I must admit that it isn't so much cricket I miss over the winter- Sky gives me that- but New Road..the characters, the life and the ambience. I do dream of it from afar- and hence why I will attend a University match or a invitational against Herefordshire in late March. Reading some recent posts, I doubt I am the only one loving the atmosphere of New Road.

The whole point of the Graeme Hick Pavilion was to be floodproof and thus to provide a revenue stream for us through the winter. I am happy now to say- now that the season has gone- that a senior Club source yesterday told me that as well as more frequent Sunday lunches; we will be having some sort of social opening of the Pavilion in the winter

Now of course, get it wrong and we burn bank notes. So I am not expecting a regular opening: it would turn into the Severn Bar by default if we did; but perhaps nights with big screen football or rugby- or even Meet The Players nights where Members can have a chat and some food.

I think it will be a case of 'Use it or Lose it'- and I did say I would come monthly at least. October is the 'month off'- and hopefully there will always be that six weeks of time to go on holiday etc.- but come Bonfire Night, I hope that we can meet up more frequently and more organised than even any Meet-Ups that we do. I am not knocking anyone's hard work, or Worcestershire pubs- hardly! But the Pavilion will get people coming in, refreshed, happy and breaking the winter into nice, manageable 'chunks'.

So hopefully not seven months until we can meet again then.