Thursday 4th February

At last we had a day decent enough to enjoy. Tom Neilly enjoyed it most with 36 points and Roy Williams came second. Fifteen turned out.
At last the club has hired a pump big enough to deal with the surface water ponds and after one afternoon the twelfth fairway is nearly clear. The high water table is likely to cause problems for a while yet though.

B5300 Coast Road

Signs from Maryport to Mawbray (plenty of them) indicate the road is closed. I've just driven through past Dubmill and all the debris has been cleared except for some minor areas of shillies which can be easily negotiated. Unless tomorrow's 3am tide is exceptionally rough I will be going to Silloth that way rather than the B5301 Aspatria to Silloth.

Another Update

I've never seen the road at Dubmill as bad. The road opposite Edderside road end is now part of the beach up to the Salta junction with big cobbles in a foot of sand, and the road pond on the far side of Beckfoot still hasn't been cleared.
Aspatria to Silloth via Westnewton has plenty of large puddles and now being the local rat run is also dodgy to drive along especially with all the big wagons using it.
Any more rain and it just isn't worth taking a chance to get to the club from out west.
I'll try to update again on Friday.

Update

Firstly, the council have cleaned the blocked drain which has caused the flooding on the Silloth side of Beckfoot but I'm not sure how long it will take to clear the dross thrown over the road at Dubmill by the tide.
Secondly, the competitions input screen requires you to log in at least five minutes before you can enter your score. Hey Ho - such is "progress".
Joe Campbell, John Gibson and myself had the course to ourselves today.

Thursday 21st January

Early brightness descended into damp gloom by the time the last fourball finished. Only thirteen played with Brian Taylor's 39 points winning and next nearest was Harry Wright with 31.
The Club's web site is updated first thing every morning so it's possible to see if the course is open before setting out.

Thursday 14th January

Arctic conditions today, even in bright sunshine. Water is still a major problem on some holes but Tony Davis managed 32 points from the seventeen still open. Joe Campbell was second, one point behind and the remaining twelve scores were pretty dismal.

Tuesday 12th January

Seventeen set out in promising conditions that soon turned dire. Only the most determined (?) finished the course with my 28 winning followed by Ian Hind. Possibly hypothermia or frostbite was the reason two players forgot to put money in the kitty.