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It's 2am, and I've just finished organising our picnic for tomorrow

Yep, it's Father's Day tomorrow (today?), and as we're playing cricket we decided it would be a fine idea to get our respective fathers in place nice and early and have a great picnic before the game starts. We're playing at Shaldon tomorrow; a pitch in a great location overlooking the Teign and with views all the way over to Dartmoor, and if there was ever a place for cricket Devon-style this is it. There's the friendliest welcome you can imagine, there's a buffet in the pub afterwards, and for our first game (our first ever, in fact) they even arranged for one of their mates to fly over the pitch in a light aircraft to commemorate the occasion. Great friends, really, and lots of fond memories. So it's perfect for us to meet up for lunch as well.

It's going to be quite poignant as well, hence the extra effort and 2am finish. This time last year, of course, we had one less father-in-law each, so that's worth celebrating. And both of our 'fathers' are actually step-fathers, both of whom came into our lives at difficult times and yet earned our love and respect so quickly and easily that it's hard to believe there is no biological link.

I think tomorrow is going to be a fabulous day. Neither of them will get a run or take a wicket, bless 'em, but I think they'll both be chuffed with our plans.

And the 'farter'? That Dad's mine

They say blood is thicker than water, but love knows no boundaries and is the deepest well of all emotions.

Treasure your father-figures while you have them


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