DesertRam

My wife used to work in Leicester, about 4 floors up in an office block. Across the road there was a massage parlour called Palm Springs. I don’t think you mean that one though ?

Raining here too. 

Palm Desert California,  about 18 miles from Palm Springs.
I'm going to bet you've been through here?
 

Palm Desert California,  about 18 miles from Palm Springs.
I'm going to bet you've been through here?
 

Departure in T minus 60 minutes. Mission control has given good to go on car park change.
Sausage  Bacon and Egg consumed according to schedule
Dog walked.
Pocket radio now at full charge.
Mrs Jono en route to hairdresser.
Fine drizzle at launch site. 
 

 
 

Yep. Bought my campervan from there 8 years ago. 

It's 4.46am here, cant go back to sleep now, too excited   
Waiting to see the crowd when coverage starts
so just a half fan
Thank God we are still here    2nil today

In the desert 

It's 4.46am here, cant go back to sleep now, too excited   
Waiting to see the crowd when coverage starts
so just a half fan
Thank God we are still here    2nil today

It's 4.46am here, cant go back to sleep now, too excited   
Waiting to see the crowd when coverage starts
so just a half fan
Thank God we are still here    2nil today

It's 4.46am here, cant go back to sleep now, too excited   
Waiting to see the crowd when coverage starts
so just a half fan
Thank God we are still here    2nil today

This really does feel like a fresh start. I am so happy and full of enthusiasm.
If you think about it, all our woes were becoming visible prior to Covid. We entered the closed stadium era full of fear and doubt. Who remembers those echoing Rams TV games ? Then in the back of your mind the “this sounds bad, what’s going on?” The embargoes, the playing 16 year olds in cup games, can we loan anyone at all ! , will the wages get paid ? Then a brief respite as the stadium part opened, I shed a tear then when the team came out then but it was hard, so very hard. The us against them of last season a bitter attritional battle against the odds with the EFL sticking spokes in the wheels at every opportunity, yet we stuck together, found reserves of fervour, spirit and grit that will live in my memory. Then at the death, being tortured by a charlatan, a custodian of tawdry self promotion. We’ve done 3 years of penal servitude. Today we walk free. Let’s enjoy it !
Meanwhile we need a right back and we are short a striker. A problem ? Naaaa that’s not a problem that’s football. 

Regardless of what happens today, I just don’t want to see us play with 2 DM’s.
The reality is, were one of the bigger to beat teams and we do have some real quality for this division, wouldn’t be surprised to see most teams sit back and try to hit us on the counter directly. Accepting they will only have a few chances and try to make the most of them. 
I just want to see positive football, on the front foot, be attacking and exciting team to watch. Possession stats don’t win you games.  

You better watch out
You better not cry
Cos Derby County will never die
David Clowes is coming to town

the sheikh was fake (a lucky break)
Mike Ashley didn’t tender
and Appleby was short of cash (and didn’t want a lender)
The tweeting kirch fell off his perch, 
Got sacked, oh what a muppet
(a close escape for derby, almost owned by Stretford’s puppet)
So thank the Lord for David C, the ram who flies a plane
The only problem is we don’t know how to say his name

David Watts by the Kinks- changed to David Clowes:-

I like santa Clowes is coming to town 

Yellow Submarine might be a goer , We all live in a David Clowes house , a David Clowes house , a David Clowes house 

Just watching the pre match Huddersfield v Burnley, I'm getting goose bumps thinking about the occasion and atmosphere tomorrow. Football is f****** back folks, and we're still here!

So excited for tomorrow. I know I will feel really emotional walking out into the stadium for the first time this season. At times really thought wouldnt get to do that again when CK bid died. So I'll be the emotional one hiding in the biggest sunglasses i can find looking at the pitch with a huge smile on my face in west upper

Tomorrow will see the Rams reborn into a new era 

Only one sleep before it starts. Like a kid at Christmas I can't wait. The walk to the ground after a couple of shandies,the smell of the burger vans,the mingling of the crowd,the buzz of excitement. Walking through the turnstiles,up the stairs,the loud hum getting louder, up more steps and you are there. The noise of the crowd getting louder through the music, the expectation of what the season holds. The 'We are Derby' poem belted out, the roar when the teams come out. This is football. This is what I love. The season starts tomorrow at 3pm. I CANNOT WAIT! UTR!

Derby v. Oxford, 5 home games 1968-1994, W 2, D 1, L 2, F 6, A 5
Derby win tomorrow buoyed by noisy full house...

I've heard if you stare at them long enough you see David Clowes

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