Old Man of Hoy
I say!
The lads are doing a great job of lulling the Aussies into a false sense of security over at the Gabba. They fall for it every time. I must say, however, that the two dreadful umpiring decisions that put paid to KP and Freddie Flintoff were probably not in the plan.
I'm afraid that I have a woefully busy itinerary over the next few weeks, and may not be able to blog very regularly. We're preparing for the forthcoming trip to Antigua, and I'm taking the opportunity to drop past London to do some pitch inspection work.
In the meantime, here are a couple more snaps from the Orkney Islands, taken in August of this year.
Here is one of the Cathedral in Kirkwall, where one will find the tomb of John Rae, the Arctic explorer.
And here is one of the Old Man of Hoy, which was climbed recently by an ex-England wicket-keeper. Very impressive.
Just a couple of miles from the 'Old Man' is the village of Rackwick, where the next snap was taken, looking south west alon the shore to impressive crags.
Finally, up the road from Rackwick, and after considerable detective work, I discovered the following conclusive evidence that this is where the Australians have been taking the turf from which to prepare the wicket for the Gabba. No wonder cracks have appeared after only two days.
MM III
The lads are doing a great job of lulling the Aussies into a false sense of security over at the Gabba. They fall for it every time. I must say, however, that the two dreadful umpiring decisions that put paid to KP and Freddie Flintoff were probably not in the plan.
I'm afraid that I have a woefully busy itinerary over the next few weeks, and may not be able to blog very regularly. We're preparing for the forthcoming trip to Antigua, and I'm taking the opportunity to drop past London to do some pitch inspection work.
In the meantime, here are a couple more snaps from the Orkney Islands, taken in August of this year.
Here is one of the Cathedral in Kirkwall, where one will find the tomb of John Rae, the Arctic explorer.
And here is one of the Old Man of Hoy, which was climbed recently by an ex-England wicket-keeper. Very impressive.
Just a couple of miles from the 'Old Man' is the village of Rackwick, where the next snap was taken, looking south west alon the shore to impressive crags.
Finally, up the road from Rackwick, and after considerable detective work, I discovered the following conclusive evidence that this is where the Australians have been taking the turf from which to prepare the wicket for the Gabba. No wonder cracks have appeared after only two days.
MM III
posted by zomba at 3:46 AM
2 Comments:
I say!
Two of RobMcJ's comments seem to have disappeared, but indeed, I do remember the seeing the first ascent of the Old Man on television.
MM III
Mingin'! Enough of these old men from Hoy and sheep! How's about some bare breasted African maidens bouncing up and down? Hotboy p.s. I saw the climb up the Hoy thing as well. Why can't they just land on it with a helicopter? You could hit golf balls off the top, but there's not enough room to bowl!
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