Atherstone or Polesworth

We should have reached Atherstone before the end of the day, possibly will have gone through the flight of locks, which always seem (to me) to be the slowest flight that we pass through! they take ages to fill and empty...and there are always lots of boats around meaning that 3 hours to do the 11 locks is a good time - often takes much longer! This means that we could have reached Polesworth where there are quite a few pubs (again if they haven't closed down!!).

We will hopefully be able to find a suitable place to watch the Champions League Final. Whilst I'd like Manchester United to win, if it's a great game and it ends up 5 - 4, then it won't bother me if Barcelona win by that scoreline!

Your Wednesday posers are: -

1. Which German battleship was sunk in the North Atlantic today in 1941?
   
   
2. Actor Christopher Lee (right), who was born today in 1922, played Count Dracula nine times in films by which production company?
   
   
3. Today in 1964 in Coventry, 11 boys were suspended from school for having a hair style like which singer?

Yesterday's Answers: 1. Everest; 2. Tonto; 3. Sally Ride

More Premier League Success in Champions League

As an Englishman, you'd think I am 'over the moon' that all four English Premier League clubs have made it through to the quarter-finals of the UEFA Champions League, but I'm not! Where is the interest in, say, Arsenal playing Chelsea and/or Man Utd vs Liverpool (or any other combination)? The beauty of European competition is the prospect of playing teams from other countries who play in a different style. Now we have homogeneous football played by multinational teams - there's no soul or heart any more!

Thursday's teasers for you are: -

1. What is the best known book written by Beat Poet Jack Kerouac, who was born today in 1922?
   
   
2. Pete Doherty (right), who was born today in 1979, first came to fame as a member of which punk band?
   
   
3. Who gave his first "Fireside Chat" on radio to the American people today in 1933 titled "On the Bank Crisis"?

Yesterday's Answers: 1. Keith; 2. "Don't Worry, Be Happy"; 3. Captain Jack Harkness