I've just had an email re a Paul Weller concert at King George's Hall on 8th April - on pre-sale from Thursday and open sale from Friday. Tickets a steep £39. Not one for me but i would imagine some of you will be interested. In any case for me my son's getting married that day!

Saw Amadou and Mariam at the Liverpool Phil last night - totally wonderful. Amadou must be one of the world's great guitarists currently playing.

According to Test Match Special the rules were changed in 2000. Had it happened before he would not have been out but under the amended rules he was.

Yes he is Abbey. I know you don't agree but he's perfectly entitled to ride on the road whether there is a cycle path or not and especially in this case when the "cycle path" is not fit for purpose.

Surely if the cyclist is riding in the correct position on the road a vehicle would have to go into the outside lane on a dual carriageway to get past him anyway? I am often on that road but I don't usually go up the hill. The cycle path runs from the Capitol Centre to the top of the hill on the pavement as a shared use path with pedestrians. I usually use the cycle path from the Capitol Centre over the bridge and then head down The Boulevard for Avenham Park and home. It's not ideal on that stretch but there are usually very few pedestrians on that bit and the road lanes are particularly narrow there. If I went on up the hill I think I'd be inclined to use the main carriageway.

I can't see the difference between someone born in the UK to parents born in Pakistan supporting Pakistan at their national game and football fans supporting the team of their family. I have never lived in Blackburn but support Rovers because my mother's family supported them and Ewood was where I was taken when I wanted to go to a game in the 60s. My eldest son now lives in London but is still a Rovers fan. Presumably by this logic he should be supporting West Ham or Leyton Orient?

Paul - there are deals to be done in the function rooms at Northcote if you ask. Simpler menu choices but still outstanding quality.

The French fans have been much more supportive of Froome this year - he said as much on the Today programme this morning. I think a lot of it was an assumption that he might be taking drugs to be so good, which is a hangover from the Lancs Armstrong era. He seems to have overcome that this year, partly because of his more positive attitude in attacking more, probably. Adam Yates is a revelation, given he is only 23, which is young for a professional cyclist. It will be interesting how he and his twin brother Simon develop.

I have the book somewhere. I have always liked rule 17 - team kit is for members of the team. You can wear your favourite team's kit but only when you have signed the contract with them. And of course Rule 5.

The club specifically stated at the Fans Forum last week that it was going ahead.

Indeed, who knows how more serious my accident would have been had I not had a helmet on. Although my main injury was my knee I must have then landed on my head as the helmet was bashed and I ended up with a deep cut on my lip and a smaller one on my eyebrow.

It certainly was interesting yesterday. It looks like the strong winds on the top of Ventoux were the main culprit. As they chopped off the last few kilometres of the climb the same huge number of people were squashed into less road. On top of that they could not put up as many barriers along the last few kilometres of the route as they would have planned to do. Having said that the behaviour of some of the fans really is ridiculous. Still it seems like the commissaires have taken the sensible decision and luckily no one was hurt.

Back on my bike today, exactly 6 weeks since my accident. Just a ride down to the Skoda garage, about 4 miles but it was good to be back out. Knee healing well. In other news, what a terrific race the Tour is this year. Lots to look forward to over the next fortnight.

I have spent the weekend having to watch the festival on the TV rather than being there for the first time since 2004. Whilst I enjoyed much of what I saw most of what is interesting and fun about the festival is what happens away from the stages the BBC show and it's that that I have missed. Both my sons are there and speaking to one of them last night he has seen nothing on any of the main stages at all apart from about 15 minutes of ELO in passing yesterday, but he's had his usual excellent time.

For the first time since 2005 I won't be at Glastonbury this year - see the cycling thread for the reason. This year would have been my 10th. It's quite unlike any other festival and for me the music these days is a side show, certainly on the main stages. Never mind, I'll be back next year.

Last Tuesday, lovely day, so i decided to get the train to Lancaster and cycle back to take advantage of a northerly breeze. Went out to Caton and then over Jubilee Tower and the Trough, then decided to go to Chipping via the Inn at Whitewell for a change (I usually go past the Wild Boar Park). I didn't realise that the road south of the Inn has been closed for some time because of a landslide so i followed the diversion up and over Hall Hill. Just coming over the top I swerved to avoid a big pot hole, went off the tarmaced surface and ended up in a heap in the middle of the road with blood everywhere. With the help of two very kind people I was airlifted to Royal Preston. The injuries looked a lot worse than they were because of the blood - I had a deep gash in my knee and a deep cut on my lip and some minor road rash. Two days in hospital and a session in theatre being patched up and I am now at home recuperating. On reflection it looks like my knee was probably cut on the bike, probably by the chain ring as it was a very clean cut, unlike if I had hit the tarmac. We went up to the Inn on Friday to collect my bike, which they had kindly stored there. The road being used as the diversion is in a terrible state so I would advise anyone else not to cycle up there unless they really have to (and I can't see why you would).

So, how do you all feel about Neil Wagner then - a South African who now plays his international cricket in New Zealand and is Lancashire's overseas pro?

Solita are about to open a new branch in the old Heathcotes Brasserie on Winckley Square in Preston.

For an even more obscure fact he wanted to be known as Joe, but his elder sister is called Joanne and calls herself Jo.

It is if you just spend your time moving between the main stages. But that's not really what Glastonbury is about for large numbers of people, including me. I've been to last 9 Glastonburys and I doubt I have seen more than 10 headliners in total or more than 3/4 acts per year on the Pyramid stage. the really interesting stuff is on the smaller stages all round the site.

According to the Rovers website it's £4 and £2 for concessions -http://www.rovers.co.uk/news/article/blackburn-rovers-fa-youth-cup-southend-united-2856216.aspx

In that case I can recommend both Band in the Wall in Manchester and The Continental in Preston - both fine venues with an excellent range of beers at sensible prices, and you can take them into the gig. Smaller venues of course.

There needs to be a bit of realism here. No away team has ever won a test series against Pakistan in the UAE. Only one team (New Zealand) has ever won a test match. England came preciously close to winning the first test, just being denied by the light and they have been competitive in the other two. I see Al is still banging on about his mate. I see he didn't mention Pietersen's scores the last time England were in the UAE - 2, 0, 14, 1, 32 and 18.

His brasserie in Preston has now closed, or rather has turned into a private dining room for hire. That means he just has the original Olive Press left now as a restaurant. I haven't been to a Ribble Valley Inn for over 12 months but the last time at the Clog the fare was decent and worth the money, although nothing special. Northcote however remains the benchmark for eating in Lancashire (and probably beyond). We went to L'Enclume in Cartmel earlier in the Summer. Whilst the food was outstandingly good I'm not sure it justifies the significant mark-up on Northcote prices. In particular the wine flight offered with the meal was expensive and pretentious.

I know Tris managed to see them in 4 different spots although I don't know whether one of them was Nick O' Pendle. Disappointingly I couldn't get there at all although I will be seeing the final stage in London on Sunday after the Fulham game.