The global anticipation as 2024 unfolds its grand stage for the most thrilling sporting spectacles. A symphony of triumphs, heartaches.

Like a lady, Lympstone Manor country house hotel, sits aside its stately mount with an eye-widening view of the Exe Estuary.

I must admit, those dreams crumbled a little. Okay. A lot. Though he could just as easily have attended this wedding by himself. His...