First Rockchapel visit
First visit to our favourite nine hole course in the Oakville area, and that’s the Rockchapel course just past Waterdown. Nice being able to play in the sunshine with a good short course for Drew.
Afternoon range session
A great afternoon range session for the boys before the rain started rolling in.
No better time
My in-laws have a new home in Canada, so a few changes to the sleeping arrangements. They still have a great spot outside for a quiet coffee though.
I like the idea of Shawn Blanc’s “Stop Doing” list.
Another productivity essential from Nicholas Bate.
The latest release from Field Notes looks great. Although I’m not a North American resident in the area of the great lakes, I’ve spent a number of summers at my in-laws home off Lake Ontario to appreciate them.
150th Open Practice Day
Today we headed up to St Andrews to see some golf at the final practice day of the week before the 1st rounds begin tomorrow. After an early start, and a couple of hours of driving, we finally arrived. Blue skies and a strong wind featured for most of the day.
After spending some cash on a few goodies at the store, we headed over to the practice area and watched some of the players putting and pitching. Drew managed to get a few signatures from some of the professionals, but he was chuffed to bits with his signed golf ball from the world’s top ranked amateur, Keita Nakajima.
Finally, we spent some time in the stands watching players coming through the 16th and 17th holes.
It was a great day and I’m glad to say we’re heading back up on Sunday to do it all again!
A great ending to Kenobi
I watched the final episode of Star Wars: Obi-Wan Kenobi last night and I have to say it was a great ending to a fantastic series.
I had so many questions about how this series would pan out. If Obi-Wan and Leia meet, why doesn’t she remember? Surely Obi-Wan and Darth Vader can’t have an epic lightsaber battle? These questions and the many more I had were thankfully answered in a number of different ways, but didn’t lead to a major plot hole between this a A New Hop. Obi-Wan’s final episode was a great finish to the series and for one scene in particular, it’s definitely worth the wait.
Ewan McGregor reprising his role as Obi-Wan was always going to be a good choice, but it was Vivien Lyra Blair who played Leia who really stole the show for me. Moses Ingram who played Inquisitor Reva was also great, a more complicated character than you might first assume.
Will there be more from Kenobi? I don’t know. I would be quite happy if they left the show as it finished. There is one story that I would like to see more of, but I don’t want to give the ending away, so you’ll just need to watch it.
And about that missing Star Destroyer in the final episode. Maybe on the other side of the planet?
After almost two and a half years without catching Covid, it finally got me. I tested positive this morning. The real challenge is now keeping a safe distance from Ethan so that it doesn’t impact his golf competition next week.
Stumbled across this collection of Pocket’s recommended long reads for the last ten years. Quite a few I’ve read and a few I haven’t. Definitely worth a read.