Peckhamgatecrasher

How about a hazel nut/plum expedition tomorrow at 11 am? I'm at Goose Green, is that a good place to meet? Then we could walk or take my old banger to Warwick Gardens?

Charming little matricidal buggers aren't they? We've been having some huge spiders lately, but I don't think they are funnel ones.

Picked just over a pound of wild cherry plums on P.Rye this morning which I shall make into jam supplemented by windfall damsons/plums (how do you tell the difference?) from a tree at the bottom of Warwick Park. The WP tree is extremely bountiful so lots of pickings for everyone. There is also a hazel tree next to it. I've picked up a few that have blown down and they taste wonderful. Does anyone fancy coming with me and a stepladder and looking rather silly to harvest some more? Or have any ideas how to get them before the squirrels? Edited to add: I was thwarted from picking some damsons from the trail that runs by the side of Hornimans - they are right up at the end by the pool. The gates were locked despite the notice saying they are open daily until 4pm. I shan't bother to go up again, so someone else may like to try.

Sense of humour failure this morning? Millwall are a lot shit - one becomes inured to it over the years.

This is the Guardian OBO's take on the matter: 10.44am: To date the word is play will start on time as usual. Pakistan have crept in to Lord's and skipped the warm-up. Feelings are already running high. These are mine for what they're worth: 1. These are just allegations so far. Nothing has been proved. 1. Still, this Test Match now seems entirely irrelevant. I feel for Jonathan Trott and Stuart Broad, but if it is proven the match - and maybe the series - should be expunged. Just my view, but I'd feel much, much better if it was. 2. Mohammed Amir: innocent until proven. But if so... what a tragedy. 3. You can say the bowlers were clearly trying to get England's batsmen out, and that this is just a side issue, but it doesn't work like that. You can't switch your focus on and off. This is endemic. 10.34am: Hello and welcome to - what exactly? Suddenly this - the stuff on the pitch, with England needing six wickets to seal the hollowest of victories - all seems deeply irrelevant. Terrible, terrible news overnight that Pakistan players may have been involved in alleged spot-fixing. Suddenly everyone just feels absolutely terrible about all this. This is of course a matter of sporting principle, but it is also to do with context. this isn't some pointless ODI in Dubai - it's a Lord's Test. I feel like I've had to watch someone giving Nelson Mandela a Chinese burn, or jabbing the Queen in the eye.

I would love to - I like both. I've house-sat for friends in deepest Wiltshire. That was a bit of a culture shock. I was used to popping out to Tesco's on the Old Kent Road (my corner shop at the time) for fags and milk anytime I needed them. You have to be very organised living in the country.

Noticed first fairy rings this morning. Probably as a result of all that rain. Does anyone know the name of the tree (Eric probably) that is by the Oval in P.Rye Park, near the stream, has broad, dark green leaves and white flowers that smell like honeysuckle?

Thought of you last night Jah, when I watched In Bruges. Purgatory: ?It's when you're not awful, not really bad, but you?re not really good either ? a bit like Tottenham??

It is maddening, especially when someone like Amir is such a fine bowler.

Love that film. I shall nip out now for supplies.

Think pedal power might be available DJKQ!

Brilliant Englishmen! Broad & Trott doing a sterling job.

I like the sound of a Smoking Club. Where do we join?

You broke the terms of the forum and still want the last word?

The Carnell-Crasher Chocolate Cake sounds good.

None that I've heard mentioned so far. ?10 says chocolate cake for tea.

I love Blowers: "...succulent, red, doubledeckers ..."

Oh dear, you must be bored today if you're doing a Brendan.

Why doesn't it rain? 4 for 0 in 8 balls is stupendous.

Bloody Englishmen!

Bloody South Africans!

*puts red devil in note book*

Notes 18th September: will harangue Hatty to reinstate fox hunting.

Bet I'm not the only one who saw it pre-edit!

bread in a cage for Brendan http://www.dualit.com/assets/images/thumbnails/detail/0/detail_725.jpg Unless you are a brilliant shot (squirrel head quite small), rather than an air rifle, you'd be better off with a Fenn trap and dispatching at close quarters. Shooting in a London back garden probably not a good idea.