Embarrasing.

[trevor]

Mrs Shep and I were due to stay a week with some friends who live in France - we'd never been to their house before. Our arrival was a day before they returned from a trip away so they told us they'd leave the gate unlocked and would hide a key for us. When we arrived in the village where they lived I realised that I had not brought the address with me. We couldn't get hold of our friends on the phone so we ended up wandering the village, street by street, looking for houses that fitted the bits of descriptions that we could remember (by a river, has a pool etc.). When we found the most likely candidate, the gate was locked - cue much more doubt and head-scratching (and Mrs S calling me an idiot for 100th time that morning). I eventually decided to climb the gate and see if the key was where it was supposed to be, halfway over I was challenged by a neighbour - she didn't speak any English and my French only works in shops and restaurants. Eventually we managed to establish that it was the right house and that we convinced Jean-Claude that were friends of the owner and that we were expected! Turns out the neighbour had locked the gate because he thought it had been left open accidentally.

We visited them again this year at their new house - they picked us up from the train station, probably simpler all round that way.

Did a very similar thing in Ibiza one Christmas, me and a friend went to stay in his sisters holiday apartment, found the key under the mat as arranged and settled in and was pleasantly surprised she had stocked the fridge up with food and wine so made some tea and opened a bottle then the people who owned the flat came back. Ours was next door with an empty fridge!

 

[backwoodsman]

Just as an aside question. In The Rules are you actually allowed to add to your clubs (if you start with less than 14) after you have tee'd off on the 1st? Let's assume you don't actually have to go off the course to get another club and so cannot be deemed to breach Rule 6-7 - in respect of Unduly Delaying Play.

Surprised at you asking that one SILH.

Of course you may.

 

[jim8flog]

Not me but one of our team.

He drove nearly 50 miles to another club (Yeovil to High Post, Salisbury) only to find the match was at home.

The amazing thing was he managed to get back to Yeovil in time for the first Tee off.

 

[SwingsitlikeHogan]

Surprised at you asking that one SILH.

Of course you may.

I was pretty sure - but I've never had to do it, and never been with anyone who has.

 

[Chokeahontas]

One and only time I threw a club in anger, meant to throw it towards my bag but got caught in two minds and tried to stop myself, what that resulted in was holding onto the handle longer until the centrifugal force wrenched it out of my hand on a much higher trajectory, sailing into the gorse.

Spent a while searching for it but the gorse was impenetrable. The wedge was only a few months old!

 

[HomerJSimpson]

Turned up for a knockout match a day early