City Daily Photo Theme Day - Take Away Store

Ring the bell and you will be served!

At our golf club, you can purchase food and drinks 'To Go' from the bar.  

Handy, because of the location between the 9th hole and the 10 tee.  

If you buy a coffee, you can spill most of it by the

time you get to the 10th tee...no lids supplied.  

If you are a duck, they serve fresh bread too but you might have a little wait before you are noticed :).

Participating in CDP Theme Day

(Photo was taken yesterday with a Nexus 5 phone.)

USA Retain The Ryder Cup....

...yet again.  The competition ended in a tie.  USA retain the cup.

Today it is all about golf.  Whilst the professionals are hotly contesting The Masters competition in Atlanta, Georgia, our golf society has been playing our own annual Ryder Cup competition in Warwickshire.  The nice people above are members of Ansty Golf Club.  They have formed their own league played during the winter culminating in a two-day event.  This is now our 13th year.

(Thanks, Mr LOL, for taking the photo!  Poorly back kept him out of the team this year.)

Back later in the week.  I have got some serious catching up to do at home.  Cheers for now :).

Skywatch Friday - Been Here Before

I used a similar shot on a frosty morning last month.  This photo was taken about three weeks later (just before Christmas).  It is noticeably darker out yet this was taken at the same time of day on Ansty Golf Course.  I am looking forward to longer days with lots of sunshine (please).

For more photographs showing skies from around the world follow the link to Skywatch Friday.

Happy Weekend folks!  Have a good one and stay well.

Baby, It's Cold Outside

Another shot from the golf course, taken possibly 30 minutes after last week's photo facing in a different direction.  Amazing!

For more photos featuring the sky follow the link to SKYWATCH FRIDAY.

Have a wonderful weekend all.  Many of you will be busy Christmas shopping, taking pictures and having fun.  Stay safe and warm.  See you next week.

Clear and Frosty

This may be the real reason I am recovering from a cold today :).  This was taken last Sunday.  When I left home about 7.45am, it was -5°C and very frosty.  This was taken about 90 minutes later on Ansty Golf Course, about 10 minutes from where I live in Coventry.

For more photographs from around the world featuring the sky follow this link -  Skywatch Friday.

I am off on a mission now to get well. Thanks for all your advice and good wishes yesterday.  Have a safe and cheerful weekend.

The Fog Has Lifted

This is my effort to tie up a loose end.  A month ago I took the same photo in the FOG.  A few weeks later, this was the view on a clear morning.  (Visualise me scrambling around to ditch my golf clubs and find my camera.  I did.)  Below is a wider shot.

5th Green Ansty Golf Club
Oxford Canal beyond

Welcome to Skywatch Friday.  For more photos from around the world featuring the sky follow this Skywatch Friday link.

The Plan:  To be back tomorrow because it is City Daily Photo Theme Day.  So much going on :).

PS.  Many, many thanks to you who so kindly leave comments from time to time on this blog.  They are fun to read, helpful and appreciated.  Thank you!!!!

Autumn Leaves and Gulls

Here are the Autumn Leaves....

Ansty Golf Club
(Taken yesterday - it was cold but sunny.)

And, below we have some gulls, possibly 'urban' gulls, on an outing to the countryside.

I did a little research on seagulls. We are definitely not in an urban area here but we aren't far from villages and cities.  These might be herring gulls which have adapted well to urban environment  but are consider to be a bit of a menace.   It is likely that these gulls have never seen the seaside.  Maybe they should be called 'rural' gulls.  Happily, they are not bothering anyone, but they better move soon because golf balls will be peppering that green soon.  

Brrr...............!!

9.30 am  -  5th Hole (somewhere ahead in the fog)
Ansty Golf  Club

5th Green (with people in group behind us)

Looking up 13th Fairway
Fog lifted

12.30 pm - Standing on the 16th Tee looking towards 10th Green
Blue skies at last, briefly :)

So there you have it.  My game of golf today was enjoyable.  Obviously, if I had concentrated on my game a bit more instead of taking photos (and there are more), I might have done better than coming last in our group of 15. Oh well.

PS.  Happy Birthday, Sis!

Dawn's Early Light - Ansty Golf Centre

This is an untouched photograph taken on 18th December, 2011, at 8 am.  The sky was sensational and the ground was frosty and cold.  It snowed about an hour later.

Ansty Golf Club - Today is like a nice morning in Needles, California.

Photo taken at about noon on the 4th green at Ansty Golf Club located to the east of Coventry.  No golf today - just a lovely walk on the public footpath that runs through and along side the golf course.  Temperatures were well into the 80's today......unusual and lovely.

Another angle of same spot.