Day 61 - Dark Blue Golf

A non-Burhill golf outing today: every year, the Oxford University Colleges have a golf tournament amongst their alumni and this was the first year that I managed to work it into my calendar. The competition took place at Frilford Heath, south of Oxford, near Abingdon. Although my tee time wasn't until 10:00 am, it still meant an early start as the potential for traffic delays on the M25/M4 is ever-present.  As things turned out though, there was no more than the usual congestion around junctions 12/13 and I got there in plenty of time.

Frilford has three 18 holes courses: unimaginatively named the Red, Blue and Green courses. We were off the Red and were able to enjoy some excellent weather, though the wind was both colder and more easterly than is normal, which made a couple of the holes a real slog. I played decently, but for the fact that my ball had decided unerringly to enter every Frilford bunker it could find on the course. The Pro Shop were "out of Course Planners" which meant that I couldn't even see some of the blessed sand traps off the tee: I shall do better next time!

A carvery lunch followed (yippee...) which gave the opportunity to catch up with old friends and some new ones too. I met a contemporary of my brother's, so will try and persuade Tony to come along next year.

The travel back home was everything that you would expect of a Friday evening: the Sat Nav screen was covered with red lines and warning messages from the moment I typed in my home destination. A long detour via the A34/A303/M3 though kept me sane and meant that I was not sitting in traffic until I hit the M25. Good to be home....