Giving up golf?

From http://ianrstewart.blogspot.com/

Well, the forecasts were right - and I got soaked yesterday playing in the Banchory Seniors Open. Light drizzle when we started and it looked like it might clear, but it did the exact opposite, and I got wet through and through and all my gear is now absolutely soaking.

Fortunately, Tuesday afternoon at Royal Aberdeen was much better - a really enjoyable few hours. Much more important, however, was the fact that I played golf 2 days in a row wearing my new wedge insoles - and I don't have the usual aches and pains in my legs - wonderful. Sure, I'm a bit stiff and sore, but I haven't been able to walk much more than 14/15 holes this year without being in absolute agony - so maybe there is something to this black art they call Orthotics. The only slight downside is that the additional removable wedges he gave me to stick on to the bit of the insole just short of the ball of my foot, keep sliding back and end up under my foot arches. Today, I've taken them off, so we'll see how I get on without them.

So I'm able to play golf again - but fair scunnered with it right now. I was invited to play again today, but I couldn't face it. Hopefully, I'll have got over yesterday's trauma by Saturday - if it's dry.

Got to attend a "public consultation" meeting tonight as a representative of our (non-existent) squash club, concerning the proposal to build a new sports centre down at King George V park. We're trying to be supportive of anybody that is willing to provide squash facilities locally again - Inchmarlo is also supposed to be doing this - but I've been around long enough to remember that the project was initially called KGV 2000 - yes, it was set up in the mid/late 90's with a view to providing the facilities in the Millennium year!

Just made a very late timeshare exchange - it was due to expire next week and we couldn't find anything that we could use, but a week in South Australia came up and Chris' Mum and Dad - and possibly daughter-in-law - are going to use it.

Complications with our replacement shower in the downstairs WC - to get a more powerful version, we may have to rip up some of our lovely floorboards in the front room - not sure I want to get in to major work here. Planning to meet Ross' pal Dan tomorrow to discuss.

Next week is New Kitchen week - guess we'll be eating out a few times!