We like to play croquet on a sunny day. Sometime is it cloudy, or even raining, but playing in almost pitch darkness seems to be taking things a bit far. However, in our AC A-level league match at Basingstoke last Wednesday (31st August), Anthony’s game against Roger Barnacle went on until a hour after sunset. This is Anthony about to rush his partner ball towards the peg and peg out for a 26-21 win.
I played a vital roll in this game by walking up and down in front of the motion sensor of the club’s security light, the only source of illumination that was of any use. (Yes, that picture was taken with the light on!)
And the carrots? Not the pointy parts of a hoop, but Anthony had clearly been eating his carrots that day in order to see anything at all in the darkness.
