County Championship
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Cycling London to Berlin, Day One: London St Pancras to Tooting via Westminster, Vauxhall and New Malden
Day #1: St Pancras to New Malden via old haunts, then New Malden to Tooting. 23 miles in total. Legs: fine. Butt: pretty much fine. I’m cycling to Berlin to raise money for the RNLI, in memory of my Dad, Adrian, who died this summer. Dad loved the sea, and never quite made it to Read more
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Visiting every county cricket ground #4: New Road, Worcester
I awoke early today, in time to see the cat slink in ashamed from his nocturnal adventures. It was time for some escapades of my own. After a hiatus from my cricket ground adventures due to Brighton Fringe duties, I had both the means and the time to visit somewhere new. I checked the fixtures, Read more
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Visiting every county cricket ground #3: Hove
I had never been to the county ground in Hove, despite having lived in Brighton for a year. Sure, I’ve cycled past it. Circled it. Peeked in from the car park, longingly. But all these activities took place in the off season – my life, geographically inconsistent, never lined up with seeing the oldest county Read more
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Visiting every county cricket ground #2: The Oval
Two rounds of the County Championship completed, and two grounds visited. This rate, I hope, will speed up in time, but for now I am easing myself in, like an opening batsman pre-Bazball. The Oval is the first cricket ground I ever visited, in 2005, on the last day of the last Test of that Read more
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Visiting every County Cricket Ground #1: Lord’s
On a cold, drizzly Thursday, the the 2023 County Championship season got underway, while I was cycling up through St John’s Wood to Lord’s. I was slightly late. I had met a friend and her daughter at in Hyde Park. They had cycled all the way from their home in Tooting – a burgeoning yearly Read more
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