We made a golf trip for one week to Ireland with our friends in 1998. We planned the trip well and decided to play every day on different courses, rain or shine.
A smooth flight brought us to Cork. We rented a car and drove to the first golf course Old Head of Kinsale. There was a driving rain and we thought that the course is closed, but a man in the golf club said that the rain will stop soon and we can go to play. Thick fog covered the hole course and we didn't know to what direction we had to hit the ball.
On another day we played a links course. The wind was so strong, that the flags on the greens were not in their places in the holes.
We lived in Killarny in a small family-run-hotel, which was nice. They had a boiler room, where we could dry our golf bags, shoes and clothes for the next day.
Killarny was a beautiful city. Every time you turned a corner, you caught sight of something new and interesting.
Killarny is the place, where many Irish people spend their holidays. They were singing and having fun in pubs and they told us that it was the rainiest summer in Ireland in 40 years.
However we had sunshine too and on that journey I learned what the term "sunny spells" means.
Leena 1.
Thanks, Leena. A great text! I know nothing about golf so what is a links course?
ReplyDeleteA nice expression: rain or shine.
One comment: remember reported speech? So we would say "a man at in the golf club said that the rain WOULD stop soon and we COULD go to play. This is because you are reporting someone else's words so the verbs change.
Thank you for your comments, Maria. Links course is typically a seaside course with dunes (especially in Ireland and UK). I try to learn and remember that "reported speech".
DeleteIreland and golf! A splendid collocation. If the weather is gracious...
ReplyDeleteI found these collocations: a smooth flight; a driving rain;Thick fog; the wind was strong; a small family-run-hotel; turned a corner
Leena, I liked your story and so many useful words.
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