Crazyface
Tour Winner
Course closed. Rarely happens as front nine is hilly and drains so we can usually play nine not yesterday or today which is Captains / Officers change over day. God it's been a bad season.
Storm Babet
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Bratty
Princess Pouty (Queen of Fish Lips)
Drove up to Scotlnd yesterday morning, and the worst of the weather was easily the M40 and early parts of the M6.
We left Kent at 04.45 and it was wet but not terrible. At Heathrow through to 10 miles of the M6, it was horrible. Surface water is one thing, and passing lorries meant a blind 5 seconds as the wash came off their wheels and enveloped the car! But actual standing water, flooded pools on the right edge of the outside lane was properly scary. Even at 50mph it was awful, but couldn't go much slower as lorries would then overtake!
Scotland wasn't too bad, although some flooded farmers' fields is sad to see, and some roads closed around Wormit, Newport and Cupar. Rain off at the moment although it's very windy.
In true Scottish council mismanagement, they've closed some roads at roundabouts, even to residents and even though not flooded until much further down the roads, so you have to drive the wrong way round roundabouts to get back home!
We left Kent at 04.45 and it was wet but not terrible. At Heathrow through to 10 miles of the M6, it was horrible. Surface water is one thing, and passing lorries meant a blind 5 seconds as the wash came off their wheels and enveloped the car! But actual standing water, flooded pools on the right edge of the outside lane was properly scary. Even at 50mph it was awful, but couldn't go much slower as lorries would then overtake!
Scotland wasn't too bad, although some flooded farmers' fields is sad to see, and some roads closed around Wormit, Newport and Cupar. Rain off at the moment although it's very windy.
In true Scottish council mismanagement, they've closed some roads at roundabouts, even to residents and even though not flooded until much further down the roads, so you have to drive the wrong way round roundabouts to get back home!
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clubchamp98
Journeyman Pro
Ours is open today on 18 temps.
Pictures on TV of Scotland look awful.
Really feel sorry for the residents, nothing worse than floods Or fire!
Pictures on TV of Scotland look awful.
Really feel sorry for the residents, nothing worse than floods Or fire!
Teebs
Newbie
Golf takes a backseat somewhat at the moment.
chellie
Tour Winner
scary
bobmac
Major Champion
My local FB page flooded* with people asking if the road to Tesco is open. Do these people not have access to weather forecasts that predicted torrential rain and a red weather warning for risk of death FOR ONE DAY. And the guy who filmed the flooded roads while driving through them, complaining that people are ignoring the ''ROAD CLOSED'' signs. Morons
*Apologies
*Apologies
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clubchamp98
Journeyman Pro
I think in circumstances like this it proves how many people don’t watch the news or weather forecasts.
Golfnut1957
Newbie
Taken yesterday. Our 6th green is under there somewhere.
Robster59
Tour Rookie
For a lot of people, if it's not on social media, they don't read it.
Robster59
Tour Rookie
Interesting video here of the forest floor being lifted by the wind.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/av/uk-67180162
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/av/uk-67180162
clubchamp98
Journeyman Pro
Played yesterday and on our sixth fairway there was a massive blister where the water had lifted the turf up.
I put my wedge through it a few times to burst it.
Bratty
Princess Pouty (Queen of Fish Lips)
I've done that before. Very satisfying!
Imurg
The Grinder Of Pars (Semi Crocked)
Here we are..another storm coming through....
Winds were howling last night and we had masses of rain..
Aylesbury seems to be right in the eye of the storm right now..
Quiet as a mouse, no wind, no rain.....rain radar shows everything revolving around us..
Most eerie.
Until about 2pm when the fertiliser will hit the rotary air moving device again..
Winds were howling last night and we had masses of rain..
Aylesbury seems to be right in the eye of the storm right now..
Quiet as a mouse, no wind, no rain.....rain radar shows everything revolving around us..
Most eerie.
Until about 2pm when the fertiliser will hit the rotary air moving device again..
chrisd
Major Champion
Suddenly gone quiet here in East Kent, but only for a short while i suspect
Orikoru
Tour Winner
Now they're calling it storm 'Ciaran'. Who's in charge of these names? I can't think of a less threatening name than Ciaran.
(Answered my own question if anyone else was wondering: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-67135325 Storm Olga sounds more like someone you don't want to mess with. Storm Stuart though? Not so much.)
(Answered my own question if anyone else was wondering: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-67135325 Storm Olga sounds more like someone you don't want to mess with. Storm Stuart though? Not so much.)
Imurg
The Grinder Of Pars (Semi Crocked)
Yep..the eye has shifted your way..
Things beginning to pick up around here now...
Crazyface
Tour Winner
All of back nine now covered with the river Churnet. Course closed.
