September Begins
The time really has flown since the 1st and lots has been going on!
Tuesday the first was my first venture to another course to play golf since well before the lockdown began.
We played at Tehidy (which always reminds me of Mum) in a group of three. I hadn't played with Fiona and Hilary since last year so it was great to be able to play together. We had a great time, enjoying a different course and a beautiful day. We stayed for a socially distanced drink afterwards and then headed home in our separate cars.
It was good to enjoy some semblance of normality although there was none of the meeting up with friends that we usually have at these events. There were 33 teams of three and there were lots of ladies we knew who we greeted from a distance as we played. Still... it was a lovely day (and somehow we managed to come 6th!)
The next morning I got beds changed and everything tidy for Keith who was arriving in the afternoon - he chose the 'new' room for his sleeping quarters...
...and we soon had Phil's bike in the kitchen to give it a clean and oil.The sunshine of yesterday had disappeared and it was a grey and drizzly day so working on the bike was the perfect thing!Thursday morning was my first visit to the dentist for a hygienist appointment. I was nervous about it (had delayed it twice) but they were excellent and I will have no qualms about going again.
We popped out in the evening for a mouthful of fresh air at Cape... mild despite the greyness.
The following day Keith got the bike going... and also had some fun on the keyboard.
On Friday Keith headed off on the bike for a trip to St Ives along the coast road and back via Penzance. He had a fabulous ride...knew he'd been up a few hills by the end though!
I cooked dinner...and realising I had enough for 4 invited Lindsay and Peter to join us... Lindsay brought a lime cheesecake for pudding and we had lasagne... and garlic mushrooms! I don't recall ever making them before but they were yummy!It was a lovely evening... Saturday was going to be busy with Chas and Steph arriving in the afternoon and the first round of the Club Championship at Cape.
It was a glorious day!
And we played some steady golf.When we'd finished it was back home for a shower and dash off to Trevedra Farm Campsite to meet up with Chas and Steph.
They had not long arrived and we had a lovely time catching up over a cup of tea and a little walk out to see the view over Gwynver.
Steph provided us with a lovely meal then we headed back.
The order of play for the Sunday depended on how well we'd played on Saturday... I was out in the final group (with Hilary and Fiona). Keith had the car so he could take Steph and Chas out to Land's End and Porthcurno etc so dropped me off at the Club. To cut a long story short... I sneaked a win! I've not been Club Champ before so it was very special. Hilary (on the right) has won it 5 times... and Fi has one it twice...
It was very exciting...and Lindsay won the Best Nett score too which was brilliant!
After a celebratory coffee and cheese scone Keith, Steph and Chas arrived and later we all went back to the campsite for a takeaway roast dinner... and very welcome it was too!
On Monday we took Steph and Chas down the Cot Valley - had lunch in Ben's and then visited the Crown's mines.
It has been great to catch up with them, catching up with all the family news and looking at old photos of our shared holidays when the children were little.
They headed back the next morning so we said our goodbyes that evening.
On the Tuesday morning Keith and I went to see Lindsay and Peter for coffee...and it was another beautiful day...
I played 9 holes in the evening in our fun social golf... and was so tired was in bed by 8.30!Keith headed back Wednesday morning and i fell asleep on the settee in the afternoon...and same again yesterday!
It has been such a busy time but absolutely lovely too!
It definitely feels as though autumn is here... the low deepening red colours ...that tinge of musty, misty fruitfulness!The visitors are still here though - driving is appalling sometimes... and according to some it's going to stay busy till the end of October now.
