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A Very Good morning to you, Rusty!
It is lovely here!
Bright blue sky and sunshine......the temperature is in the lower twenties already.
A great day for the Anniversary Games if the weather over in Stratford is like this.
We had a pleasant walk this morning......altho warm, there is quite a nice fresh breeze which is invigorating.
I am set to do my crosswords now......armed with some grapes and cheese, and a coffee Brain power and stimulant!
What are you doing today?

Good morning, Elle!
It's a bit cloudy here (and a wee bit blowy at Portrush!).
Happy hunting with your puzzle!
I am home for the day.
Last day in the Pyrenees for the Tour.
Will be another very tough stage!
And I have the golf to keep an eye on!

Hi, Rusty!
I have finished the Everyman, with a bit of multi-tasking going on besides!
It was reasonably straightforward today, with a moon theme celebrating the 50th Anniversary of the first moon landing.
I have just printed out the Sunday Times Cryptic, so shall attempt that before the start of the Athletics.
I hope the cycling goes smoothly (safely) with no accidents today.....
Will you be channel hopping between that and the golf?
Clouding over here, too, at the moment...what a change from earlier.

Hello, Elle!
Well done on your Everyman!
Not a puzzle I've ever tried.
Yes, channel hopping between EuroSport 1, and Sky Golf!
Oh, I'm sure the stage won't pass without somebody falling off.
Hopefully be happy landings, though!
It is fairly windy at Portrush, now. Perfect!

Hi, Rusty!
Both crosswords, and a few jobs, all finished in time for me to watch the Athletics!
I am well organised!
It should be a good afternoon!
Maybe you will get chance to look in on the Anniversary Games ......but you sound very involved already, with both the golf and the cycling!
Now I am not going to answer the telephone....callers may assume I am out!!!

Hello, Elle!
The golf and cycling are enough for me!
Everyone in cagoules at Portrush.
Tour going OK.
Fingers crossed for Alaphilippe.
Hope his team is strong enough to defend the jersey.

Hi, Rusty!
Phew! I have run a lot of races.......jumped a lot of hurdles......thrown a lot of discos......
It was a good afternoon's viewing and I did enjoy it!
I did, of course, answer the telephone...….
I was but joking, when I said I would ignore its ringing!
Shortly, I shall flick through the recording, and find the half-hour section that I missed.
Dina Asher- Smith did very well, coming a close second to Shelly- Ann Fraser-Pryce, whom it seems impossible to beat, the marvellous way she is running at present.
And your bete noire (I cannot do accents) Lynsey Sharp ran very well in the 800m.
I am afraid, though, that her past behaviour always colours the way I view her now.
How is your own pursuit of sporting activities going?
How is Alaphilippe getting on?

This is the second time I have typed out a reply...the first disappeared into the ether!

Oops, Rusty!
I haven't, of course been holding wild raves...I made a typing error!
I should have put "discUs"!

Good evening, Elle!
I read about Shelly-Anne and Dina.
Excellent runs from the two of them!
I can't be doing with Lynsey Sharp, I'm afraid.
Alaphilippe is still in yellow, though he lost a bit of time.
His team are not the best for a grand tour, and he is often isolated from them.
They are more suited to the one day classics, which Alaphilippe has won three of this year.
He is known as "LouLou", apparently!
I'd like to see a Frenchman winning.
A fan ran alongside Peter Sagan and asked him to sign his biography!
No problem to Sagan!
The Open golf was great, the weather was wet and windy, a proper test on a great course.
Shane Lowry won by several strokes.
There won't be a cow milked in County Offaly tonight!

Good evening, Rusty!
I have just been talking to my cousin.
She is doing well after her (left) hand operation on Tuesday , although having to wear a splint, and sometimes also a sling.
It will all take time, but will help the pain and mobility in the long run.
Alaphilippe is doing well.....
"LouLou" is a strange nickname ? Any idea why he is so called?
I am glad you are enjoying the golf, too.
It has been a good day all round for Sports coverage.
These proverbial cows are always getting a mention.....either because they are slow in coming home......or because they will never be milked!
I meant to say.......I haven't had any trouble at all with ReCaptcha for about a fortnight now.....I've only had to tick the box!
I wonder if Ash has adjusted a setting?