ANNUAL GOLF CROQUET HOLIDAY, 17th-19th July

Ros and Ken Pimlott, Jacky Davies and Margaret Moss attended the annual golf croquet holiday at Ripon Spa Hotel from 17th to 19th July. There were six games to play each day, with doubles on Sunday and Tuesday and singles on Monday. There was lots of practice at adapting to different sized lawns, and different partners. The first evening we entertained each other along the theme of essential services, with Ros dressed as a plumber, Ken as beekeeper, Jacky as surgeon, and Margaret working on the buses. Margaret played the violin in the music group, and the audience joined in various relevant songs. The second evening some went to see the Wakeman blow his horn in the market square, to set the watch, and others played gateball, a Japanese game a bit like croquet.