Wind stopped play

OK I probably should have checked that today’s stage of the Tour de Britain hadn’t been cancelled owing to gales gusting at Blackpool – but that would have meant missing the surreal sight of Mark Cavendish giving a speech in the middle of a Tower Ballroom tea dance – I even saw myself taking his picture on the ITV4 highlights (I was next to the woman waving the Manx flag). Mr C revealed he was a ballroom dancer in his youth, however he didn’t show us his paso doble.