Off Season Plans: Fitness, Rehab & Training
Here we go again another off season that starts with the need to rehab an injury I have been carrying since the second game of the season and which I …
Here we go again another off season that starts with the need to rehab an injury I have been carrying since the second game of the season and which I …
Following my product review of the Gray-Nicolls Hypernova 2000 batting gloves and the comment I made about not being sure I would use them for T20 and that I had …
It is ten (10) years ago since Teo, my first dog (Sandra had dogs as a child), the most amazing Galgo and friend you could have ever wanted entered our …
If there were any regular readers of these cricket diaries they would know that I have way way too much cricket stuff partly through the generosity of Williamson Boucher, Masuri …
I know, yet another pair of cricket batting gloves, the fifth pair of Gray-Nicolls gloves I have reviewed. If I use these at all it will be with my T20 …
Seven (7) years since we lost Sophie, the sweetest little Princess you could ever wish to meet. She was so pretty, so happy, so loved by everyone that met her. …
Dinky aka Mummy Cat is four (4) years old today and while she is still aloof and prefers to keep us at paws distance she will accept a stroke every …
Marti is seven (7) years old today. A more integrated, friendly cat you will not find. He loves the dogs, the older cats and the donuts and happily sits on …
Quite a lot has changed since ‘my day’ (and a lot hasn’t) but probably the one thing that has changed the most is the Winter Net, primarily and simply because …
Teo would have been fourteen (14) today and how I so wish he was still with us. Having just been back to our apartment on Spain for the first time …
Oscar, the original Pud, has been with us fourteen (14) years today. Like all the animals that came back from Spain with us he has thrived here in the UK …
We have had Hollie five (5) years today and whilst certainly not planned I wouldn’t want a life without her. She is such a lovely, gentle, funny dog who just …
I am off to Almerimar today for a week. The plan was that it would be a mid winter break from the rehab and fitness and an opportunity to enjoy …
Prince Charmin is eleven (11) years old today. He really is a special boy and he has been just puurrfect for my parents, who absolutely adore him. He is so …
I doubt many would disagree that in recent years the ECB’s thinking has been somewhat difficult to understand and the phrase “can’t see the wood from the trees’ has been …
Today is the fifteenth (15th) anniversary of when we adopted Saidi and it would have been her eighteenth (18th) birthday. I always say it only seems like yesterday that we …
Here we go again, another Dry January, my 36th in a row. Over the years it has become a lot easier, and now that we are back in the UK …
Whilst the plan was to spend the of season on rehab, training and fitness it is fair to say that the majority of my time has spent on rehab, which …
Closest thing to a Christmas Card this from me! Stopped sending them years ago and donated the money I would have spent to charity, and this year I have also …
It is six (6) years today that Prince Charmin was adopted by my Parents. So many things were just purrfect regards the adoption and they have remained so every day. …
It is fourteen (14) years since we said goodbye to Orla and it in genuinely frightening how quickly the time has gone! Over the years it is noticeable how I …
Oscar, our little Pud is fourteen (14) today. He is certainly a lot bigger, but he is also a lot more loving and interactive. He was a little fighter when …
Sixteen (16) years ago today Moreno entered our apartment in Spain and I am not over exaggerating when I say he changed our lives totally. We had been considering adopting …
Tigra (Tiggy) is Ten (10) years old today, and although she is certainly older she is not much wiser than when we first adopted her! She is still a little …
When I decided to return to playing cricket in 2021 after a 33 year break between innings I made a list (because I like lists) of the basics I would …
Fourteen (14) years ago today Sanda brought Orla into our life. Whilst she was only with us a short time she left a huge hole when she left, one that …
Hollie is officially twelve (12) today. She is the one we know least of regards background and age as she was in the rescue for years before we adopted her …
It is six (6) years since we lost Teo. Needless to say I think of him every day, and still miss him. From Day One he trusted me totally and …
I have a theory that a mid week T20 match would be more beneficial than a club net for me personally, and in all probability the majority of cricketers, certainly …