A lie-in was called for followed by bacon and egg sandwiches
and coffee for the birthday boy. We then
spoke to his family and friends over the internet. I had purchased a small Birthday cake and
candles so that Simon’s parents could sing happy birthday with me. Birthdays are all about embarrassing the
lucky person, aren’t they?!
By the time we’d spoken to everyone it was afternoon.
We headed out into the sunshine to explore
the resort and partake in some golfing.
We’d have to wait to rent some clubs so we went to the bar to cash in
our free drinks vouchers and found the large outdoor version of Shuffleboard
that we’d enjoyed so much in Florabama (below).
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| We were lucky... every day they are NOT shuffling.... |
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| The Birthday Boy with his badge and beer! |
Again, we needed some schooling from some other residents who pointed us
in the right direction but then we started our own game of 1 vs 1.
Obviously, as it was Simon’s Birthday it was
only fair to let him win.
To be fair to
him, Si had worn the ‘Birthday Boy’ badge I had given him in his card, so he
was a good sport in that respect.
The
shuffleboard tied us over nicely until it was time to enjoy 9 holes of golf.
We are terrible at golf.
Luckily it wasn’t too busy on the course, so
the fact that Simon lost two golf balls in water features and I kept hitting
mine onto the wrong hole wasn’t an issue!
It took us an hour and a half to do 9 holes, but we enjoyed ourselves
(oh, and Simon won this game as well).
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| Apologies to anyone who actually knows how to play golf! |
We ended the evening with a steak (for Simon) and fish (for
me) dinner in the resort restaurant, along with a carafe of red wine. We asked, but there weren’t any events
tonight in the resort. In fact the bar
shut at 8pm, so we returned to the RV thoroughly stuffed and a little tipsy
from our exploits. I was happy that,
despite my uncertainty a few days ago, Simon had enjoyed his Birthday and I’d
managed to find us a nice resort to relax in for a couple of days.
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