Sunday 27 April




A good photo opportunity

It was warmer today with more sunshine so we set off in the morning to view a botanical garden before embarking on the afternoon's golf. The garden proved to be beautiful. It was located at Beverly Mansion near Fallbrook. The gardens are used mostly as a wedding venue, but are open to the public each morning between 9am and 2pm - we presumed that the weddings took place after the riff raff had left! The whole area was very impressive with a huge array of colour, waterfalls and a lake.


And another

Apparently the bride and her father drive around the lake in a horse and carriage and then the ceremony takes place in one of the many settings which were ablaze with colour and had a waterfall of some description as a backdrop. The gardens were immaculate without a sign of a leaf out of place or a dead flower head. It really was inspiring, but no doubt the cost would almost be prohibitive for anyone but the very rich.

We moved on at lunchtime to the golf course at Fallbrook. It was a public course and quite cheap - $25 per head. There were a lot of people on the course of varying standards and the round was consequently quite slow. The fairways were not up to much but the greens were receptive and putted well. The main challenge was the very narrow fairways and cross/side ditches - we both managed to clatter the odd tree! Liz had an 'off-day' and did not putt as well as she has during the holiday. Ben had a good round and won easily playing 3 under his UK handicap - he had been so fed up yesterday with his putting that he bought a new putter at a golf shop on the way back to the hotel. The new putter, according to him, proved that his old one was not up to scratch (2 birdies on the front nine and only one 3 putt in the round)!!!


Tight fairways