Lionator

Well this never materialised due to girls being girls. Now trying to persuade a mate to come to Leeds with me, I'm determined to get to a festival this summer as I've never been to one.

Terrible. A couple of months ago I paid £270 for a ticket to go to the IOW festival with my then GF and a couple of her mates. I was dumped a few weeks back through no fault of my own. I then tried selling my ticket on the web and tried getting mates to buy a ticket so that I didn't miss out. Unfortunately it's hard work getting people to pay £270 at such short notice so I've had to stay at home with my ticket unsold. The ex-GF has just text me to say that she has sold the ticket there for £50 and she'll transfer me the money over when she gets back. Personally, I think this is as spiteful as it gets, she is a true ostrich and I want a lot more than £50 from her.

Imo from experiences, drugs are a temporary fix, they never get to the root cause. CBT gives you the tools to beat it, but you still need the energy and chance to put those tools into play.

Since 14 (now 20) I've had crippling panic attacks over some of the most ridiculous things. My school work suffered very badly and my attendance was poor and was at an age where it was hard to talk to any mates about it. Had many occasions where I had these thoughts, especially on dark, cold winter nights sat alone in my room but never really had any thought of following through with it. Managed to scrape out enough to GCSE's to get into sixth-form where against the odds I managed to do quite well despite being told to leave several times by teachers who thought I was incapable (very dark times). I gained two strong A-levels, got into uni, gave it a go and just fell apart again and was forced out of the uni after barely a month. Couldn't get a job for months mainly due to anxiety and stuttering badly in interviews and I remember at one point for the first time thinking how I was going to kill myself. Luckily not long after I met an incredible girl and everything seemed to fall into place, I managed to get a spot at a different uni, moved away from home for the first time and all the feelings of anxiety, depression and despair have seemingly evaporated baring the odd episode which I can cope with. The relationship not long ago ended after 9 months due mainly to distance issues, but in that time I've completely transformed as a person and I'm determined that I will never go to those dark places again. I guess the message is that no matter how bad things are, it only takes one small event, one change of mindset or one piece of luck and you can beat this horrible illness. 99.9% of the time, there's always a better option.

IT'S HAPPENING!!!!!!!!!!!!

Robson potentially playing the most important two innings in the history of the club. Name a stand after him.

18/0 already

Well we've held it together in the morning session. 102/2 leaving us 64 behind.

We need one player to really step up, dig in and make a big match-winning score. I feel that at least one player has the capability to do that.

We need to get a minimum of 300. Do that and it's there for the taking. PLEASE

They couldn't just get rid of us to leave 17 counties. That is our only saving grace.

Off to the IOW festival for the first time next month. Fleetwood Mac, Blur and the Prodigy headlining.

3 wickets off of 3 overs!

61 more overs to get 8 Kent wickets. C'mon boys!!!

Described as 'tropical house'

Just shows the worth of having a high-quality overseas player who'll muck in rather than one who's here for a pay cheque.

Still reckon this is pure b********, would say most likely that it's Liam's side putting stuff out there to pressure Noel maybe. He's always been adamant that it isn't happening.

Great resilience today in reaching 202/1 against Glamorgan's 513. Just hope we don't collapse first thing tomorrow morning and undo the hard work. The foundation is set to at least match Glamorgan's score. Mind you, it won't help our quest to win games if our groundsmen keep rolling out stupidly flat decks.

Leicestershire win their first first-class game since 2012 albeit against Cambridge University. Still, winning is a habit and it's encouraging that we've steam-rolled a team twice. Hopefully we can take that into the Glamorgan game next week.

Great read. Very lucky to have this guy at club. http://www.theguardian.com/sport/2015/apr/04/wasim-khan-leicestershire-county-cricket-club-county-championship

Batting wont be a problem. We have to keep McKay fit at all costs however if we're going to have a chance of winning a LVCC game. Hopefully Naik and Sykes will have improved with the ball too.

Sajid Mahmood training with us.

Am I allowed to be optimistic?

They were absolutely amazing. Came on at just after 8 and left the stage after their fourth encore at 11.30. Incredible.