Day 221 - Autumn Flowers

Today was the date that we had chosen for our first round match in the Autumn Foursomes. I was playing my long-standing golfing partner and our opponents were Mark and Gary - very dangerous opponents of a combined handicap of 14. That they were seen as a tough pairing was something pointed out to us in the bar AND on the putting green before we played...

And as it turned out, the warning was well-meritted!  Our opponents started off par-par which gave them a two shot lead and after that we were on the back foot for the whole match. At one point, we got them back to just one down but, for most of the time, we were three down and in the end this was simply too big a mountain to climb. We succumbed weakly on the 15th, where we had to give them a shot and that was that.

All of this meant that we finished very early: it was probably around 08:15 when we teed off and it wasn't much after 11:00 when we got back to the Clubhouse. This gave us time for a drink in the warm sun, before I headed back home for a very pleasant afternoon with Mrs L, attending a wedding fair at the location of my daughter's nuptials next year.  Miss L is currently not in the country (playing football in Croatia...) so could not be there so she had sent her parents in lieu.

We saw florists, stationers, musicians, cake-makers and photographers - all selling their wares and looking to fill their 2016 diaries.

With a firm date in mind, we were warmly received and we certainly have taken some names and website addresses away to to look at. We shall have to see what the boss thinks...