Day 285 - Roll Up

I woke up this morning to a grey winter's day... but when I stepped out of the front door it was actually relatively mild and the threatened winds presaging Storm Clodagh were not yet in evidence... so I decided to make my way to Burhill for the morning Roll-Up.  This is one of the great features of the Club - on any Saturday or Sunday morning you can just turn up at Burhill and get a game. 

When I got to the Honours Bar at 07:45 it was actually pretty empty but by 08:00 it was filling up. I was keen to get out early as I had to be at Heathrow in the early afternoon, so ended up going out first with former Captain Chris and two newish members, Duncan and Chris.  Balls in the air and it was Duncan and I up against the two Chrises.

Conditions were not easy and, as ever, we had a few disaster holes but the match itself was very tight: the way things ended up, everything depended on the final 3 ft putt on the ultimate hole... and he missed.... All of which meant that the match was halved and Duncan and I had won the princely sum of 25p for the bits: we're rich!

After lunch, I headed off to Terminal 5 to collect Kathryn from her Los Angeles flight.  Waiting for her to emerge onto the concourse was very much like the opening or is it closing?) scene of Love Actually (Daughter Mine: when are we watching this over Christmas?): all sorts of members of the public waiting for friends, colleagues and loved ones. A great place for people watching!

Not that I spent much time doing so as I was transfixed to my iPhone watching the final few games of Andy Murray's Davis Cup Final match against David Goffin....  Allez Grand Bretagne!