I’ve read a few blogs and often find that entries can be long winded, self indulgent and /or written by women who wish they were called Carrie and lived in New York. But there are many benefits to writing a blog; the main and most important one is being able to let those people who care about Martin and I keep up to date with our whereabouts. The second reason is wanting to bottle just a little bit of this once in a life time, 12 month holiday.

So I’ll attempt to refrain from rabbiting on too much and keep it punchy (postcard length) instead.

Friday, January 7, 2011

Going Barmy with the Army!


I’ve never been a cricket fan, in fact, I don’t even have a clue what an ‘Over’ is.  So being in Australia at the same time as  The Ashes wasn’t a big deal to me.  

However, as Martin and our friend's Nick and Zena LOVE cricket, I inevitably got swept up in the celebrations when England, to my surprise, actually won!  What was supposed to be a few quiet Friday night drinks turned into a lock in at ‘Barmy Army HQ’.  

Before I knew it, I was arm in arm with die hard cricket fans, celebrating victory with pints of (Aussie) beer, doing ‘The Sprinkler’ and singing; ‘ We are the Army, the Barmy Army and we are mental…’ at the top of my lungs.

I still no nothing when it comes to the rules of cricket but I do know the lyrics to all the songs now!
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