Hurricane Irene Jet Lag and the Admiral!

Yes its been a while and to those few loyal souls who admit they actually read this stuff I issue a humble apology. My Blogging report definitely reads 4 out of 10 could do better at the moment. As you can see from the title there have been a few mitigating circumstances. My planned trip to New York at the end of August to watch my other great love tennis being interrupted by what we Brits would call a "bit of dodgy weather". As the subsequent wrangle with Expedia and an insurance company that want written confirmation from BA that my flight was cancelled due to a hurricane (were they living in a sealed bunker with no communication with the outside world at the time!!) have nothing to do with speedway I'll spare you any more of the gory details. So back to the track and I must say I thoroughly enjoyed the NLRC although I was that jet lagged I'm sure Ken had to point me in the direction of the starting gate on more than one occasion as the eyelids started to droop. Top stuff from young Garrity though so come on Len get a contract out!! The Hackney experiment came to a predictable end east London ain't what it used to be and plonking it in the middle of Hertfordshire was hardly going to get much support so its a warm welcome back to The Raiders next year and a chance to cheer 7 lads who are truly ours. Talking of lads well The Admiral's 16 points on Saturday definitely deserves a mention. was it me or was he looking quick? Bodes well for next season talking to him afterwards he's certainly raring to go. With the X Factor again on Len's mind its Sundays from here on in, I'm a bit confused by that one because its a moot point if anyone watching Gary Barlow and his cronies should really be allowed anything sharp like a pen to fill out their programme so quite why we're worried about the competition is anyone's guess. Maybe Uncle Len fancies himself as a judge I could just see him slotting in between the one I've never heard of and the annoying American woman. Now I'd even contemplate missing my speedway for that!