Harry and I made the trip back down to Cornwall to retrieve my luggage at the weekend on what, most of you will be aware was the hottest October weekend on record. It was a weekend where Cornwall flipped back to mid July...well, actually I am wrong there, because if it had flipped back to mid July, it would have been like mid October, that’s how arse about face the great British weather has been this year. I have been sunburnt twice in 2011, ...
As I look out on to my garden, the thermometer is nudging 27 centigrade in Hatch Warren which is quite extraordinary for the end of September. More remarkable still, is the distinct possibility that the hottest weather of 2011 may well end up being in April and September/October. The azure blue skies resemble the height of June or July and it is likely that the fine weather will last well in to the weekend. However I am off ...
Diane and I had a weekend break in Dorset and what a lovely weekend of various activities it was. We began our trip stopping of at the picturesque Stourton house near Warminster which is under the control of the national trust. If you are a keen photographer it is a lovely place to visit with a stunning lake and surrounding garden walks ideal for picnics etc. We then proceeded southwards on our journey in to Dorchester where I had booked the ...
One of the great things about working from home is having the luxury of being able to listen to the radio; in fact I have the radio on all day. It is kind of ironic that I don't watch much TV at all but I listen to the radio for several hours a day......on my television. The advent of digital television allows me to listen radio 4 and 5 without out the interference of listening to it on Long Wave or Amplitude Modulation otherwise known as LW and ...
I started reading a book this weekend that I know some of you will be familiar with. It is called Bounce by Matthew Syed and it is a brilliant insight in to what we all assume is natural or prodigious talent. I only wish I had read it before I became a cricket coach, it would have taught me so much about the training of the human brain and how world championship talent can only be created by a ridiculous number of hours of practice, 10,000 ...