We played cricket all over the area for our village and although we were not the best, we had a good fun. The teas and the parties in the pubs after the matches were the highlights.We played hard but partied hard and home games were particularly fun when we could all walk home. The biggest part of the sport was also for the four single lads in the team to see where they would end up after the party. Tales of slotting the...

It was the summer holiday period and, like so many students, I was working to pay off a bit of debt and fund my fun for the coming year. I was working on a farm helping with the harvest. We worked long hours at night but had late starts while we waited for the dew to dry off. I was staying in a house for the season and, in the morning, I would have a cup of coffee sitting outside and read the paper and chill before the da...

It was astormy old night and I was driving home from work. The rain was teaming off the windscreen and I was out in the countryside watching the lines in the middle of the road to keep my position on the road. I was going well listening to my favourite drive home programme on the radio. I went round the next corner and a tree had fallen across the road. I had nowhere to go so I hit it. This left me in the sticks away from...