Lord's

Fans,

We went on a tour of Lord's cricket ground in July last year when Bernie, Margaret and Brendan were in London, but today we were back at the home of cricket for a test match! New Zealand is currently touring England and the first test started at Lord's on Thursday.

Unfortunately after two weeks of amazing weather in London, the first morning of the test was greeted with gloomy cloud and drizzle, so a lot of time in the test had been lost already. The forecast for Saturday was poor but we were hopeful of seeing some cricket.

We got to Lord's early and saw both teams warming up. It was pretty grey overhead and looked ominous, but after a slight delay, we got in the finest 9 overs of test cricket you have ever seen. England scratched around for 21 runs and the New Zealand bowlers didn't look too dangerous. Then the drizzle started up and that was the day.

But, we both had a very enjoyable day. The cricket was only part of the fun. We really enjoyed wandering around the ground, checking out the Lord's shop, the many stalls selling lollies and ice cream and the big marquee selling Pimms and champagne on the picnic lawn. We also loved watching the MCC members wandering around in their famous red and yellow ties and jackets. The atmosphere around the ground was really awesome. Everyone was in good spirits and had their bottles of champagne or wine or pints of beer.

Lord's has amazing facilities with about three toilets per spectator and even more food and beer stalls per spectator. No queues for a pint at Lord's! The selection of food is amazing too. They had fantastic gourmet pies, a barbecue, Indian food, chicken, fish n chips, all of our favourite things.

Disappointing weather and lack of cricket, but still a very fun day out!







Our favourite,
McCullum











The
Pavillion

























See, there
was some
cricket




























W G Grace

















Megs on
picnic lawn













One of many
Lord's statues
















A day of
cricket in
London...