Day 355 - ANOTHER Windy Day

I had been intending to play in today's Stableford but the opportunity presented itself to play a round of golf with my son and a colleague of his from EY, Anthony, so I had changed my plans a few days back.  I had also persuaded Colin to join us and so we had a four-ball organised. Anthony had tickets for this afternoon's Spurs game so the request was that we start early. 

A Met Office Weather Warning in force...

When we arrived at the Club this morning, it was noticeable that the car park was much less full than I would have expected on a Saturday - especially given there was a competition on the New Course.  The bar was also relatively quiet: clearly a lot of people had been put off by the appalling weather forecast for the day: this had talked of substantial rainfall and very strong winds.

As things turned out, this was only half right: it didn't rain at all.  But the wind blew. And how!

Colin and I took on the young men - and it turned out it was a day for old men's accuracy over the youth's distance off the tee.  He and I Coxed-and-Boxed very well and put together a pretty decent better-ball card given the dreadful weather and the winter playing conditions.  They never stood a chance....

There was then time for a catch-up with Matthew, the Club's GM, and the opportunity to talk through the week ahead: the AGMs to get through and the first time for him to see how things work at Burhill.

Back to the bar to catch up with the 2nd ODI in Port Elizabeth, the end of which I watched when I got home: it was a brutal display of power from Buttler at the end!  And as soon as that was over, I switched over to watch the French squeeze past the Italians in the first round of the Six Nations and after that saw the English bully their way past the Scots at Murrayfield: the important matches are yet to come...