Out on the monthly team night out tonight and out all day tomorrow so this'll be the last chance to update before our season starts.

Sunday sees us travel to Monckton Combe school in Limpley Stoke on the outskirts of Bath to take on Combe Down CC. They look like a strong side, having finished third in Division 2 last year and only just missed out on promotion, while their skipper scored more centuries than anyone else in the entire League last year. But we'll have what is probably our strongest side available too. We don't have anything like the strength in depth of our Championship-winning side of five years ago but we should be able to give a decent account of ourselves. The forecast isn't great but I'm desperate to play, particularly as I'll have to miss the next two games.

I have absolutely no intention of suffering the kind of regular thrashings we were subjected to last year. Bring it on.

Last song on the iPod: The House of Love - Gotta Be That Way