At the moment, I don't have a trip to live cricket planned but he's having lessons which start this Sunday. Hopefully he'll enjoy it enough to warrant a day out - Both Lord's and The Oval are about the same difficulty to get to from here so the decision will likely come down to dates and ticket availability more than anything else.

The state of football is interesting at the moment - whilst it feels like the domestic game is slowly dying away, at the same time, the lower leagues feel more attractive to people like me who have grown tired of the commercialisation of fans and owners desperate to eek every penny they possibly can out of some clubs. After the threat of Robert Maxwell merging Reading and Oxford United (and the arrival of Sir John), Reading was a very sensibly run club, living successfully within its means. Then some crazy owners came along, desperate for Premier League football and we've been under a transfer embargo for nearly 2 years now, relegation to League One feels like the inevitable next step as a result. I've reached the point where I don't understand the mentality of football club owners (with a few exceptions).

I've digressed as usual and I hark back to the "good old days" before money "ruined" everything.

EDIT: Actually, The Oval looks a lot easier once I've reached London Victoria.