This post is out of order I'm afraid, but better late that never - it should come after the Fashion Show and before the Bagendon Day. Ten of us went to Devon on the most beautiful week-end - sun shone and the spring colours were at their most vibrant. We all, (Margaret, Lin, Sheila, Meg, Barbara and Barbara, Venetia and Ginny and Katie and I) arrived in time for lunch and sat having lunch in the sun on the terrace before our afternoon round. We quickly realised that a very large men's party playing in 4s were not going to be too quick so Meg and I valiantly went as a 2 behind one group while the other girls I put into 4s behind us. As it was such a lovely afternoon it didn't matter to much at first that it was so slow - by the 7th a gentleman from the group in front graciously offered to let us through - we smiled sweetly and said 'no it was perfectly alrtight we could see that there was nowhere to go.' However, by the time we got to the 15th nearly 3 and a half hours later we weren't quite so sweet and placid about the situation and when I saw the 4 ahead of the 4 ahead of us chatting away having lost a hole I thought I would just mention this to the kind gentleman who offered to let us through on the 7th who turned out to be not so gentlemanly and asked rather shortly who should he say was complaining - I leant forward and pointed to my sweater which said 'Lady Captain' and said also rather tersley that 'it was the Lady Captain of Cirencester Golf Club' to which he replied
'don't thrust your bosom at me Madame'!!!
Later in the bar, he and his friends studiously avoided eye contact - we could have been striped naked and they would never have seen us!
We had a lovely evening - brilliant food and good conversation particularly when we examined some cards on which were searching questions ie 'What is the most outrageous thing you have done when you 've been drunk' - gave this one to Margaret AND she told us (for those of you who don't know Margaret she's the Presiden't wife and the though of her EVER being drunk is inconceivable. On that note after dinner Katie brought her a large glass of port!
Katie and I were sharing a room which was very successful - I probably snored and Katie chatted in her sleep but it didn't really disturb eachother much. I got up quite early and had a wonderful swim - that pool is magic. Another lovely game of golf. Ginny was the overall winner of the 2 days so she won a rather pretty little salver I found in an antique shop in South Molton.
Margaret and Lin gave a little drinks party in the evening before dinner and we had the official prize giving then. Another lovely diner and a few more testing cards to ponder on!
A great 2 days - weather broke on Sunday so most of us headed back home.
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