Slogging the Slavs

We've just heard about a book called "Slogging the Slavs" by Angus Bell - describing his experiences in traveling through Eastern Europe with a cricket bat.

Cricket's that strange sport of British origins that can take up to 5 days to play: and we wouldn't expect it to be popular in Eastern Europe. But a new book from Fat Controller Media called "Slogging the Slavs", written by Angus Bell, tells another story. A recent Guardian review describes some of the stories like this:

"On an ice rink inside a former Soviet missile factory, he joins the Estonian national team, the worst international squad in the world. In Prague, he avoids fingerless Tamil Tiger fielders. In Slovakia, he plays with a team manned exclusively by gardeners. At the Slovenian border, guards try to convince him that real cricket requires the active participation of horses."

It sounds hilarious, and travel narratives based in Eastern Europe are few and far between. As soon as we get a copy of it, we'll let you know if it's a travel narrative worthy of reading before your next Eastern Europe expedition.