Cold sunny day, and I'm beaten at golf....

I love golf. There I've said it. I'm not brilliant, but I can play and that's good enough. My Dad plays and he's more consistant than me, but we can have a good competition. That's the beauty of the handicapping system. It levels the playing field and allows a good player to compete with someone like me because they are nobbled in the handicapping !

So with my higher handicap Dad & I went off to play golf yesterday. It was a beautiful sunny day, if a little cold (the round started out at 53f). Wrapped up warm we arrived at Kings Ridge golf club in Clermont. On it's website it depicts a fantastic setting

Imagine golf heaven -- rolling greens and lush fairways spreading out in every direction under the warmth of sunshine from sunrise-to-sunset. The weather is perfect and the course is spectacular. This is exactly how Kings Ridge Golf Club's golf course, located in the hills of Clermont, Florida was planned. An emerald in the Florida sunshine in a picturesque setting. Our challenging and well-maintained fairways and manicured greens offer a new and interesting golfing experience with every round.

Hmm....  golfing heaven..not really but quite pleasant. Rolling greens...yep, my ball seemed to keep rolling off the super fast greens. Warm sunshine..well there was sunshine, but not much warmth (not strictly the fault of the golf course, but I feel there should have been some sort of disclaimer!). Challenging ...not if you are better than Dad & I, but for us it was pretty hard work, especially those pesky greens!

What I'm really trying to say is that it is an ok course, somewhat challenging for Dad & I, and looked good in the sun, until you looked closely at how many divots were in the fairways and on the greens..

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   There were some pluses though.... it was cheap.. $50 for the two of us with cart..
   
   
   
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   We had a brand new cart...it had that new car leather smell
   
   
   

3. I got to wear my dashing leopard print ear warmer, 1st time in 3 years!

4. It was pretty in places

5. Dad won (not a plus point for me, but you've got to keep him happy, especially as he was buying dinner last night!)

We had a good time...and it was good to get some fresh air that didn't involve dog walking...but I've decided I'm a fair weather golfer and will be waiting until the temperature hits 60f again before I venture back out!!!

Chilling out in Clermont

With Disney on the cards for the following day, I insisted on a laid back day in Clermont to get myself motivated for a day of the Rat.
Living only 20 mins from Magic Kingdom means I get lots of visitors from the UK, and, therefore, I've been multiple times to soak up that 'Disney Magic'..what I do know is that it is exhausting, especially as we dont avail ourselves of the mobility chairs provided for people who like to see the parks on wheels.


Anyway, back to our relaxing day in Clermont....

First stop a spot of lunch then off to the park with Izzy and Anne...as with all 4 year olds, simple swings and slides hold a bewildering facination. I suppose as you get older you forget how exciting the park can be when you are that small, but what was equally amazing was that my 39 year old friend seemed as absorbed!

'come on, I see swings!'

After a marathon swing pushing session (still not sure how come I was the pusher!) Anne and Izzy went over to the slides. It was funny to watch Anne nearly de-capitating herself as she wen't down the childrens slide.

Ok I was officially bored, hot and covered in playground sand...let go back and swim in the pool...oh not you Anne, you've got a bad hand...Izzy, let's go back and swim in the pool. Although the slides were exciting, I think the best bit of Izzy's holiday was swimming in the pool everyday.

I'll drive past the lakes on the way back so you can see how gorgeous it is here...it's tough for all the people who live lakeside with their boats and jet skis, my heart bleeds for them....

Home, and Izzy was changed in about 2 seconds flat...Anne came out to read outside and I told Izzy I'd come in when the hot tub was warmed up (sneekily I'd put the jets on, but not the heater...thought I'd gain myself some time to read in the sun..mean aren't I?)

Me reading my book whilst Izzy waits for the hot tub to heat up (cough)

Anne chilling out in the sun

All that remained was to crack open a bottle of wine and watch the sun go down..everyone early to bed, tomorrow we slog around Magic Kingdom, hurrah!

Sunset behind my house