On Tuesday, Luca and I cycled up to the driving range and hit a bucket of balls each, with Jo joining us for lunch. We sat outside on their decking and it was properly hot.
Luca announced that he would like to go and play tennis. Not sure where that came from but he and I headed off to the public courts late Wednesday morning anyway. We were a little early - they don't open until noon - and Luca dropped a heavy hint about the ice cream shop nearby so I bought us both cones and we wandered over to the bowling club to enjoy them:
Tennis is something I didn't think I would start at the age of 70 but I went along with it:
I have to say, that, as a tennis player - or a golfer - Luca is a good footballer. He wasn't exactly putting his back in to it so I had to do most of the fetching and carrying - and, if he hit a bad shot, that was my fault, of course. Kids. You can see some of the (in)action here - https://youtu.be/Sf0eswgj9iw
The outlook is a little damp again today but we're hoping to get out for a cycle before the forecast showers arrive. Perhaps we'll head out to the Milton if Luca can manage the distance.
In other news, Ross started a trial shift at Figment in Countesswells Road, Aberdeen on Monday. He's been staying at Lizzie's flat in Rosemount for the last week to accommodate this. Hope it all works out OK. The coffee shop looks nice:
I did finally get a callback from my GP re my thyroid blood test and it was reported as negative but I've been reminded to check again in 3 months' time.
We spoke to Kelly and the boys the other day and I've now booked us a week in Bali in the middle of our Australian holiday in March. It'll soon be time to look at flights etc for USA next September as well. We'll probably have a week in Phoenix when we're over.
I suddenly realised my passport expires early next year so I thought it best to renew it now so I went online and completed the application process, including the required photo. My first attempt got rejected because of shadows apparently:
So I tried again and this time it seems to have been accepted, although it appears to me to have more shadow than the first rejected effort:
Gary has been entering the odd road race here and there, but his body is still reacting adversely during them. Despite that he always seem to do pretty well. Here's his latest:
