| As I write this, the road outside is being covered with a | | | | Best of all for sports lovers, it's cricket season in the |
| thick film of fresh snow. It seems a lifetime since I last | | | | Caribbean. While it's impossible to get test cricket |
| saw sunshine - so it comes as no surprise that my | | | | without selling off close family members, prices are |
| mind should now start drifting towards the idea of | | | | remarkably reasonable. What more could you ask for |
| Caribbean resorts. | | | | than to enjoy world class sport for less than it would |
| Let's just linger on those two words for a moment. | | | | cost to go and see a low league football game? |
| They conjure up all sorts of wonderful visions: white | | | | Conversely, consider the people that annually fly out in |
| sands, blue sky, palm trees and strange and exotic | | | | June only to find themselves beset by torrential rain |
| cocktails - with umbrellas in them. What a lot of fun | | | | and storms. Between June and November, it's |
| might be had. | | | | hurricane season in the Caribbean and life can get |
| Now is a good time to start thinking about heading off | | | | spicy to say the least. Caribbean resorts will stay open |
| to the sun, but it often surprises me why we in Britain | | | | during this time but it is definitely low season and while |
| endure months of wind, rain, sleet and all sorts of | | | | you may get a few decent deals, there's no fun |
| weather-based torture and, just when things start to | | | | coming back home only to find they've been enjoying |
| pick up, we pack our bags and head to the airport. | | | | beer garden weather for the past few weeks. |
| Surely it should be the other way around, especially | | | | So when booking your holiday do your research. |
| when you consider the expense of booking out of | | | | Caribbean resorts do some excellent short term deals |
| season. | | | | so it's not too late to get out there for some spring - a |
| With that in mind its small wonder that so many people | | | | great excuse to start your summer early. As they say |
| flock towards Caribbean resorts in winter. While it | | | | in England: "if you don't like the weather, simply go |
| snows here, January and February time are the | | | | away for a bit and then come back later. It's one of |
| perfect times to go. The weather is at its best and | | | | life's delicious ironies that while we're sheltering from |
| holiday season is in full swing. You can have the added | | | | sleet today we could be sunning ourselves in a beer |
| luxury of phoning back home and casually asking | | | | garden in just a couple of weeks. It's global warming at |
| what's it's like out there. | | | | its best. |