Wow what a scorcher today, unofficial temperatures read 35 degrees. Not a day for anything too energetic, even lying on a sun bed was almost too much effort. Sitting by the bar in the shade was a slight improvement and of course this had the advantage of something cold and refreshing near to hand. The…

The day of the cat has arrived and we all set off on two buses to take the party to the harbour. Upon arrival we embarked the vessel, ready to weigh anchor. Did you see what I did there by using nautical terminology; all those years on the old boating pond were not wasted. Anyway…

The Empire Club, Bridgetown were the host for the first match on tour. A ground rich in cricketing history as the numerous photographs testify. The visitors won the toss and elected to bat. We had the pleasure of our 4 local friends playing for us who are each top class players on the island. It…

Today saw the last day of acclimatising before the first game of cricket. I believe everyone has settled in and adjusted to the heat, sampled the food and certainly found their favourite tipple. Difficult to add too much to what has been said before but hopefully following the game on Wednesday it should prove to…

Another day of adjusting to our new surroundings and to be fair most have done that with ease. Many choosing to relax on the beach or around the pool. The food on offer so far has been really good with a good selection and all cooked  very well. I think it is fair to say…

Before today’s ramblings new light has been forthcoming on an incident yesterday. It involves an individual who was wearing camouflage shorts and in fairness there were a very pale design. However under local laws no one is allowed to wear any clothing of this type. So it was that person was told he could not…

Well that seemed a long day for sure. The first pick ups were made at 4.00am outside the Kings Head in Eastington. Moving onto Frocester we were held up for a few minutes as someone, who shall remain nameless returned home to collect the passport they had forgotten! The other pick ups were straightforward. So…