I'd say it's worth every penny, but it certainly is not cheap.

Wow, that's fabulous.


Bit pricey though...


https://store.easylivingmobility.co.uk/shop/powered-wheelchairs/standing-powerchairs/paragolfer

Congratulations to Kev Bloor who won the GUKPT Blackpool Seniors Event!
He beat the 140 entry field to win £5,350!!

KevB?

Seriously?

Fantastic day, great company except for two things

1.....We need a stronger handicapping secretary whenever your involved

2.....Teeks failed to eat his pea vines

I learnt about the Irish wagons whilst watching The Yorkshire Auction House

Keep in touch and lets keep plaaaaaaaaaaaaying

It was such a fun day Trev & I much enjoyed the Woolfox course. Good fun, good Course, good company (except for Miserable Moulty).

Any time you fancy a repeat, there or elsewhere, just say the word.

xx to Caroline, & keep buying that wheat...

Do you ever use your Twitter Teeks?

No. I peruse Twitter, especially for the USA Election stuff, but I never Tweet these days. Happy to keep my head below the parapet, so to speak. I do occassionally Tweet for Sky Poker though, but on their account, not mine.

Good to see you on blonde, an Internet Policeman Diary Update would be a joy to behold.

x

JFDI

 

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My course beginning to show its autumn colours.  It's right beside the Clyde, so floods a bit over winter as well, so the clubs won't be out much till March or April.

Golf Courses are SUCH beautiful places, aren't they?

That looks gorgeous.

They have THE most incredible Screen down there, it's more like a Cinema Screen than a TV Plasma, it's curved & it's HUGE, maybe 25 feet long & 10 feet high.

The picture definition is astonishing. I can't begin to imagine what it cost.   

Meanwhile, as if Golf was enough hedonism, I had the urge to go play an MTT or two down at DTD, & bumped into loads of old adversaries, acquaintances & friends.

And DTD have become SO efficient at the way they run MTT's, it's stunningly efficient, everything happens perfectly & to the second, with the Plasma screens snap updated with every entrance/exit.

Getting in the first time last week (I'd not been there in 8 years) was a bit of a faff - ID, Passport or Driving Licence, 'photo taken, fingerprints (truly), what my job is, what my Salary Range is, da de da. It's all a bit intrusive, but I get it completely, this current "Responsible Gambling" thing has serious consequences for Operators who fall foul of it.

I played three little Tournies - two "Incredible 100"'s & a "Monster Stack" & had a blast in all three. I made the last few tables in each case, & yesterday, with 15 paid, I contrived to make my exit in 16th. Nothing changes... 

More seriously, I was interested in testing myself, I'm at that age when I think daily about cognitive decline. But it seems fine, I played (I think) really well, & seem to have found the gamble I always used to lack. I don't want or intend to play poker too often, maybe once every week or two, but I definitely enjoyed it immensely, & will definitely be going again when time & the Diary permits. There's a lovely buzz in Tourneys when you start to reach the sharp end, it still gives me a bit of a tingle in the undercarriage.

Life remains very good, I can't recall ever being more content & happy. How about THAT for tempting fate, eh?

I WILL try not to be too much of a golf bore, but I've been playing a fair bit recently.

I managed TWO birdies inside a week, which is some sort of record for me, though I confess one was a pure fluke, when I mishit a Pitch onto the green & it went into a tree, the ball rattled around several branches then dropped onto the green & one bounce into the hole.  The other birdie was a proper one though, just like a real golfer.

The game is infuriating sometimes. I can hit "adequate" shots with every Club in the bag, but I rarely string 4 or 5 together, there's always a duff ,a fat, a thin or a clunk lurking ready to spoil things. If only I could iron them out. So I end up with a blob or two almost every round, to ruin my card.

The walking, the fresh air, the countryside, the nature, especially such a variety of birdlife, plus of course good company, makes it all worthwhile.

