by Steve Barrett | May 3, 2026
Salix entered its 34th season this weekend, which feels faintly ridiculous considering several members of today’s side have been around for almost all of them. Irwin started his 32nd Salix season, CK somehow reached his 25th Salix season game whilst still claiming to...
by Steve Barrett | Jul 27, 2025
We won, coming back from behind against one of our biggest rivals, against all the odds. Inspiring future generations for years. That’s the Lionesses victory against Spain on penalties which we were able to watch from the pub after being annihilated against the...
by Steve Barrett | Jul 13, 2025
Thank you for the kind words Daveski, very much obliged (see the Whaler’s report from June 29th for context Ed). However, I’m no Nigella Lawson, Marco Pierre White or Heston Blumenthal; as cooking up an anniversary meal seems far too complex, but what I can do, is...
by Steve Barrett | Jun 29, 2025
These are strangely warm dry days in the formerly green and pleasant lands of England during which we can be excused a certain amount of heat-induced hallucinations such as those team-mates prior to the game comparing the conditions to those in South Asia, but it may...
by Steve Barrett | Jun 22, 2025
£70. Seventy British pounds. Seventy Pounds Sterling. It can buy you numerous things. For example; a few rounds on a boozy night out with your mates, lunch for 1 at many of London’s acclaimed Michelin Star Restaurants or as Salix CC found out for the second week in a...