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That looks like an excellent trip Eck. Have a great time.

I love playing new courses. I have a couple of trips in April and May with my son in Killarney and Kent. Will post them when they happen.

Incredible isn't it? This grew 4" while I was leaning on it.

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bamboo can grow at up to 3ft a day 

Look at these wild crocuses. I could swear they weren't there yesterday. It's like they pushed up through the soil overnight.

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That looks like a wonderful outing Jim, and incredible value too.

I have a real fondness for James Braid courses and his trademark short par4's.

update.

Hello David.

I want. No. I demand a super long update filling a 5-10 year gap!

Dunno about proper golfer but I'm getting a bit more consistent, doubt i'll repeat that on the full course but gonna enjoy trying.


In other golf news and in quite a bit of a contrast to Verndog's trip I've talked six of the morning game boys into a long weekend in the North.

Off to Muir of Ord for there seniors open stableford on the Friday. 3 hour drive to get there but hey what a drive    https://muirofordgolfclub.co.uk/   

Staying outside Elgin in a big converted farm building looks lovely. Not been out for a drink in Elgin since I played in the under 18 rugby sevens looking forward to it

Saturday is at Buckpool for a gents open and were are on to strokeplay (think some harsh realities will appear when some can't get a gimme).
Buckpool recently listed as one of the top 100 courses in Scotland, really linksy https://buckpoolgolf.com/

Sunday- Hopeman, just a delightful course to play, click on the link and there will be lots of shots of the 12th their signature hole which is a short par 3 where the green is 100 feet below you. Now I've played this course twice and we've had at least one buggy so I've had a Taxi all the way back up, at least there will be a nice view when i'm gasping for breath.


All this great golf, they are all cracking courses played them all before, for the ridiculous price of £65.  (plus accomodation £200). Gonna set up a travel business   "By Eck Travels"  'copyright Red Dog'

nobody still wants VAR surely .  go back to the ref  making decisions  good or bad

at a push , i reckon a review system could work , 1 per team per match would not ruin flow of the game like now

As in so many areas of life, the idea is worthy but the execution is bad. Not just the specific decisions but also the way in which it has moved away from the concept of correcting ‘clear and obvious’ errors.
How can it ever take five minutes to correct a clear and obvious error?
Rugby Union has a far better system in place.

nobody still wants VAR surely .  go back to the ref  making decisions  good or bad

at a push , i reckon a review system could work , 1 per team per match would not ruin flow of the game like now