The Green Green Grass of Home

If the green isn’t benefitting from the sunshine, then Ian certainly is. A couple of drier days has certainly helped dry the green a bit quicker. Another cut to 8mm took place on Monday morning, before tackling a verticut and partial seeding on Tuesday morning.

The green is still soft, so Ian and David L are likely to get off quite a bit of thatch with the verticut. Hopefully they will be able to roll and aerate the grass on Thursday/Friday before a further cut to perhaps 6mm before Saturday. They don’t want to take too much off too quickly as it will lose its current colour and texture (looks good at moment).

Here’s the green in darkness. You’ll have to wait until the Opening Day on Saturday to see what it looks like!

Action Stations

If you’d like to find out how each country in the world is meeting its climate change action targets, then just Click Here to visit the appropriately named Climate Action Tracker and scroll down their page to choose the country you’d like to know about. Hazel (photo below) has just checked out a few countries!

Hazel has seen it all now

Next Saturday

Remember that our green reopens next Saturday, 23rd March. No doubt everyone is preparing for the season ahead. So, in the meantime, here’s another little riddle for you:

Question: Why is a sovereign gained like a guinea?

Answer: Because it is one pound won.

Source: “A Thousand and One Riddles: With a Few Thrown In”, a Victorian book published by George Routledge and Sons Limited.

Quetzalcoatl

An anagram? Quell zat coat? Maybe not. Quetzalcoatl, one of the major Gods of the Aztecs, created humans by sprinkling bones from the dead with his blood. He was also lord of knowledge, god of the wind and the zodiac, vegetation and the arts. He was compassionate who taught peace and was a force for good. (Source: “The Complete Encyclopedia of Signs & Symbols”, by Mark O’Connell & Raje Airey)

Clarice and Colin S ponder on a possible anagram of Quetzalcoatl

Latest Update

Ian, on behalf of the Club’s maintenance team, has sent us an update on a few issues. To read his update in full Click Here. Main points are:-

  • 1st: Opening of the green for 2024 will now take place on Saturday 23rd March and not 16th March as previously planned.
  • 2nd: The green is still too wet to play bowls and the work on installation of the new kitchen by our volunteers will not be completed until next week.
  • 3rd: The clubhouse will need a thorough clean next week plus some tidying of accumulated rubbish so additional help would be very welcome.
  • 4th: Some of the cupboards from the old kitchen are available to members if you’d like them for your garage, for example. They can be collected asap from the “Away Shelter” free of charge.
Sylvia and Elaine are still on door bouncer duty outside the club until the new kitchen can be revealed

Latest Update

Ian, on behalf of the Club’s maintenance team, has sent us an update on a few issues. To read his update in full Click Here. Main points are:-

1st: Opening of the green for 2024 will now take place on Saturday 23rd March and not 16th March as previously planned.

2nd: The green is still too wet to play bowls and the work on installation of the new kitchen by our volunteers will not be completed until next week.

3rd: The clubhouse will need a thorough clean next week plus some tidying of accumulated rubbish so additional help would be very welcome.

4th: Some of the cupboards from the old kitchen are available to members if you’d like them for your garage, for example. They can be collected asap from the “Away Shelter” free of charge.

Ian’s umbrella has seen better days

Scruffts

Scruffts is a competition held at Crufts each year for crossbreed dogs. You might have been watching Crufts 2024 on Channel 4 television over the past few days, and so you might have felt the hankering for competition.

Classes:-

  • Most Handsome Crossbreed Dog (6 months – 8 years)
  • Prettiest Crossbreed Bitch (6 months – 8 years)
  • Golden Oldie Crossbreed (8+ years)
  • GCDS Crossbreed Class (for entrants that have a GCDS certificate at any level)

If you have a crossbreed and would like to compete at one of the Heats for entry to Scruffts 2025 (sponsored by James Wellbeloved), then Click Here to visit the Kennel Club’s website to see the location and dates of the Heats to be held in April, May and September 2024.