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Plus 15 and drizzling when driving in. 8mm of rain overnight.

Something a bit different.. Last night I took Mrs B to listen and watch Swing From Paris in the Cheltenham Playhouse..Supper before at Prithvi.

A first for the Playhouse, which was excellent, and Prithvi well what can I say.. it was brilliant as usual.

Owner Jay Rahman really has to be one of the best front of house's..Jay and his brother Michael set up the ever expanding JM Socials... We bumped into ex amateur jockey Thomas Greenall tasting the delights of Cheltenham's best..

No jockeys in to ride out as most are on holiday..Jump racing starts again on Saturday at Market Rasen and Perth.

Ben Stokes out for the rest of the summer..

Talking cricket..I am hoping to be down in Bristol all day...Gloucestershire v Leicestershire..

Top 10 jokes from the Edinburgh Fringe!

Olaf Falafel: My desire to spontaneously sing The Lion Sleeps Tonight is always just a whim away.

Jack Skipper: I failed RE. Couldn’t believe it when I found out. I was like: “Oh Jason Christ!”

Zoë Coombs Marr: My girlfriend told me she’s never seen the film Gaslight. I told her: “Yeah you have … we watched it together.”

Eleanor Morton: How do you know that Edinburgh is the most haunted city in the UK? You measure it with a spirit level.

Amy Mason: I recently read 10% of sheep are gay – turns out there’s nowt so queer as flock.

Raul Kohli: My aunty is Indian, German and a terrible human being. She’s the curry wurst.

Louise Atkinson: I call myself the Yorkshire Shakira; her hips don’t lie, and mine don’t faff about.

Abby Wambaugh: Cabinets: what are they hiding? Tables: are they really furniture – or just more floor on stilts?

Demi Adejuyigbe: I don’t like when a casino says: “House rules.” It got a little boring for me in the last season.

Chris Turner: The Romans invented Vaseline. Or was it Ancient Grease?