There were a few events over the course of this past week that somehow seemed to interweave. There was the end of the county cricket season which produced a wonderful finale, the official launch of the 2026 CAMRA Good Beer Guide, and then on Saturday evening I was in Manchester to see one of the stalwarts of the folk scene in what had been billed as his final tour.... 2025 has been quite a summer. Virtually wall-to-wall sunshine and warm temperatures which extended long into September until dewy darker mornings and diminishing evening light began to sneak in. This has enabled far fewer interrupted days play to occur during this year's cricket season which, amongst other things, featured a wonderful, competitive and enthralling test series between England and India, and an exciting finale to the domestic cricket season. I was at Headingly on Thursday for the evening session between Yorkshire and Durham, and having got the train from Leeds to Burley Park I then walked up to the stadi...