Not the rain, not the cold, and not even my car breaking down on the way home!

I filled up at a petrol station in Monaghan town but the car conked out just up the road in Madden, Co Armagh, of all places.

This dipstick had managed to fill his diesel car with unleaded petrol.

I will be forever grateful to Jimmy Moore for coming to the rescue and getting me back on the road.

Even though I had to listen to his entire family telling me what Armagh might do to the new National League champions in three weeks' time!

I also hear that there was quite an inquest after Armagh's defeat by Laois a few weeks ago.

One question raised was: "Why is Ireland's best centre half-back playing corner-forward?"

You'll notice that I'm looking ahead to the Ulster SFC game on 19 May, rather than looking back to Sunday's historic first national senior title for Tyrone.

Only the league

That's the way Art McCrory wants it to be.

In fact, the co-manager conveyed that very message to his new league champions within minutes of beating Cavan.

He locked the dressing-room door and told his young charges that it was "only the League" and that they should not get carried away with all the hype.

Another piece of timely advice came by e-mail on Monday morning from a friend from Co Down - a county that knows about these things.

He wrote: "Well done in Clones but NFLs will count for nothing if this team doesn't bring home Sam".

Fair enough, but please allow me to enjoy the League victory for just a moment.