Day 327 - "I am just going outside and may be some time."

Monday morning and lots of stories about cold and snow back home in the UK. Burhill courses also struggling with the weather meaning that access is restricted: all good reasons to validate our decision to spend a few weeks here in Florida at this time of year!

That being said, it was chilly here last night too and, shock, horror, I opted to put long trousers on when leaving the house for my Monday morning round - and I wore a sweater too.  The sun was shining though and it was only the cold northerly wind that was the problem. That being said, my playing partners were dressed as if they were anticipating a round with Captains Scott and Oates: polo necks, beanies and fleeces in abundance: blood must thin as you stay out here for longer...

We had a fun game today; I was partnered with three great guys (David, John and Doug) and we not only had a great conversation on the way around (Donald Trump...) but we also played some decent golf. We were playing in teams of 4 with 3 scores to count on each hole so that there was room for one to have a disaster but no more... which is pretty much what we delivered.  My round was up and down:four double bogeys killed my total score but the rest was pretty good. There were 4 par-3 closest to the pin prizes, of which I picked up 2, which when combined with the fact that our team also won AND I managed a skin with a birdie meant that I walked away with $20 in my pocket - that will finance the next two days' golf!

After golf, we made our first pilgrimage to the local CostCo store. Amusingly, the place looks exactly the same as its equivalent in Sunbury - even down to the layout and many of the products on offer (though the prices are cheaper here!). A great opportunity to stock up on reasonably priced essentials and we now have enough toilet paper, silver foil and tinned tomatoes to last until the next millennium....