Tom & I play a little track in Leicester which has so many different birds, one day last week we saw a brown woodpecker, a green woodpecker, some kites & buzzards, and a goldcrest I think. We think there's a Kingfisher there too but we've yet to see it. 

typhoon (Miserable Trev) wised us up to an app, "Merlin", just turn it on & it identifies bird sounds & tell you what it is. Amazing piece of kit.

The weather is turning now but I'm still getting plenty of golf, got two rounds booked so far this week, plus, fingers crossed, got another "new" Course lined up with a long-term blonde friend or two. More on that soon.

[5 hr 10 min (302.8 mi) via A1(M)]

Loving you all getting into golf, got back playing a bit during covid and certainly have the bug. Struggle to play as much as I'd like but love getting out there. If any blondes are ever up my neck of the woods i would be delighted to get fleeced around my club or any other, we have a few to choose from 

https://www.alloagolfclub.co.uk/

Wow, lovely to see you still pop in to blonde from time to time James.

That's at least three of us freshly bitten by the golf bug then - you, Tom & me, as well as all the established long-term golfers, plus those I've been lucky to share a few rounds with.

I LOVE going to different courses with the blondes from back in the day, I really do.

Alloa Golf Club, which I believe is in Sauchey? google tells me...



5 hr 10 min (302.8 mi) via A1(M)


But hey-ho, I'll almost certainly venture up, then I get to play a new Course (or two) & share a few hours on a Golf Course with you. Not sure I can do it this side of Christmas, but early next Spring would almost certainly work, & the weather will be better then. Not be much fun driving 300 miles in November only to find it's rained off...

You seen Messrs Russell & Bopkin much, did you do Vegas with them again this year?

Sorry not felt great so I've missed a few posts. things I found interesting, I hope you do too.

Jayne Mansfeild was a member of Mensa, spoke 5 languages and was a very good writer as well as being beautiful.

She could also play the violin, and here she is, playing "Concerto No. 6 in A Minor" (Vivaldi) on The Ed Sullivan Show, May 26, 1957.

https://youtu.be/rFEIOO8YIWY?si=nWv_5lo1aqkodLJu

Hi Shaz, hope you are feeling a little better now.

Good grief, how did you know all that about Ms Monroe?

I just had a quick peruse of her Wiki, & it states....

Frequent references have been made to Mansfield's very high IQ, which she claimed was 163.


Quite surprising then that she was almost universally known as a "dumb blonde".


Her Wiki is well worth a read, what a life she led, one way & another....



https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jayne_Mansfield

Looks like it's time I replied to a few posts & gave you another update.

Lovely to hear from everyone who has replied, will try & do a little update tomorrow.



 

Lovely write up,Thank you..I would never have guessed that Tom would be so into Golf.Great exercise for you both,Golf can be so addictive and it is a bonus that a pal shares your interests,long may it continue.

Thanks David.

Addictive? Just a bit.

And yes, it's wonderful exercise. I have a "Step App" & it tells me that on average, I walk 7 miles when I play 18 holes. (Partly because I sort of tack up the course as I'm frequently wayward, plus I often have to walk back & forth to find my ball, lol). I would never have dreamed that I could walk that far several times a week at my age & yet I manage it comfortably. When I finish 18 holes I'm bent double & can barely walk, but the next morning I'm raring to go again. Who'd have thought? I did use a buggy at first but I never use one now.

Still got a few boxes to tick, not managed a round with Ralph yet, he did invite me but It was the day I was flying home from Vegas, & I keep in daily contact with Chompy, but I've not managed a round with him yet either. Fingers crossed I can tick both boxes soon though. Love playing different Courses with my long-term blonde friends, it's been SO good for me in so many ways. Very humbling though when I'm always the worst player, but that's half the fun in some ways. It's good to battle adversity & have to eat a large slice of humble pie on occasion.

are multi way chops a thing in golf?

Ha, if there were, Chomps would be begging for a chop after the 3rd hole.