Quote:
Originally Posted by andy099
whose coming with me to australia to watch the ashes this winter? tickets go on sale to brits tonite. cant wait. should be amazing, my prediction is we lose 4-0 or 4-1 but who cares
Did the Ashes tour last time round in '06-'07 as part of a tour group. Didn't feel like a holiday at all, more like a gigantic school trip where you had to be in a certain place, at a certain time, all the time, as you got ferried on and off buses, planes, ferries etc. Bloody exhausting, and by the time I got back I felt like I needed a holiday.
If you want to do it then I would advise you just get tickets for a couple of the days at each test and otherwise set your own itinerary. I spent all that time in Australia and hardly saw any of the country, and I really regret that. Irrespective of the fact that we got absolutely thrashed.
I say this even as a cricket fanatic, but spending five days at a test match, for test after test, is not great fun. Unless you can luckbox a spot in a nice comfortable corporate box... It's not the cricket bit, that's brilliant. The bad bit is the sitting for hours on end, day after day, in a seat that's too small and very uncomfortable, while people walk past all the time treading on your toes and spilling beer on you.
If you go then do it your way and have a great time.