A couple of weeks ago I had the honour and great pleasure of playing one of the finest golf courses in the world: Royal Troon. We've been talking about it for years, as Alan's father, Jim, is a member there, so we were able to get signed in by a member (which makes life a *lot* cheaper and easier!).

We played the Old Course on the Sunday, and the Portland Course on the Monday. Fortunately the rain held off when we played the Old Course, and while I had a terrible round (I don't even want to think about my score!), it was glorious. The Monday was a different story - horizontal rain! Still enjoyable, in its way, but if I'd been anywhere else I'd have called it a day at the turn.

We stayed at the Piersland Hotel, which I can thoroughly recommend, even if they didn't let us have the sound up on the telly for the England-France rugby match...

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