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Hello, Elle!
The Complaints Department should help resolve matters.
A pity you could not go in person to wherever their HQ is.
Good hunting!
Just watching the cross country skiing.
The skiers are super-fit!
Hope Laura runs well.
She had a visit from BBC this week so we get a clip of her doing her "vetting", if that word is apt?
Brightening up here.

Hi, Rusty!
That is good that your weather is bucking up!
Shall you have time to fit in a walk?
The dog is going to have to wait for her second outing, until after the Athletics have finished!
That is my first priority today!
Speaking of Laura's "vetting"..... we are due at the vets on Monday with the cat.
His booster vaccinations are due.
It is a mammoth task, as he hates being put in his carrier basket!
To the contrary, the dog actually likes going! ( unlike most dogs, whom you see being hauled over the threshold!)
I have finished the Times GK crossword ,but have yet to tackle the 15 x 15 Cryptic!
Have you done yours yet?
I must go make a coffee ready for the start of the Athletics programme......

Hello, Elle!
No walk today.
Still sorting out paperwork.
It is a bind!
Watching the athletics.
Some smashing competitors.
Lot of the girls favouring purple lipstick, I see!
I have just completed the crossword.
A good one today.

Hi, Rusty!
I missed some of the athletics earlier on due to receiving a phone call which lasted rather a long time!
But I have the programme recorded, so can watch the part I missed later on!
I have only just heard about James Ellington's and Nigel Levine's motorbike accident last month.
Did you know about it?
It took place in Tenerife whilst they were at a warm weather training camp.
Apparently , the guys' motorbike was hit by a car which was being driven by a tourist on the wrong side of the road.
Both athletes have received very serious and extensive injuries.
They are recovering well, but their future careers may well suffer.
Ellington's injuries were worse - maybe because he was riding pillion?
Anyway, back to the viewing.......

Hello, Elle!
I saw a clip of the motor cyclists recovering from their crash.
I do not know them, however.
Laura ran well to set a new GB record.
She is in excellent form.
Vroum Vroum Mag's younger half brother, Dandy Mag, won on his racing debut in Ireland today!
There is a noticeable stretch in the evenings here.

Hi, Rusty!
Yes, it is as well that the days are remaining lighter for longer.
We just managed today, after the Athletics, to take out the dog for a little while!
I had thought you would know Ellington and Levine.
Both are sprinters and are often included in the GB squad.
Especially in the Relay races.
A terrible thing to happen to them.
Laura was fantastic - yet again! - wasn't she?
I saw an interview with her afterwards - on the Red Button!
Rop gave Mo a run for his money towards the end of the race , didn't he? - although I feel sure that Mo really had it all thoroughly under control all along!
We are having fish / sausage and chips from the chip shop for dinner tonight!

Hello, Elle.
No, I do not recognise the injured riders.
I follow several sports and can not remember them all!
I struggle with some of the Asian golfers, for instance.
I am not so sure that Sir Mo is as fit as he could be?
I saw two Tweets from Laura.
In one she was praising Jenny Meadows.
Do you get your fish and chips delivered?
A great idea if you do!
You are putting ideas in my head!
I have a beef casserole in the slow cooker.
Will do me tomorrow, too.

Hello again, Elle!
I have just noticed there are few questions being asked on the Forum today.
Strange?

Hi, Rusty!
Yes, that is very true.
And, by and large, I only follow Athletics and Tennis, and even then do not always recognise a name!
Laura was praising Jenny Meadows in the interview that I saw........she said Jenny was spot on in producing exactly what had been requested.
And I saw the two girls hugging at the end of the race!
No, we don't get our fish and chips delivered!
He doesn't do a delivery service!
But it matters little to us personally as the shop is only a short walk away.
Almost literally "round the corner"!
The best sausage and chips I have ever had from "the chippy"!
Yes, you are right - there are not a lot of folk on the forum today.
I wonder whether half -term may be responsible?
Maybe parents, grandparents, aunts, uncles etc., may be tied up with children - visiting relatives etc?
Or simply gone away for a half -term "break"?
A possibility?

The "other forum" had 100 new queries when we had 10 ! sad situation