Clacton on Sea 24th Sept..

Spent the morning in the garden putting in winter pansies and doing a bit of weeding, weather was dry and overcast, so thought MMM made a mistake forecast was wrong..1pm decided to go to the GC and spend sometime on the practice ground, sky began to darken and by 1.15, our designated tee time the heavens opened, the proverbial Cats and Dogs..and its still throwing it down..SO the right call was made..
 
Well, ****, *****, bugger & bollocks. Just got back from Clacton !!! Checked my e-mails first thing & saw there were no forum notifications, so we headed off. Arrived after driving through some horrendous weather (only took an hour & 10mins) to brighter skies & dry weather. Checked my e-mails in the clubhouse & then saw a notification ! lol As it was dry & we were there we decided to go out after chatting to the secretary & we got the same deal. Ham,Egg & Chips were lovely by the way !
we tee'd off just after 1pm & then the rain came down & then the wind got up. I've played some tough conditions before but that was right up there with the worst of them. After being soaked to the bone & blown all over the shop we quit after 9 holes, it would have been sooner but we were going away from the clubhouse all the time.
The actual course was in great nick. The fairways were immaculate, rough was playable & the greens were very true, even though they were becoming flooded unfortunately. There's some nice holes on the front 9 & considering the conditions we played ok.
Just to summarise, Joe you did the right thing in cancelling, it was just unfortunate that the time it rained was the time we were out on the course. After a shower & change of clothes, we left the club to brighter conditions & even some sun, although it was still blowing a hoolie. Definitely want to come back & play in better weather though. Me & my mate Iyad were talking about doing a 2 dayer next year. Clacton one day & Frinton the next, with a night out thrown in.
Let's hope we get better luck next time.
 
Fozzie said:
Well, ****, *****, bugger & bollocks. Just got back from Clacton !!! Checked my e-mails first thing & saw there were no forum notifications, so we headed off. Arrived after driving through some horrendous weather (only took an hour & 10mins) to brighter skies & dry weather. Checked my e-mails in the clubhouse & then saw a notification ! lol As it was dry & we were there we decided to go out after chatting to the secretary & we got the same deal. Ham,Egg & Chips were lovely by the way !
we tee'd off just after 1pm & then the rain came down & then the wind got up. I've played some tough conditions before but that was right up there with the worst of them. After being soaked to the bone & blown all over the shop we quit after 9 holes, it would have been sooner but we were going away from the clubhouse all the time.
The actual course was in great nick. The fairways were immaculate, rough was playable & the greens were very true, even though they were becoming flooded unfortunately. There's some nice holes on the front 9 & considering the conditions we played ok.
Just to summarise, Joe you did the right thing in cancelling, it was just unfortunate that the time it rained was the time we were out on the course. After a shower & change of clothes, we left the club to brighter conditions & even some sun, although it was still blowing a hoolie. Definitely want to come back & play in better weather though. Me & my mate Iyad were talking about doing a 2 dayer next year. Clacton one day & Frinton the next, with a night out thrown in.
Let's hope we get better luck next time.
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Luckily it wasn't a completely wasted journey, I had a feeling someone was going to miss the cancellation notice. Can you say you won the GM event?? Lol
 
Fozzie Im really sorry you missed the cancellation notice. at least you got Grahams ham. egg and chips and 9 holes in..And as you can see form my post I was there about 1.15..but turned around and went home when the heavens opened..As for that 2day idea I think thats great.
 
No worries Joe, you can do all the planning in the world, but no one can book the weather & Swanny I think I ended up Runner-up !
; - ) I did take pleasure in parring the 161 yard Par 3,although it did take a well struck 3 iron hybrid into the wind to hit the green !
 
Well done Fozzie,. thats not an easy hole to par..bunkers right and left. and pin usually behind the left hand bunker..Trees everywhere..
 
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