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End of our cricket season…
Yesterday signaled the end of our playing season. A sad day- pointing to the coming winter. Sad too as Will and I will have to wait for next year for another game- even though most of our matches this...
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Clubbable…
I like this word- it was coined (I think) by one of our friends- to sum up that formal-collective thing that you will find in churches and all other places managed by committee. It is used as an...
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Looking forward to a few things…
This photo was taken looking out from the viewpoint at the top of Benmore Gardens today, where we took a picnic today, along with some friends. It somehow made me think of the year to come; looking...
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Preparing for a new season…
What a lovely weekend. The sun mostly shone and the days were long. Everything seems to be breaking down at our house though- the (new) car, the mower (so the grass will grow a little higher) and the...
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Cricket, WOS style…
I have just had a really lovely day. A slow boat over to Bute with friends from Innellan Cricket Club, where we played Bute. The sun shone and the cold spring air sparkled. Which is more than can be...
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The (dis)armed man…
Michaela and I went to see The Armed Man last night- a mass for peace written by Karl Jenkins, performed by the Cowal Choral Society, along with the Glasgow Concert Orchestra, with powerful moving...
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Where we are from…
My father is visiting at the moment. We did not know each other until a few years ago- a long story of a broken family and much distance created, and it was not until my 40th birthday that we met...
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Rained off…
Should have been playing cricket today at the historic West of Scotland ground- but it was cancelled as this morning there was some rain in Glasgow. Of course, as soon as it was cancelled the sun came...
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Cricket poetry…
Forgive me dear readers when this blog veers towards the noble game of cricket. I know that my love of the game is somewhat marginal in its broader interest, but something of its idiosyncratic pleasure...
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Roy Harper; When and old cricketer leaves the crease…
Susan pointed this out to me following my last post. Thought it to good not to repost; When the day is done And the ball has spun In the umpire’s pocket away And all remains in the groundsman’s pains...
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Slow down, go deeper…
I am not really one for using sport as analogy for life. It seems to me to over value sport and trivialise life. However, I am now going to do exactly that because for all things there is an exception....
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Our cricket season begins…
First game of the season for Will and I today- always a day to celebrate in our house. (Although the photo above is an old one from last year taken at Dunadd in Mid Argyll.) People who do not...
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A weekend of Cricket…
Apologies- I know that many of you have no interest in cricket, but this is my blog after all, so here we go again! I am rather stiff and sore after playing two games of cricket this weekend- a great...
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Innellan CC v. Carradale CC, a few pics
A fantastic day playing away in Carradale. The sun shone, even if the cricketting skills did not. We were undone by a poor pitch and some poor shot selection… William finished 20 not out, and outscored...
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The season draws to an end…
William is back at school today- the summer holidays are over up here in Scotland. A bit of a shock really- but it has been such an amazing summer here, full of hot long sunny days. We have not had a...
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Brett Lee V. Piers Morgan…
A wee late Christmas present to myself this… There is a cricket series going on down in Australia at the moment between England and Australia. These two sides have history, and encounters between them...
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Castle Toward community buy out hopes…
I am this years captain of our local cricket team- Innellan Cricket Club. Here we are in front of Toward Castle, which is the rather splendid location of our home ground; There has been a lot of...
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Fatherhood; compassion and competition…
I played a cricket match yesterday- nothing unusual about that, I play a couple of matches most weeks at the moment. It keeps my aching bones lubricated and more importantly, allows me to spend some...
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Bringing home the silverware…
We had a great night last night at Inellan Cricket Club’s annual dinner. Previously these things have been all male affairs, a bit like stag nights, but this year we made an effort to make it a family...
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