Often humorous sometimes sad this is the story of Geoff Cope a man who played cricket for Yorkshire & England who helped to save his county club from bankruptcy & who in recent years has raised more than GBP200000 for the Guide Dogs for the Blind Association it is a story full of ups & downs early success followed by time out of the game remodelling his bowling action; a Test match hat-trick when his joy lasted barely a minute; the drama of the days that led to his joining the four-man board that rescued Yorkshire; & the diagnosis of retinitis pigmentosa a gradual loss of eyesight that now leaves him reliant on a guide dog The most popular of men he remains cheerful & in this book he talks with a warm humanity & plenty of humour about his life & about the many characters he has known With his great gift for bringing alive the past it is a lively & an inspiring tale