Week ending 21st April, 2007

It was a local holiday in Aberdeen on Monday but, as our Fraserburgh factories were open, I went there - for the morning, at least! The holiday and the fine weather were too much of a draw and I booked a mid-afternoon time at Kemnay. Dave Edwards and Alan McRobb from the office joined me and we had a lovely time - I played well, particularly on the back nine, where I had 3 birdies and missed 2 other good chances.

Tuesday was busy in the Aberdeen office, with various board meetings, but I got away in good time to go to Bannatyne's.

Wednesday was quieter and I played our usual Quaich match in the evening.

Thursday was as busy as ever but I managed again to get away to the gym late afternoon - only twice this week - am I slipping, or is it just the start of the golf season that's reducing my visits to Bannatyne's?

On Friday, Francis, Michael and I went to Grantown to have another look at a potential acquisition. We had a free afternoon so Francis arranged golf at the new Spey Valley golf course at Aviemore - we played off the back tees, which were over 7,000 yards!

Got back to Banchory in time to grab a quick bite then head out to the Learney Arms, Torphins for the Torphins Golf Club Quiz Night, which was good fun.

On Saturday, we had later tee times for the medal - don't like this as the whole day is gone - I seemed a bit disorientated by it and didn't play well. Finally we had a bit of rain - good for the course, but not enough yet to make much difference.