Day 131 - Peachy Day

Summer seems to have arrived: another glorious day for golf, with the courses in splendid condition. Today was the date for the 4th Captain and Pro Challenge. We played on the New Course against Ian and Brian, both of whom are good, steady players.  We had to give them 10 shots so it was always going to be tough...

Mike and I started off unusually well: we have in the past lost the first one or two holes and have had to claw our way back. This time, in contrast, we got off to a very solid start and soon found ourselves three holes up, two at the turn.

All went well until the 12th when the Captain missed a short putt then we had balls behind trees, hit into the rough, found the water on 15 and then disappeared into the trees on 17 to mean that we lost the match 3&1.  Not our finest performance!

After lunch, my son contacted me asking if I wanted to play another 18, given the fine weather. We compromised and managed another 10 holes before heading back home to provide some assistance in the preparations for our dinner this evening.

To accompany the blueberry cheesecake dessert, I made first use in ages of our ice cream maker: it produced a very passable peach ice cream.

We sat outside until well gone 11 o'clock: a first for this year: an early English summer at its best!