Dale Hill

I spent last weekend at Dale Hill golf club in Kent with my dad, brother and brother in law. We spent Sunday and Monday on the course, playing the Old Course on Sunday and then the Woosnam course on Monday. What a terrific venue. Both courses were in excellent condition and even though we have had a huge amount of rain, in fact we were even using buggies on the Woosnam course. And the views were breath taking. The hotel was pretty decent, with food well above the standard expected in a golf club. I can thoroughly recommend it, although as you can see from the YouTube video, not everything went completely according to plan.

Anybody want to buy some golf clubs.........

........they've never seen the fairway!

Still running

I've decided I HATE GOLF! I've had lessons, but making progress is just such hard work. I went down the driving range today at lunchtime and it was a good half an hour before I was even hitting them straight. Really, what is the point?

I cycled to work on Wednesday as usual, then did an 8k run when I got home. And it felt really good. I'm planning a half marathon distance training run tomorrow, but as the weather is looking like it's going to be really cold, I think I'll do it down the gym on the treadmill. I've got a table tennis match right afterwards, so at least I'll be in the right place. Running is generally easier in the gym, so I make sure I put the machine on a small incline to at make it feel a little more realistic. I'm going to take it real easy - aiming at 2 hours for the 13 miles. I don't want to push it too early and risk injury!

I'm pondering entering the San Francisco Marathon in 2008. I love San Francisco. I could see some baseball afterwards as well.

It's a funny game

Golf is a funny game. I always play my best when no-one is watching, then I feel awkward telling people about it in case people think it's a fisherman's tale......