice to see Jack Deardon and JT sat with the fans. Bumped into Jeep , Victor and a few not rights . After the match , headed up to the Cricketers ( proper old school match boozer, seen loads of action way back).
Taxi back to train , Al returned from his jungle experiance well pissed.
Great day out , nearly a good point away. But it didnt happen. Keep the faith see you all at MK .