Day 155 - Saturday, June 4th, 2011

The morning got off to an unfortunate start with Al The Almera revealing himself to have only his 2nd ever puncture in 11 and a half years, which upon review is entirely forgiveable. After displaying some dextrous wheel-changing skills, I headed into town to pick up English, Conquer and Danny The Swede to embark on another epic boozy golfing weekend. First port of call was Highfield Golf Club in County Kildare, which offered a round of golf for only €10 each, via CityDeal, naturally. The course is extremely well designed, with a host of devious dog-leg holes, and much water to content with, but sadly it is not particularly well maintained. The round started with more blistering sunshine, but matters had clouded over by the 12th hole or so, although it stayed very much dry throughout, except for my golf balls, that is.

With haste we sped off afterwards, stopping soon afterwards for a pint in a country pub, some epic chicken curry n chips, and viewing of the Epsom Derby, won by 2nd favourite Pour Moi, for the record. Thirty more minutes of driving and we were in our home for the evening, the Westgrove Hotel in Clane. There were no twin rooms left, even though we had booked same, but the nice lady at reception arranged extra beds to be installed well ahead of the time that they would actually be required.

After some jacuzzi and steam room relaxation, the bar was hit at about 6pm and was not left until 3am, and that was only because some ladies on a hen night invited us to their room party but en route, the Hen Leader caught wind of the invitation and promptly but apologetically reversed the decision! Beforehand, epic games of dominoes were enjoyed, where Team Trance defeated Team Ski by 3 sets to 2. The Republic of Ireland were cheered to a 3-0 victory over Macedonia and a house band then regaled us with some excellent guitar-based choons.

  
The 1st tee-off is on the roof of the clubhouse at Highfield!

Contentment : 17 / 25
Excitement :    4.5 / 10
Memorability : 7 / 15

Overall Score : 57% (6th out of 155)