Postman, I spent quite a lot of time at Scampton so I am very familiar with the Vulcan. My uncle was was on standby for when they had problems with the weapons they carried so his accommodation was pretty much at the end of the runway so we were pretty close to the bombers both day and night. Amazing aircraft to see close up

Ah just read about the Maldivian guy who has died in a body-recovery attempt. Not worth the risk imo. Nothing to see in the Maldives below 30m unless it’s a wreck. I understand the addiction that cave diving can bring but self discipline is critical in not allowing yourself to do what you know you shouldn’t do even though you know that you *can* do it.

[Link]

The 24hr Nürburgring has been interesting, so far, if you're into that stuff. A good alternative to most of what else is being served up today and tomorrow at any rate.

BBC has the news about the death of a local guy

Given what I wrote earlier about Salford having their colours and badge changed, it looks like from next season they will be reverting back to the orange and black they used to wear before the Class of 92 took over [Link] and they are changing their badge again [Link]

Haven’t seen anything about retrieval of bodies but the incident is interesting as I always understood it to be Maldivian law that 30m was the maximum permitted depth and the reports state that they were exploring caves around 40m-50m. That in itself doesn’t make it particularly dangerous if you’re used to that sort of depth and I don’t know what cause if any has been attributed to the deaths. Proper cave diving is incredibly safe because of the rules involved in doing it. So until any more detail comes out I can’t really pass comment.

TF, iirc you've been to the Maldives for diving, so what do you make of what happened to these Italians and the local guy who tried to retrieve their bodies

Jurgen Kloop must be skint ... advertising Trivago and Budweiser?

I watched the game on my phone with sound off and enjoyed it more than many previous finals

After today's cup final, Chelscum have become the first club to lose 7 domestic finals on the trot. 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

A non-football question. When a TV series has a fictional band singing a song, is that song "real" or just written for the program ( in which case does it become "real")?

Back to football, apparently, Xabi Alonso gas agreed a 4 year contract at Chelscum.

Postie - my Maltese wife showed me a video of what I think was a Vulcan bomber crashing in the town of Zabbar in Malta around 40 years ago. I personally don't remember hearing anything about it.

Any one like the Vulcan bomber? They will be doing a runway taxi run at Southend airport on YouTube now

I’ll have to watch the highlight later.

Trigs-no the 1996 one was much worse, todays game got quite good in the 2nd half

It was a little drab, Trigs!

4 year anniversary for JJ as Dons manager apparently.

Ever wondered where our allocation of cup final tickets in 88 went[Link]

Was that the worst FA Cup final ever?

Yes he announced it on television this morning he has triggered contract extension

Just heard that Lyle Taylor has signed a new contract for Chelmsford.

I think his mate’s company is Gap Personnel, a recruitment company.

The trouble with the super rich is they think that everything has price.