Saturday morning and time for the August Stableford. A gorgeous day, with sun and little wind combined with a wonderfully pristine golf course. A day for high scoring? Playing with partners, Bryan and Steve, it looked as if it might be with solid first nines (including, for me, two long-putt birdies). The second half though was less inspiring: a mediocre 31 ended up as the result meaning that I am no longer a single handicapper... back to 9.5!
Drinks on the terrace in the sunshine could have lasted all afternoon but a busy evening beckoned... At around 5:50, Kathryn and I took the train up to Clapham. She went on to dinner with daughter Caroline - and by all accounts had a splendid tasting meal at a local French restaurant. AJ and I went for more rustic fare: we had a boerwors hot-dog from a street-side vendor as we walked from the pub to Twickenhan stadium.
We were there for the first of England's warm-up games in advance of the World Cup, which starts in mid September. The stadium was not full (only 65,000ish) but always a great experience and it did mean the halftime queue for drinks was that bit shorter. The magic of Facebook alerted us to the presence of three sets of friends at the game: one, the Laclau family, so close to us that we met up for drinks. Fun to catch up but not sure about the outfit, Benoit!
The win was fairly irrelevant but 19-14 it was: we'll see what happens in the return fixture next week. At least no major injuries...
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