Living where we live I knew we wouldn't make it to the weekly cricket training (on Wednesdays and Thursdays)...bring in Dad and the problem is solved.
He devised using the gravel out the front of the shed as a pitch....and of course the sweeping of the pitch. Might I add this also involved NO-ONE walking on the pitch when it is raining, it is so soft that our footprints would always remain. The inconvenience of this was that is it is also our footpath to the schoolroom...ho hum!
Pitch's were measured and marked (builders spray paint) out for individual grades...the shifting of the stumps ever so important dependent on who is bowling.
Note Duke is never far away from the action but now knows not to walk in front of the ball!
And then there is all that practice. Fortunately for the kids Dad has had a bit more time to do this with them this year and they have improved so much.
The commitment has been worth it, the outcomes valuable but I think we are all looking foward to a Friday night at home!
you know what I notice, the dog pen up on four gallon drums!! does the water get that high at your place?!!!
ReplyDeleteSharon at 160m above sea level here I believe most people in Australia would be flooded before us so no the water doesn't get that high here, the timber stumps are to get the dogs high enough off the ground to stop the fleas....ingenious idea by a young lad we know. The ironic part is none of the dogs survived, losing all three to various ailments...sad but true! Now this is Duke's residence when we go away...for very good reason!
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