The Gardeners' World Blog

What makes the weather and sport two staple topics of conversation in British society? A major reason is their unpredictability. In many parts of the country, after days of continual sunshine, Mother Nature ushered in the obligatory Bank Holiday wind and rain, while a 999-1 shot won the golf at Wentworth.

Those were the odds you could have got on Anders Hansen winning the BMW PGA Championship at lunch-time on Saturday, before the Dane rattled off five birdies on the back nine.

On the Sunday, the torrential weather meant tee-off times were moved forward, as was our coverage – which began at 1215 on BBC TWO (Australian Brett Rumford managed to complete his final round in less than two hours). Thankfully conditions improved slightly for the later pairings, with Hansen eventually beating England’s Justin Rose in a play-off. And many of you watching enjoyed not just the thrilling finale, but our entire output:

Thanks again for all your comments on this week's Inside Sport. The Dwain Chambers piece has generated a good debate about drugs in sport amongst you all, with many agreeing with Tony Livesey that a ban should be for life.

Some of you picked up on what Tony said about the NFL - that it was a sport "nobody wants to watch in Germany". That was probably a touch strong - many thousands of people do go and watch the games each week but even the Sea Devils themselves would say they would like attendances to be much higher. Their average crowd is 18,000 in a stadium that holds 55,000. And of course the two UK teams that used to be in the League have closed.

Having lived in America for nearly four years I am personally a big fan of the game - the 49ers is my team - but for me somehow it isn’t the same trying to keep up with it in the UK but I remember how much I enjoyed it at the time.