It might be a bit moist at Cereals this week. I don't know how much rain they've had in the Royston area but here in Norfolk we've had about 30mm since Sunday. The soil was very dry before that so it may have absorbed most of it. But it fell pretty fast here and I suspect a mess will have been made by those involved in setting up today and they may have made a few ruts. Which worries me a bit because I am lame at present.
You know how it is - there I was training hard for the World Cup and .. bang! my Achilles tendon went. Poor old Fabio Capello - now he's lost me and Rio Ferdinand. He must be distraught and wondering how long the team can last in the competition without us.
Anyway - it meant I didn't have to go to South Africa and could stay at home and attend Cereals instead. But I couldn't face walking round with my sore leg so organised an electric buggy to ride on. How it will get on over those ruts I predicted I don't know. And I doubt if it will be 4WD. My main concern is the ribbing I expect to get from mates who will accuse me of slacking. Perhaps I had better take a doctors certificate to prove I really have got an injury.
However, there's plenty to do without tramping round the plots on the edges of the site so I may confine myself mainly to the stands. I see from the programme that one of the activities is a seminar arranged by the Oxford Conference Committee - which is a first. Those of us in the habit of attending their January get together often say to one another "See you at Oxford". Now we Oxfordians will be able to say "See you at Cereals as well".