Today we are mostly in Greece.
Let’s go and have a warmer week Mrs O said….
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The salon icky??? (Don’t get your nails done there then)
Hope it clears for you, it’s a lovely day here
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My mate was batting in Turkey a couple of weeks ago. Tee times were put back every day by 2 hours because of frost and many of them went to Belek to buy some warmer clothes, having taken only summer golf kit 
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I can recommend these beach flipflops to you… keep you nice and toastie…
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I think it may be an idea to explain the difference between Fahrenheit and Celsius to Mrs O 
the devil is always in the detail…
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Metric, Imperial, Whitworth, Centigrade or Fahrenheit… it’s still feckin freeezing Ade ..! 
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14 degrees c here, it’s quite pleasant in the sunshine 
Twas 18C here today, not too bad really… 
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Today I’ve been buying golf balls. My favourite ones came up on Ebay at a bargain half price so I bought 3 dozen as I don’t have enough already
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I’ve often thought that some posts on here are a lot of balls.
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You might try not losing them? 
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I’ve been trying not to loose them for nearly 30 years 
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Water is the bain of many golfers. One of my best mates went on a quest to increase his distance off the tee because he was the shortest hitter in our playing group. He had some lessons and as often happens it messed with his swing for a time and instead of his normal boring straight down the middle, he started hitting the ball right. One of our holes (the 14th) has a couple of ponds to the right of the Tee and over a few weeks he kept hitting his ball in the one of them, much to our amusement. His surname was Barton, so we started calling him the Cotswold golfer (a play on words from the famous village in Gloucestershire of Bourton on the water, to Barton in the water). Sadly he lost a 2 year battle against cancer before Christmas but with the full support of his widow his ashes were scattered under the oak tree at the side of the 14th tee last month, which as one of the few remaining original members of the golf club seemed rather fitting.
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Funny enough I always categorised golf course’s by the number of balls I lost at each round, no surprise when I decided to give up golf. 
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When I bought my house years ago, everytime I lawn the grass I found golf balls. Quite a lot. I asked some neighbors about (the old man living there was a farmer, not a golfer), and they told me a house a bit further, was occupied by a family. And the 2 kids (teenagers) used to play golf in their small garden, throwing balls everywhere, breaking tiles, etc.. I honestly found +20 gold balls…
The family was still there, kids now just coming back to organize wild parties with loud music all night long. But that’s another story that ended quickly after some shakes and a very efficient happening from Leia our beauceron. (I think the guy she entered the car to chase him is still running) 
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Tinkering in the garage again… project cb450 has taken two tiny teeter-totter foot steps towards trial start up (I still don’t know that it’s a viable chunk of metal) … all fun and games!
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Lightweight It’s similar to any sport in that the better you get, the more of a challenge (within reason) some want. Many of the courses round me are relatively easy compered to ours so I find those quite boring. One in particular holds no appeal for me as it’s so easy to play. It’s built on an old farm site and is short, open and flat where it’s almost impossible to loose a ball. The members love it but I’d be bored stiff if I played there all the time. It’s an absolute commercial gold mine for the owners who know what they’re doing and fair play to them, but they’re charging £1700 a year membership, which is nearly double what I pay for a far better course and they can charge that due to demand and because it’s open throughout the year where ours closes when it gets too wet. I don’t loose that many balls that are wholly my fault, most get lost during the autumn and winter when they dissappear under fallen leaves or plug because the ground is so wet. When conditions are like that I’ll use balls I’ve found, of which I’ve got a good stash in the garage ready for the winter months.
I played a lot of golf with my Dad, casual games, club medals and competitions, but was never very good! I kept going when he gave up in old age, then realised… I’d rather be out on my bike!
Haven’t hit a ball since. 
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