Advent 4

There has to be a golf course in this list. From a peak, many years ago, of near competence, my personal golf game has descended to the point of farce. Sometimes I think I should walk away from the game altogether and spare myself the embarrassment inherent in my uselessness. But that would be to deny myself the compelling atmosphere of the game and the playground of people watching that is the clubhouse.

Guess where Big Fat Pig put his ball?

And nowhere is the game more fun and the watching more pleasant than at Cavendish Golf Club in Buxton. Not the greatest test of golf (though estimable) but the place and its denizens are rather lovely - an old-fashioned adjective for an old-fashioned place.