80 hours to kick off. "Light rain" forecast, so don't forget the sun block!

The programmes are now printed and stowed the clubhouse, car parking signs are done, pitch markings are begining to appear, pitch marshalls are appointed and allocated, 464's water has arrived, we've got some brand new balls... and Letchworth's girls survived the final training session with no serious injuries.

What more is there? Well, the final planning meeting is tomorrow evening so we'll see. Should we hire portaloos and will anyone use them if we do was the burning question of the moment last time...

Only problem is that the promised rain has failed to arrive. The promising downpours of Monday has all but dried up now, and the torrential rain and storms of today turned into baking heat. So this evening the ground was pretty solid again.

I mean what do these forecasters do - toss coins? Pull random words from a bag? Might as well, frankly.

For what its worth the BBC weather centre says no rain now until Sunday, and then light rain on the day. So expect a heatwave...