Grassy Golf

Today I enjoyed my first game at Riffa Golf Club, the grass course. I was guest of a player I met at Awali called Madden Broadbent, originally from South Africa. Madden says he is working his way round the world having lived in Indonesia, India and now Bahrain. He lives in one of the houses actually on the course. Must be worth a bob or two!

Here is a picture of the 18th fairway.

The big fence is to separate the driving range from the fairway and the water is there to make the fairway look much narrower than it really is. It was a great course but very narrow winding its way through the houses. It will be very interesting in January to see how the professionals play the course when the European tour comes here. I was also gifted a voucher for a free round worth about £108. By the way, for as good as the course is, NO course is worth that sort of money.

It was the school fair today and Sheila thinks that they have raised a tremendous amount of money with stalls representing many of the 65 or so nationalities that make up the school.

Tomorrow we may veture down the the very south of the island which is almost uninhabited. They have built a motorway to the south to service a new city but they havent built the city yet!

Weather is still fantastic. Perfect for golf and other outdoor activities. Thanks for the icy photos. We noticed that the shops have started displaying heaters because its getting a bit chilly here!!!!! The locals have clearly got no stomach for the cold.

Cheers for now
David