Mike Smith

My final ever train drive before I retire, just the 47 years and not a day too soon with all the brainless vilification of train drivers these days.

This Tom whoever on sky racing has the personality of a bag of spuds.

@WeaverRacing Well I'm knackered until Steak comes up 😄

@blazeydriver Yes, but I do like those two words covering AEIOUY and PRST. Not always helpful but today a 3 was assured🏌‍♂️

Wordle 1,736 2/6 🟩⬜⬜⬜🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩

@WeaverRacing Surely that eliminates the small chance of a jackpot 1 word find

@blazeydriver I still use TEARY PIOUS as my first two words. Both have been used as Wordles.

@WeaverRacing No, I start with the same word until it comes up , just a random word, I have had 2 1st guesses so far and am currently on STEAK , no idea why but I did look up words not been used yet when I chose it

@blazeydriver Do you use Wordle Past Words to eliminate possibilities?

@WeaverRacing It's a completely different "look" from the front end, as a trainer who rode with me up front will vouch for when he (illegally) had a cab ride from Par to Exeter. No I'm not saying who it was 😆

@blazeydriver I used to go from Paddington to Taunton weekly when I lived near Exmoor 2001-04. Since then I've once travelled from Paddington to Newton Abbot. Went from Exeter to Barnstaple as it was on my bucket list. Never been beyond Newton Abbot by train, sadly.

My final ever train drive before I retire, just the 47 years and not a day too soon with all the brainless vilification of train drivers these days.

@WeaverRacing It's definitely getting harder, with some "strange" words creeping in every so often 😳

@blazeydriver Very good, Mike. I hit a 3 today. My first for a while.

@WeaverRacing @MikeParcej Not Mange Tout Rodney ? 😆

@blazeydriver @MikeParcej Touché, as we say over here.

London to Edinburgh. 403 miles. 4.5 hours by train. Bordeaux to Paris. 368 miles. 2 hours 10 mins by train. Just saying.

@WeaverRacing Plymouth

@blazeydriver And the station is?

One word to describe tonight's performance...Immense #oafc

How can I watch game on my sky sports fone app ? #oafc

@TeakleAlex @MikeParcej It's got nothing to do with "a sense of duty" , it's they simply don't employ enough of them, hope that helps.

@MikeParcej They must have train drivers with a sense of duty

Here's an eye opener. Yesterday Sunday, battled with delays and cancellations due to broken down trains and lack of drivers, as usual. Next Sunday, i'll be in Paris. First train to Fontainebleau 6.06am . Cost? £3. No further questions m'lud.

Climbing lessons 😆 #pumbamaverick

Not your finest moment Lorcan 🙄

Following the huge success achieved by both senior teams last season, we are delighted to announce the addition of our overseas for 2026! All-rounder Henro Bouwer joins us from the Irene Villagers who play in the South African Titan Premier League. Welcome Henro!

Watta sit by @jamesbe19813630 on The Grey Man there, better than his effort on Hold Your Fort last week at Taunton 😆

One or two gaelic warrior punters don't appreciate me not taking to Rich Ricci. Well it is a game of opinions People have short memories when they win a few quid.. Ricci was the head of Betbright bookmakers, who voided all their Cheltenham ante post bets prior to closure. Unquestionably that decision wasn't based on a profitable looking position! I'm sure all those who disagreed with my opinion on Ricci approved of that? And as head of Barclays the Bank was heavily fined twice over conning people on the Libor rate. That's the loss of real people's money to enrich the Bank Ricci trousered 17m in settlement from Barclays. That's your money.. So, with a nod to all the gaelic warrior/Lossiemouth backers, for me? Once a turd, always a turd

@JillHurst14 @LeoDaVinciWave 45 years, he'd be out by now 😊

@LeoDaVinciWave Will be there next week

Should this be next destination ?

@RacingPost Which one has got a suspension for being in the wrong ?

Declan Queally to the Racing Post: "I was boxing for my position down the inside and there was a lot of general bunching going on, it was competitive down there and I got repeated racial abuse from Nico de Boinville when I was coming in around the corner and then he called me a f*****g p***k a couple of times in front of the ITV camera. "I just didn't talk back to him, thankfully I didn't open my mouth. He tried to single me out as if I was the one causing the hassle. When he was shouting, he was picking on me when trying to hold his position" "Everyone was at fault and I was just rooting for myself. There was no need for it. None of the other lads would do it because they know you can't just single out an Irish amateur rider like that – it's not fair. It was very unprofessional"