JEDI July: Day 6 - Town and Tonking

After the busyness of the weekend a return today to normal mediocrity was, in fact, very enjoyable. Even the weather seemed to comply, with a cloudy sky and frequent gusts, offset by intermittent showers, creating conditions more reminicent of early April.

After a really quite wonderful lie-in, Lydia and I bravely made the trip into town in Jalopy, where I unearthed some bargain golf clubs (a seven iron and a 'cheaty' chipper) to add to my set, as well as a golf glove, which I thought was well worth £3.99. Other than that it was nice simply to browse the shops with freedom, so it seems it really is only looking for clothes or being in the company of others that makes shopping a stressful experience.

We enjoyed a lovely lunch from M&S, which for me included a small bottle advertised as 'lemonade' but tasting as if it contained 100% pure lemon juice - which was actually rather nice! Come to think of it, do you reckon that would sell well in cartons at Tesco? Worth a thought...!

I had an early opportunity to break out my new golf gear as Ernest and I had arranged an evening tonk around the nine hole. At first the glove appeared to be working well as I got two pars from the first three holes, however as is so often the case it all went rapidly downhill from thereon in. Dodging the showers, I made it round in 41 - an exceedingly average 12 over par. The two new clubs will take a bit of getting used to but the cheaty chipper was the target of much jovial conversation on the way round, so at least it's good for something. However, I can no longer mock Dad for having one too!

There - I think I've finally managed to get it right this time...short is the new long!