This is the weblog of Brian Curd. A lot of it is written on the spur of the moment and any benefit you gain from it is worth exactly what you paid!
It’s been quite a while since I reported on my golf…. For the last few weeks I have been playing pretty well and last week I managed to win the club Stableford. At last.. Since leaving North Wilts for the Island my golf has been nothing but a downhill battle, just recently though, I have [...]
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Filed under: Golf, Hobbies, Home, Isle of Wight
I have to thank James for the video here. The quality isn’t great but it’s certainly worth a watch to see if you can recognise any of the holes after 60 odd years. You can use the controls at the bottom to go full-screen which may help make things a bit clearer (although I think [...]
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Filed under: Funny, Golf, Hobbies, Isle of Wight
Earlier this week I got back from our annual French golf tour. We played four courses in the Caen area: Golf de Omaha Beach Le Mer Golf de Omaha Beach Le Manoir Golf de Cabourg Le Home Golf de Caen Le Vallone Rating them, in order of personal preference: Golf de Omaha Beach Le Manoir [...]
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Filed under: Golf, Hobbies, Isle of Wight, Mates, Seasonal
Saturday saw my best round at Shanklin and Sandown GC since I moved to the Island. Even though it was a competition game (monthly Stableford – Whites) I managed to score 42 points (21 front and 21 back). It’s been coming for a month or so but at last I managed a “blob free” 18 [...]
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All safe and well but pretty much stuck indoors here on the Island where we have another coating of snow. Despite global warming or perhaps because of it (!), for the third time in 12 months we can’t easily get out of the house. I’m pretty sure the main roads are all passable but as [...]
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Filed under: Golf, Home, Isle of Wight, Seasonal
Well there it is, finished! After about 9 months anticipation, this year’s golf tour is over. It all started last Thursday when eight of us left the Island for Portsmouth and then caught the overnight Brittany Ferry to St Malo. Arriving at about 9.30 we headed straight of to the first of our 4 golf [...]
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I haven’t added to the site for a while so I thought I’d better do an update… The garden house is now completed, I just need to connect the electricity up. That of course means finishing the rewire in the garage and pulling a shiny new armoured cable the length of the garden. Fortunately there [...]
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Filed under: Cars, Golf, Hobbies, Home, Isle of Wight
Last Saturday on the 1st tee, we were queuing for a slot to take part in a golf competition at Shanklin and Sandown GC. Full of beans and ready for the off we were told of a rather special round that had just finished. Mark Bell, playing off a handicap of +1 (yes PLUS 1!) [...]
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