Long, long time... and no blog!

Thought I'd better update a little. This year has been very busy, mainly with Golf, but also with Phil returning for a couple of months before heading back to Korea, and Tim moving into a flat in Bedford. Bridgie is happily ensconced in Manchester and Keith has been on his usual trips to Ethiopia which has meant that I have been able to concentrate on golf without too much guilt. Most of the time it has been huge fun although I have had my moments when there have been a few things to deal with as well.

However... purpose of the blog is to show you my hair!  It hasn't been cut since August of last year and it is due to be cut on Friday. 

Friday is the Ladies Presentation Dinner when all the awards and prizes are presented for the year. We usually have a little entertainment too.. but this year it will be The Hair Cut. One (or maybe more) of the Ladies is going to cut my hair.. maybe colour it... who knows!

Over the year we have been collecting donations towards the East Anglian Air Ambulance.. and this particular effort has been christened The Hedge Fund (...you know... "You look like you've been pulled through a hedge backwards!") It stands at about £90 at the moment. Bridgie and Phil would both like me to keep it long... I am certainly enjoying it long so may well simply grow it out again - it seems to grow quite quickly!

So, I am looking forward to seeing what they do.. I'll keep you posted!

Captain Pugwash?

Saturday was the initiation of the new captains at the golf club... we played a competition first, then had the 'Drive in'

Seemed appropriate - borrowed from Tim!

The aim is to raise money for the charity that we have selected for the year, which for Trace and I is the East Anglian Air Ambulance.

Trace, Ryan and Yours Truly!

Suitably kitted out (and joined by the Juniors' Captain) we each hit a drive as far as possible... with fellow golfers having guessed where our tee shots may end up, with prizes for the closest. At a pound a square this is a good fund raiser :-)

But the Drive is not without its distractions!

Welcome Lady Captain!

Buckets of water scooped from the nearby pond... leaves and all... are used to make you feel at home!

It was actually great fun... we raised over £300 on the day, and the best bit? I hit my drive further than the men!  (Mind you... they did have rather more water thrown at them!)

So all is done and dusted now and we can get on with the year proper... it looks very busy on the calendar... and hopefully will be full of golfing fun!

Golf Club Fire

I've just walked over to Sharnbrook and I came back through the golf course. There was a weird atmosphere, three men playing the course but otherwise deserted.

The clubhouse shows some damage from the front, especially when you look at the roof line,

but through the window you begin to see much more of the impact, this is looking through into the dining and bar area...

Then around the back you see the full extent of the fire.

Devastating, and upsetting to see close to - and they had just refurbished the men's changing rooms.

A hole in one...

I've seen them on tv but never thought I'd see one for real, but yesterday I did! (Not mine unfortunately!) We were playing a pairs match - Jill and I.The 6th hole at Pavenham is about 140 yards,

hitting across a little pond fringed by rocks and with the occasional coot swimming about.

It was windy and we were drying out after persistent rain. I hit a lovely 6 iron on to the green, about 20feet from the hole, and was very pleased with myself - (I'm often in the water or just plain wayward here).

Jill hit a short shot ready for a second to go across the water - then up stepped Anne (one of our opposition).

She hit an amazing shot, we watched it bounce on the green, rise up and hit the flag pole, and drop down the hole. Amazing! Great celebrations!

Needless to say we lost the match, but we kept up the fight till the 16th hole so we were quite pleased.

On a different note, I walked today, (training for The Big Walk), along muddy tracks

and saw my first signs of Spring, Aconites and Snowdrops... lovely!