4-4-2 Challenge

Its 06:00 housrs and as robin williams said in good morning vietnam the 0 stands for oh my god its early. so what did you miss folks, well the taxi ride to the hotel was fun. for some reason best known to himself the taxi driver decided we were staying at the holiday inn. Paul told him that were were at a different hotel on st johns road after some sat nav checking we ended up at the connisthorpe hotel which is when Paul realised that we hadn't booked in here at all (because they refused to discount the rate mostly) when we realised that the hotel we were staying at was 2 miles back up the road opposite the holiday inn, oh how we laughed.
So we awoke at 5 this morning to start the home leg of the journey. The injury count is 2 blisters for paul, a torn achillies tendon (apparantly) for Mike Ian stubbed his toe on the bed so its all set for Si to make a stunning comeback as the only fit member of the team.
We are now in the airport at Edinburgh awaiting the flight while mike restles with his conscious as to whether he can drink coffee from costa coffee (yes mum we are not in the bar). Wales is the next stop on our charity extravaganza so see you there.

We have found a course with as many hills as werneth low. The sun shone and the golf was really hard work.
The scores on the doors are as follows
Paul 30 pts
Mike 29 pts
Ian 28 pts
Si 16 pts

Overall the scores are
Paul 58 pts
Ian 57 pts
Mike 54 pts
Si 46 pts

Stay tuned for the next exciting installment.

Well we made it all the way to Belfast without any major problems. Mike got his hair gel confiscated but it won't make much difference as he hasn't much hair anyway.
Scores on the doors after the Knock are as follows
Si 30 pts
Ian 29 pts
Paul 28 pts
Mike 25 pts
We are about to board the plane for Edinburgh now so see you in bonny scotland.

According to Macca the best golfer on the challenge, but can he handle the pressure ? Just ask Aussie Mike where Ian finished the last time we played golf overseas

The only one with a hole in one, the elder statesman of the group bringing a little "Dame Edna" style sophistication to the party

It’s the madness of a very persuasive man, and several gullible friends, it’s a finely tuned plan and most probably a recipe for disaster.
If all goes to plan we will play four full rounds of golf in four different countries in 2 days!
Travelling the following route and hopefully raising some money for the when you wish upon a star charity (www.whenyouwishuponastar.org.uk) along the way.

MANCHESTER - BELFAST - EDINBURGH - MANCHESTER - NORTH WALES - HYDE

The full Itenery is as follows, so if you see us en-route please say hello
Leave Hyde at 5.00am arrive Manchester Airport 5.30am
Manchester to Belfast City Thu 26 Jun 2008 Dep 06:45 Arr 07:40 Fl. No. BE7010
The Knock Golf Club - http://www.knockgolfclub.co.uk/ Tee time 9.00 am
Leave The Knock at 1.00 pm arrive at Belfast City at 1.15
Belfast City to Edinburgh Thu 26 Jun 2008 Dep 14:45 Arr 15:35 Fl. No. BE687
Turnhouse Golf Club - http://www.turnhousegc.com/ Tee time 4.30pm
Arrive at Dalmore Lodge http://www.dalmore-lodge.co.uk, Edinburgh, Midlothian, EH12 8SG at 9.30 pm
Leave Corstorphine House Hotel at 5.30am arrive Edinburgh airport at 5.45am
Edinburgh to Manchester Fri 27 Jun 2008 Dep 07:05 Arr 08:20 Fl. No. BE7221
Drive from Manchester to Hawarden (North Wales) 27/06/08
Hawarden Golf Club - http://www.hawardengolfclub.co.uk/ - Tee time 10.00 am
Drive from Hawarden to Hyde (Werneth Low) 27/06/08 - Tee time 3.30pm
Finish at 7.30pm

We will be posting pics and stories as we go so you can follow our progress.