Although the daytime weather was actually really pleasant the area and resort had endured a pretty bad spell of rain which had left the Golf Courses soggier than an incontinent frogman. This was made even worse by a torrential overnight downpour, and no that wasn't a reference to our social liquid intake!.....but when in Rome……

This meant Round 1 was delayed by 90 minutes and forced the Tournament conditions to resort to Lift, Clean & Place EVERYWHERE plus all Bunkers were out of play! Every cloud has a silver lining I hear you cry! Although the way Bruce & I putted in Round 1 we both wished the Greens had been taken out of play!

6 missed putts from inside 2 feet meant instead of being in the last but one group behind the leaders we were out early-ish the next day! Our prayers for another weather delay weren`t answered although our ‘Rain Dance’ did manage to get us into the Semi-Finals of the Hotel`s Talent Competition!! Bruce said if my ‘Feckle’ hadn`t been so rusty we might have made the final!

Although the golf could've been better there is no question the company could not! Personally speaking Bruce was an absolute star of a travel companion and I know I speak on Bruce's behalf when I say the people & characters we met on the trip made it a fun filled, memory laden, break that neither of us will forget in a while!