I've been chastised by Lucy for not updating my Blog for the last 3 weeks, so here goes. What's happened since then? Well, we went to the Jazzercise charity do at the Treetops on Sat 28/04 with Anne & Leslie at a table shared with the Fitzpatricks, Lings and Prices. The following morning I was off to Elgin as we had 2 teams entered in the Open Scramble - great day, great course and great fun, but we were well trounced by our local rivals.
Went to see the squash club's lawyer on Tuesday - pretty depressing stuff - no grounds for appeal, so legal battle over. Played a tie at Banchory in the evening, giving my opponent 12 strokes. I was round in gross 75, but he won the 16th and 17th to take us to extra holes. I even birdied the 19th (for a half!) and lost to another stroke on the 20th.
Had my 9 week re-assessment at Bannatyne's on Friday 4th May - everything seems to be OK - steady progress on all fronts, although resting heart rate higher than usual again. Because it's the golf season, asked Stuart if we could do some upper body instead of leg work.
On Sunday 6th, Jas and I had arranged to play our foursomes tie at 4:30, immediately after the Cancer Research Mixed Fours - major mistake - it took us almost an hour to play 3 holes, so we decided to walk in, have a beer and re-schedule for Tuesday, despite us being one up at the time. It also allowed me time to get to the Lemon Tree where Dave and I went to see the re-formed Jam (minus Paul Weller) - great gig.
Of course, when we replayed our foursomes tie on Tuesday, we lost. Out of both knock-out competitions at Banchory at the preliminary round stage for the first time ever - what a great start to the season!
Last weekend was a hectic one - it was the first of our weekend trips to Boat of Garten this year. Before that, we travelled up to Banff to play the lovely Duff House Royal course - and I played pretty well apart from the finish - just got in to the buffer zone - should have had a cut.
I started to feel a bit croaky - both Keith and Jas had been spluttering away for the last couple of weeks and it finally got through to me - bad timing. We played the brand new Spey Valley course at Aviemore on Sunday and were fortunate it stayed dry as the rest of the country seemed to be getting a downpour. However, it was very cold, particularly so on the mandatory buggies. We had a fun dinner in the evening and played Boat of Garten on the Monday and again we got round dry (twice) and this time it was a little warmer. Dan won the trophy for the first time in almost 50 attempts.
Jo and I got an invite to Hannah Clark's 21st, which is a big fancy tiara affair at the Beach Ballroom, but it clashes with the weekend that Dave and I are travelling down to London to see Lou Reed at Hammersmith Appollo then the One Day International against the West Indies at Lord's.
This last week has been spent putting some final details on the squash club's sponsored golf tournament at Banchory this coming Saturday. We're still hoping to have a good day out and let our guests fully enjoy themselves. The legal battle is lost, but we're trying to maintain a high profile and tomorrow (Mon 21st) I have arranged for 4 of us to meet our local MSP, Mike Rumbles to see what more can be done to maintain squash in Banchory.
