Tues May 25th

May 25th 

I can hardly believe it is two weeks since the last blog!

The weather that day was fairly typical of the late spring that we have had, the above was the view out of the window as another heavy shower blew in, bringing hail!

 But it wasn't always so, on the Thursday of that week we enjoyed golf in relative sunshine

followed  by a Peter Gorton BBQ meal which was delicious.

We still needed coats and hats and rugs but it was very enjoyable all the same. We were joined by Lindsay's cousin and her husband who live at Swanpool.

They are charming people with a wealth of knowledge and experience. He was a museum curator in Dorset I believe - and she a librarian I think. It was a lovely way to spend an afternoon!

We managed to play golf on the Saturday despite a poor forecast but the following week we were back into gale force winds and driving rain!

It would be lovely to have a break from this.

We were allowed to meet inside in groups up to 6 on Monday 17th May!

The club celebrated with a quiz night but without our usual host. It was still an enjoyable evening.

We have a golf pro who has now been affiliated to the club and I was lucky enough to get a lesson with him on Thursday afternoon last week (in the midst of the gales).

Now I am trying to put his advice into practice which is both fun and challenging  at the same time!

I was impressed with him. The club are encouraging links with the local school and are encouraging 'newbies' of any age to play. I have been helping with them quite a bit and really enjoying it. 

With the new pro's seal of approval I will carry on with that and then will point folk in his direction when they want to progress further.

I'm meeting the teacher at the school this afternoon so we'll see how that goes.

The garden in the front is looking really pretty and the willow hedge is beginning to sprout. It will be interesting to see how goes.

Annie, the lady in the middle of the picture below celebrated her birthday with a few of us last year. We used to meet up for coffee and cake fairly regularly - she used to play golf with us but gave it up about 3 years ago. Very sadly her breast cancer of many, many years ago returned two year's back and after a feisty attempt to keep it at bay she dies on Friday.

She will be sorely missed by us all.

The inclement weather has continued and  once again it is wet and windy out (and not warm!)

Hopefully things will begin to improve soon.

Bridgie had a lovely birthday weekend, travelling with Ben over to Chepstow for the weekend; meeting up with Keith on the Friday and exploring the Wye Valley the rest of the time. 

Back to work again now but I'm hoping she will come and stay in July when most of her MBA work will be complete.

On the Covid front, many of us have now had both doses of vaccine and I am now testing myself with a lateral flow test about once a week, particularly if I am meeting new folk. The brief unpleasantness of the test is worth it for the reassurance it gives (acknowledging its limitations of course).

We are allowed to meet inside in groups of 6 or two households; and outside in groups of up to thirty.