Bowls morning and the usual 1015 hr start, although this morning everyone was so engrossed in pre draw chatting it was nearly 1040 before the first bowls were rolled. Not into the chatting I had spent the time practicing and entered the first game full of confidence. Practice at bowls seems to work just as practicing putting on the green before a game of golf. You get into a rhythm and the ball rolls easily into the hole more times than not. Get on the golf course and you couldn't get it near the hole even if it was the size of a bucket.
The first game was totally uneventful except that I was playing against Lillian whose team were easy winners with me contributing ...... not a lot other than giving Lillian something to make fun of. The second game was to be oh so different. For the first time ever I was drawn in the same team as 'Super Bob' my bowling hero. Surely an easy history was assured with Bob bowling number 2 and myself as skip no less. So good to stand at the other end and say 'Just bend it in here Bob, on the Jack'. As easy as that. But shock horror Super Bob did not follow my clear and precise instructions but proceeded to bowl a complete load of rubbish most of the time and hardly won us a point. I couldn't believe it every time I play against him he meets his name 'Super Bob'. Fortunately I was able to come to the rescue more than once with a couple of timely and accurate rolls until the last end and the last bowl to be bowled by myself. The other team where two points up with my last bowl to play. No pressure I rolled it down and onto the Jack to take the end and the match. Claps and cheers from my two team mates. Super Chris!! LOL
An afternoon at home sunning ourselves and a swim to get in the lengths. I stick with my twenty compared with Lillian's thirty and then a walk into the village to watch England v South Africa rugby at the pub. They are a good crowd in there and it was a good finish to the day.
The picture today is from the garden which we call the 'Beach Plant'. Lillian pulled a very small clump of it from the beach back in February and planted it. It looked pathetic and for a long time looked dead but now is full of flowers which close each night.
The first game was totally uneventful except that I was playing against Lillian whose team were easy winners with me contributing ...... not a lot other than giving Lillian something to make fun of. The second game was to be oh so different. For the first time ever I was drawn in the same team as 'Super Bob' my bowling hero. Surely an easy history was assured with Bob bowling number 2 and myself as skip no less. So good to stand at the other end and say 'Just bend it in here Bob, on the Jack'. As easy as that. But shock horror Super Bob did not follow my clear and precise instructions but proceeded to bowl a complete load of rubbish most of the time and hardly won us a point. I couldn't believe it every time I play against him he meets his name 'Super Bob'. Fortunately I was able to come to the rescue more than once with a couple of timely and accurate rolls until the last end and the last bowl to be bowled by myself. The other team where two points up with my last bowl to play. No pressure I rolled it down and onto the Jack to take the end and the match. Claps and cheers from my two team mates. Super Chris!! LOL
The picture today is from the garden which we call the 'Beach Plant'. Lillian pulled a very small clump of it from the beach back in February and planted it. It looked pathetic and for a long time looked dead but now is full of flowers which close each night.
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