Today was a family day, or at least a 75% family day. I met my son at Burhill for a game of golf in the morning. Some sort of plumbing problems kept him at home for a while and it wasn't until gone 10:30 that we arrived at the first tee. Having played the Old Course the day before, we opted to give the New a try, in the hope that the strong winds of the day before might have abated somewhat.
They hadn't. We did see the sun on a couple of holes and, when we did it, was it was actually quite pleasant. But when it didn't, it wasn't. A number of the holes were brutal and we decided not to play the full 18, returning to the Clubhouse after 14 instead. My son was much better than I in the strong winds today.
Back home to see the Ireland-Wales game: great fun for a neutral, with a rampaging finish as both sides had a go at breaking out of the 16-16 tied game. Time will tell, but this could be a good result for England.
We were joined for dinner by gf Aggie as well as my daughter Caroline and fiancé Paul. I had prepared a hearty, winter's meal which went down well (Braised Ox cheeks, garlic sautéed green beans, ginger carrots and version of
Dauphinoise Potatoes which was a great success). There was not a lot of room left for the blackberry and plum dessert...
After the meal, we gave one of my Christmas presents its first outing. This was a geographically-themed board game called "
Who knows where?" - and it was a lot of fun! Definitely a keeper...
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