Allotment: It was great. Out all day on the allotment today with a mate helping rotavate. Rotavating is hard work. Churning through previously-dug ground is OK but rough ground is a beast. You have to hold the rotavator back to allow the blades to turn through the soil. With hard ground it's tricky getting the blades through the top surface.
I had previously sprayed the weeds with glysophate - twice in fact. And although the brambles had survived, the nettles and docks were not at all well. I decided to go for it and churn the lot up hoping I wasn't going to multiply the number of perennial weed roots in the soil.
The problem with a spot of ground infested with perennial weeds is that when you spray them, others lie in the shade of the nettles which form a thick canopy. when they die the others come out to play. Then, there are live roots in the soil. If you chop them up, many will come back as plants in their own right. You just multiplied your stock. Good for veg or fruit, not so clever for weeds.
Anyway, it's done.
The golf happened a day late, but it happened - yesterday.
9-holes with an 18 handicap means basically you get allowed an extra 9 shots in 9 holes. We actually snook an extra 3 holes in the dim April evening. Anyway, I should have scored 24 Stableford points in 12 holes using my handicap. But I only scored 16 and that means I played like I have a handicap of more like 28. Golf is confusing and its also hard.
It was not a bad round. I hit a lot of greens in regulation (par-2) and just about all of them net of the handicap in regulation (par -1) which means that my chipping and putting was pants. Half your shots are putts and I don't really practice that enough. I must try harder at that area of the game.
Maybe I need my second lesson?
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