Today we slept in a little since we are heading to Glasgow for the day. There is no need to drive in during the morning rush hour commute. Unfortunately, Allan is not feeling well today. He will be staying home this day and will miss the golf with Ian and dinner at Jane and Ian’s house this evening.

After picking up some medications for Allan at Sainsbury’s supermarket, Ann, Marian and I drove into Glasgow. We went to the beautiful Glasgow University, visiting several museums. I dropped off the ladies at Kelvingrove, another museum, to drive out of Glasgow back to Lenzie, alone, to meet Ian for golf. Driving on the wrong side of the road, shifting with my left hand, without a navigator, through thee center of a major foreign city was daunting. But, in the immortal words of Miss Eloise, our granddaughter, “I did it”.

The golf was perfect. Ian and I played a two-ball (meaning just two of us played together). We went around in three hours walking. The Lenzie Golf Club Course was built onto the side of a hill with some “mountain climbing” required to get from tees to greens. It seemed like every hole was up hill until we finished at the same place we started so I guess some holes had to be downhill but I hardly remember them. Ian defeated me 3 and 2. He is a 7 handicap I am a 9. Playing with golf clubs of Ian’s friend at a course I had only played once before eight years ago, I held my own. Ian has played at this club since he began golf some thirty years ago. I think he didn’t have his “game face” on in the match.

After golf, we went home back to the Jane and Ian’s and called Allan. He was feeling better so Ian drove as he and I went back the 20 minutes to the Coach House in Stirling to pick him up. We were all so happy that he was able to join us for dinner. On a personal note, I was happy he came: He would be the designated driver back home after dinner. I was able to enjoy the wines and port during dinner.

The six of us had a wonderful visit and dinner. Allan presented Ian and Jane with a very fine bottle of Napa’s finest. A roast leg of lamb was the main course with peas, carrots, broccoli, cauliflower, and roasted and scalloped potatoes. The shrimp salad before and the fruit covered with chocolate sauce after still did not complete the meal. Then the cheese board and port came. Oh, and red and white wine, was, of course, poured during the meal.

Thanking Jane and Ian profusely, Allan then drove us home and we fell into bed.