We trotted off to bed about 10:30 pm, hoping to get a decent night's sleep, but it wasn't to be. 2:45 am was when I woke up. I lay there until 5 am and finally had to give up trying to get back to sleep. Some breakfast, then I decided to test how my legs were to see if I could join the usual Thursday cycling group - which I did, making it up to Finzean and back without any problems.
I had my physio in the afternoon and I've been signed off now, but with clear instructions to carry on with the exercise regime. Apparently I'm not co-ordinating my knees and hips properly - I probably never have done - and that's why the lateral movement in golf is giving me more pain than any other type of exercise - all the strain is being borne by my knees.
Had my first pint of real ale for a couple of months when I met Keith Gray at the Legion later - and we were then joined by Ken Page, Archie Cook and Jas Bhagrath.
So far, so good. Thursday night to Friday morning sleep - woke at 3:15 am - just half an hour later than the night before. I was representing Banchory at Royal Aberdeen in the morning. What a tough place to start playing golf again after a long break - it was embarrassing. I enjoyed going to the pub on Friday night, however - it was nice to see everyone again.
Finally, we managed to sleep in on Saturday morning. In fact, Jo didn't get up until almost noon - she was mortified.
Other than that, not a lot to report. It seems Braeden's op went ok - although we haven't actually spoken to Lucy yet. It's officially Cade's 15th birthday tomorrow (Monday) - and he's sitting his driving test!
The effects of the wet July in Scotland are all too evident - everything is green and overgrowing, but at least the flower displays at the War Memorial are looking good:
That's not the case across the road at Luca's favourite hill - remember when it was Bonnie Banchory?
Tomorrow, it's more golf for me - I'm double booked for a Seniors match in the morning, then it's the delayed annual outing to Balmoral in the evening - it was due to be held when I was away, but the other guys never got round to doing it - hence my double booking.
It's already noticeable that the nights are drawing in a bit - there's only 4 more weeks of evening golf left this season - I feel this season has kind of passed me by.
Need to start organising our next trips to Oz and USA as well. It's definitely getting harder to do - I'm convinced they're cutting back on the Air Miles/Avios benefits.
