It's just not Cricket

Morning all.  Today's new challenge over at Make my Monday is 'summer activities'.  Well, my usual summer activity is just not happening at the moment.  You may find it strange but during the summer my main activity is Cricket.  I have, for several years, coached junior cricket for Chesterfield Cricket Club.  My normal Wednesday evenings would involve chasing up and down the pitch with the Under 11s trying to teach them what they need to know.  Over the years I have also played ladies cricket, umpired junior fixtures, scored matches for junior and senior sides, provided cricket teas for the senior squads and even manned the bar.  When my son was a junior there was one year when the only day I wasn't at the club during the summer was a tuesday!  I have retired from almost all aspects now but I do still love to coach the Under 11s.  The effort that they put in and the fun we all have is totally worth it.  Hopefully, with safeguards in place, the ECB are looking to allow small groups of juniors to train in the coming months.  I'm just hoping we have enough coaches to be able to help the juniors who want to learn.

I've kind of digressed a little bit.  When I saw the theme of the challenge I couldn't really imagine choosing a different summer activity.  I've kept it fairly simple with an old topper I found in my stash.

A bit of stitching and some added bling - just because I can't help myself - are all I felt this needed.

OK, lets see what you all get up to in the summer months.  Over to you.

Thanks for reading.

Love Dawn x