Burton Albion actually, and the ground where Plymouth Argyle clinched the League 1 title. They fought off Ipswich, Sheffield Wednesday, Derby, Bolton and Barnsley and put their Wembley defeat behind them to gain 101 points. It's the second time they have surpassed 100 points, a rare feat in any clubs history,
Well done to all concerned. Are Argyle the new Brentford and will Wrexham be the new Argyle. Watch this space.
Now we all knew one of those in our youth, and a bike enthusiast has been leading Wirral Council for some while. Even though she saw through a successful Labour result in the recent elections, there has been a coup within the party and it looks like she has gone from bike to bag lady.
I use the bike euphemism as cycle lanes are one of the big manifesto issues around which the local elections were fought. Labour has aggressively pushed through cycle lanes, many of which seem poorly thought through and badly positioned. There are more scheduled.
The whole of The Wirral is also soon to be a 20mph zone which is focusing more anger and frustration towards the biggest party. They do not, however, have majority so in order to have a working mandate there may need to be someone trading with the Conservatives, Green Party and Lib Dems.
Can some of these travel oriented initiatives be reigned back? Let's hope so, and don't get me started on potholes...blimey!!
When something as big as the Eurovision Song Contest is on your doorstep you really should make the effort, and SWMBO and I did.
We first went to the fan zone on Tuesday and saw a fabulous hour hosted by the English National Opera with Russell Watson and the three tenors tribute band. Sonia popped in to sing her Eurovision song, and the whole ensemble finished with Waterloo complete with audience participation.
While there we spotted the terrace in the Matao restaurant had a good vantage point so we booked in for the Friday.
During the meal we saw Katrina without the Waves doing Walking on Sunshine then when we went into the fan zone again we saw Fleur East and Sofie Ellis Bexter. With Charlotte Church still to headline we cut our losses and headed home, getting on a bus before the rush started.
I called Finland and Israel as the standout acts so was hugely disappointed when Sweden came through to win. It stank of a fixed result given next year will be the 50th anniversary of aforementioned Waterloo winning it for ABBA and....Sweden. What a happy co-incidence.
Still Liverpool had a great time and made about £25m in tourist revenue. They put on a great show and showed the good side of the City. I just wish they could learn to stop shooting themselves ( and others!) in the foot as they did by booing the National Anthem soon after the Coronation. They expect Country wide respect on the anniversary of Hillsborough but can't seem to sit on their hands at other appropriate moments.
Significant birthdays are popular this year and none more so than my cousin Mike who turned 80 on Saturday. His 'do' was on Sunday to avoid a clash with his beloved Brentford FC, but in their wisdom the Premiership moved the game to Sunday anyway, so he missed only his second game in 50 odd years.
Whoever said football is a game for the fans is probably turning in their grave as I write.
Nonetheless it was good to catch up with other octogenarian as well as Mike's family and other friends, one of which, Mel, went to the first half of the Brentford game. He has Parkinsons and I was concerned how I would find him, but I was pleasantly surprised to find him as well as he could be.
SWMBO and I did the trip to London in the day, sharing the driving, which gave us back our Monday for an R & R day at home. Deep joy.
So the South African adventure finally comes to an end and we are back safe and sound. That was not always looking possible as I was caught up in a massive food poisoning outbreak. Snail pate was the probable cause of mine, but the load shedding programme which they have in place is more likely to be the culprit.
Two or three times a day the power is switched off and businesses and homes have to rely on generator power for anthing up to 4 hours at a time. There is now a widely held view that fridges are going on and off spasmodically and consequently some of the contents are being compromised.
The funding to fix the problem has gone missing, so the natives are getting restless and there could be a serious uprising against the government if the situation is no resolved.
Anyway, no great harm done, and a local doctor prescribed some
medication to sort me out. He was Dr Ventner and had a rugby picture on
his surgery wall. Apparently his grandfather toured Great Britain with
the Springboks in 1931. 
He was F.D Ventner, a three-quarter who scored against Glasgow District.
The finl drive of the safari allowed us to click in with the final big 5 animal, the African buffalo. we also saw black rhino and a male lion, so all in all a very successful sortie to the Southern Hemisphere
There are other matters to blog apart from a safari so I was searching for a link when Gary Lineker stuck his head, ears and all, above the parapet like some bull elephant out on the territory protection trail.
Lineker has history with contentious text's on a number of subjects and is often looking for a reaction. On this occasion he got rather more than he bargained for and has rightly been suspended by the BBC. To think he can bring down the Director General with the help of his footballing cronies is another example of how the football community big themselves up when faced with adversity or external criticism.
No doubt there will be people in the footballing fraternity rubbing their hand as they see this as a direct challenge from the government at just the time thay are looking to regulate the business of football in a way football won't want. Let battle commence.
Gary Neville runs close to the wind with his comments on social media and I have unsubscribed to various sites, including Twickenham RFC, when the owners or Web masters start using the media for their own political ends and not those for which the mouthpiece was designed.
Lineker needs to realise people only listen or follow him because of his visibility on BBC, and footie commentators are two a penny. So if the BBC dump him, he will quickly become yesterdays news. Just ask Andy Gray!!
We fly back tomorrow which is probably just as well, as Cyclone Freddie has decided to regroup and start battering Guadeloupe. Apparently Mozambique had a years raining for days when it first hit.
England must have felt they were in the eye of the storm at Twickenham yesterday. They were outplayed in every aspect of the game by France. England looked unfit, ill prepared and physically lightweight against a French side clearly building positively towards their home World Cup.
Let's not mention the Argyle albeit to say it's getting tight at the top.
We can now confirm the rhino, tick, and a few elephants,tick, so the African buffalo remains the elusive member of the big five to complete the list.
