Golf and busy day hosting Vic's kids

Up bright and early for a 7:30am tee-off with Holdy. On the way, I slowed down to chat with Paul Creed outside his house—he happened to be speaking with Holdy at the time, so it turned into a quick roadside catch-up.

Got to the course and was met with a nice surprise: our third player was none other than Jason Caffel. Haven’t seen him in ages, and it was brilliant to have him join us. He hasn’t played in a while, but you wouldn’t have known it—he was annoyingly good, beating both Wayne and me with ease. Most of his shots were laser-accurate while we were busy losing balls left, right… and certainly not centre!

It was a cracking match and great to catch up with Caffa. We really don’t see enough of him, so I hope this wasn’t just a one-off and he becomes a regular again.

We broke tradition and stopped at the Tandem in Kennington on the way back for a fry-up breakfast and a couple of beers. Very nice indeed. Then it was homeward bound, but not before an urgent petrol stop—the mileage counter had been run right down to zero. Bit too close for comfort, but I made it (again).

When I got home, Tash was out having brunch with Kerry, Sharon, and Zoe, so I had the place to myself. Parked myself in the garden with a beer, enjoyed the sunshine, and even nodded off for a bit.

The afternoon was productive—finally sorted the screws for the Event Shelter, so that’s one job ticked off. Tash picked up Vic’s kids and then went to visit Little Liam and Georgia, who’ve just got a new dog. A bit later, they all turned up here for food before we headed out to Bampton for Rhia’s 40th birthday party. Stayed just over an hour, enough to wish her well and for Tash to catch up with her old work colleagues—she seemed genuinely happy to see us.

Back home, got the kids ready for bed. I read Cat in the Hat, which wasn’t quite enough to tire Olivia out, but Tash was sleeping in Jack’s room with all of them so that was fine. I watched a bit of TV before calling it a night myself—early start tomorrow with quite a crowd heading to Bournemouth.