November 9: Warrington

The most difficult stop on this odyssey

THIS was a stop on the old Wild Ghost Chase I was dreading - because a ghost that’s very special to me resides in Warrington.

When I was 13 I wrote to Harry Edgar’s Open Rugby magazine looking for a penpal. I can still remember the excitement when I found a copy of that magazine in suburban Wollongong newsagent, begging my mother for enough money to buy …