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Title: Weekend in the car
Post by: WalkingWicket37 on May 23, 2013, 07:06:22 PM
Evening all.

I know some of you will have longer trips for away games than this, but as I've not had more than a 20 minute drive this weekend may be a shock to my system. Saturday is a 45 minute drive from my home ground, and as I have to swing by and pick up a teammate before I meet that takes it to about 50 minutes each way. Follow that with a 45 minute drive into the New Forest on Sunday I've worked out I will be doing about 130 miles over the weekend. That will comfortably be my longest journey.

Special circumstances aside (eg a forum match or a tour) what kind of distances do you guys have to cover over a weekend??
Title: Re: Weekend in the car
Post by: SelectCricket on May 23, 2013, 07:18:25 PM
Last weekend, I had a 3 hour all round journey on saturday (1 and a half each way) and then a 2 hour and half all round journey on sunday (1 and a quarter each way).
Title: Re: Weekend in the car
Post by: WalkingWicket37 on May 23, 2013, 07:20:13 PM
I can stop moaning then I guess haha

It will be interesting to see if the people I give a lift there will be brave enough to come back with me or not
Title: Re: Weekend in the car
Post by: ProCricketer1982 on May 23, 2013, 07:24:51 PM
2011/2012 I had to drive 110 miles from home to the home ground. Then some of the away games were up to 2 hours away.. So for a saturday league game I'd have travelled 4 hours by the time I played :(
Title: Re: Weekend in the car
Post by: tushar sehgal on May 24, 2013, 12:22:46 AM
Hmm
regular weekend = about 80km total
Provincial away games on average = 900kms total

longest was 2800km return trip, left Thursday night, recovered Friday, played 2 t-20s on Saturday and a 50 over on Sunday. left Sunday night and got back Monday afternoon.
Title: Re: Weekend in the car
Post by: Vitas Cricket on May 24, 2013, 12:34:06 AM
Our longest journey is about and hour and a half each way. Most of our fixtures are fairly local though.

We've got 3 games over the bank holiday, we rearranged last weekends Saturday game to this Monday due a players wedding we all attended.

Home saturday, luckily

Peterborough to Corby on Sunday - 25 miles, approx 30 mins each way

Peterborough to Sawston on Monday - 50 miles, approx 1 hour each way

Also had a 20 minute drive for a midweek cup game out in the sticks on Monday, and a local away fixture in the Peterborough Midweek league this evening, it rained after we batted  :D

Come Tuesday I'll be sick of cricket.
Title: Re: Weekend in the car
Post by: StonyFielder on May 24, 2013, 11:39:41 AM
If you play for Peterborough I wouldn't blame you for getting as far away as humanly possible!
Title: Re: Weekend in the car
Post by: LMQ21 on May 24, 2013, 11:34:31 PM
Last weekened the journey lasted longer than the match.

1 Hr and 10 Minutes there.

Game lasted just longer than 2 Hours

1 Hr coming back!

Was a great day out ...
Title: Re: Weekend in the car
Post by: ianbuchanan on May 24, 2013, 11:41:49 PM
6 hour round trip 2 weeks ago