Day 254 - Hayward's Heath

The morning was dedicated to leaf clearing: how do a few trees produce such volumes of the stuff?  It was wonderful whilst they lasted but at least most of them seem to have made their way to the ground...

Leaves still there on a
Haywards Heath fairway

After a brief weather delay, we headed off to meet my brother Tony for an afternoon's golf at Haywards Heath Golf Club.  He joined the club recently, taking advantage of one of the flexible memerbship schemes they now offer.

On their website, the course is described as "A stunning parkland course and clubhouse where a memorable experience awaits", which is perhaps over-egging the pudding somewhat.  The course is though an interesting blend of long and short par 4s, along with some handsome par 3s and 5s.  The area is very much clay based which meant that it was a bit heavy underfoot after the morning rain but nevertheless we enjoyed some late autumn sunshine and played most of the round in shirt-sleeves, which isn't bad for the last few days of October!

Tony decided to put a supplementary card in for his round, which meant that Kathryn and I played along for the ride.  The front nine was definitely easier than the back half and my scorecard reflected that.  Nevertheless a satisfactory round was played by all and I look forward to returning to play there again.

Showered and changed, we moved on to Tony and Jan's for a delicious supper and a catch-up.  My contribution was a magnum of red, upon which we inflicted some serious damage... and Kathryn drove home!