It's now 10.25pm on Sunday evening, and as I type this Yorkshire leads Shropshire by 70 - 52. It's most unlikely that I will attract the 19 votes I need between now and 8.37am tomorrow morning - the close of the poll - and therefore I concede defeat.
Might I be the first to congratulate Ollie and Lou
I said that if I lost I wouldn't throw my toys out of the pram, and nor will I. But I'm naturally very disappointed
especially after so much work in visiting the place 3 times, uploading all the pics to Photobucket, and writing a very long proposal, all incurring a great deal of wifely wrath over the amount of time it took. But it obviously wasn't sufficiently attractive, even with tea at my house, and beer at £2/pint
But hey ho, life's full of disappointments, and Shroppie will remain unspoilt
I can now let you into the secret - I had in mind a route to take us over the tops to the lovely model village at Portmeirion, on the stunning Lleyn peninsula.
Will look forward to pitching my tent in North Yorks next year
Ed