West Indies Tour 2009
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At last the final day of the Trinidad test and we arrive at the ground minus Herbie & Vimto. Wycombe has decided to hedge his …
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Ooooooh my head. Wander out to the beach to see if last night really happened. All traces of our night time dip have disappeared and …
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The day begins with another delightful hangover at Maracas Bay. It is a beautiful sunny morning and today when Martin our taxi driver arrives to …
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Day 2 of the Test. Martin and his son arrive as usual to ferry us to Port Of Spain but today turn up thirty minutes …
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Oooooh my head. Last nights drinking session is not conducive to the required early start to travel to Port Of Spain and I seem to …
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Today is moving day and alas , we have to say goodbye to Simon – for you Simon ze tour is over. Simon will stay …
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The day of Simons super tour. We wake up to the news of the outrage against the Sri Lankan team in Pakistan and Chris Broad …
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With the test match concluding in a draw yesterday , the obvious solution today is the beach. Dover beach by reggae bus , to be …
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The final day of a boring Test match and this cant come too soon for many. The main interest of the morning session is whether …
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Oooooh my head. On the way to the cricket we learn that Simon , who has been remarkably sensible thus far , spent the day …
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The trouble with writing these diaries retrospectively is that if something remarkable happens later which may be unrelated to the diary its hard to resist …
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Well every tour has its quiet days and for us this was probably it – – but don’t delete the e-mail yet! One or two …
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Excitement mounts on the first morning of the Barbados Test. All expected guests at Tara have now arrived. Except Vinny , who , like Herbie …
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Leave home feeling very hung over after a quiet pint pre-tour with The Saint. On arrival at Manchester airport with Streetfly having escaped from Yorkshire …