torn maps and backpacks...

Getting the opportunity to do a complete England ODI tour wasn't something I ever thought I would be lucky enough to do, so when the opportunity arose to spend 15 days island hopping across the Caribbean watching cricket I couldn't wait to get out there and start exploring...even if I did have 8 months to wait from when we booked it. St Kitts was the first of the 3 islands that we would be visiting where England would be playing 2 warm up games against a West Indian Invitational team and the University of West Indies XI in preparation for the 3 match ODI series. Having been to St Kitts two years prior I couldn't wait to get back out there to start the holiday. With a 5am alarm set and the inevitable passport panic I was on the way to meet mum who had flown out a few days previously. However I never seem too make travelling simple...with a combination of a lack of sleep and not actually checking my flight before leaving I had quite the surprise onc...

If flying to India on my own was challenge enough only a couple of months later I last minute decided to take it one step further by going away for the whole week on my own...definitely the best decision that I have ever made. Having not been to Antigua for 3 years I was intrigued as to what may have changed or how much of the island I remembered, so when touching down at the V. C. Bird International Airport into the newly renovated terminal it felt as though I was somewhere I had never been before. From seeing the terminal in construction as almost a pile of rubble on our family holiday in 2014 it was quite surprising walking through the tunnel when getting off the plane rather than stepping off and having to walk across the runway. The purpose for this trip however wasn't just a relaxing week sitting on the beach sunning myself. Kent CCC my local county were partaking in a Regional Super50 tournament where t...