Previous Trips

Sunday 18 August 2019

Sunday at Lords

Up and around at a reasonable hour. James text as to whether we were still up to chancing our luck with tickets for the Lord’s Test cricket at the gate. Nothing ventured nothing gained!


Navigated the transport system to get to the ground - thank heavens for Google Maps which makes the whole process so easy. Even for an early Sunday morning the buses and the train were still realatively full. 
Things weren’t looking too good early as the rain set in and we couldn’t get tickets at the gate. 

Desperados!
But, after hanging around the streets for and hour or so,  we were able to get two tickets at a reasonable price. 
The morning session didn’t go well for the Aussies. The game came to life later in the afternoon when a few Aussie wickets went down and the game was on!
The artist just down in front of us continued on regardless of the happenings in the middle. 


Well worth the effort. The Aussies hung on by the skin of their teeth. A few Brits thought they could smell a victory - but alas, not to be! The game was declared a draw with three balls to go!  
And shortly after, the rain came down!

A bit of chaos getting home. Many of the trains we needed were closed for maintenance!  
Later joined Helene, Maddie, Kevan and his dad at the pub. 





Hobart, Tasmania, Australia