14 December 2009
Another scrummy lunch today – pity my poor waistline. This one was at the Coq d’Argent, No.1 Poultry, in the City. My hosts were Mark Jenkins and Simon Walker -stockbroker and wine merchant. I arrived early and decided it would be prudent to visit the loo and elicited the assistance of an elderly waiter who […]
13 December 2009
A short interlude at the village hall today with the neighbourhood watch annual Christmas get-together over a glass of wine and nibbles. Time for some more irrelevant material. I have added a new anecdote My introduction to Golf and under the video section, the following America’s got talent. You really have to see this bit […]
11 December 2009
Lunch today, at the Groucho club in the Dean Street, with my old friend Dr Snowdon Barnett, poet and lawyer. I had an extraordinary stroke of luck. On the journey to London a neighbour and friend,who wishes to remain nameless, sat next to me on that train and finding that he was going  to Oxford […]
10 December 2009
On Friday I went to London and had lunch with two old friends in a rather smart London restaurant. I met them at their office and before we left to go to lunch I asked the senior partner to accompany me to the disabled lavatory to give me a hand. I managed to undo my […]
8 December 2009
Went on the usual walk around the golf course with the geriatrics today. Still wore my kilt and thermal draw is which I may have to abandon in favour of my plus fours, which I have just had adapted with Velcro and loops, as frankly, the kilt was getting a little bit chilly.
7 December 2009
Last night I slept with the Oximeter clipped to my forefinger in preparation for the respiratory and expiratory lung tests at Papworth Hospital today. I went through the usual test and nothing much seems to change except the oxygen level in my lung blood has gone down from 95 to 92.5 which may or may […]
6 December 2009
Whilst I was writing my blog today I received a telephone call from Dubai and my dear friends the Brinton’s – Jeremy and Susie. They were barbecuing with two other friends of mine, Roger Goodwin and Paul Newman, having spent the last three days at the Dubai Sevens. As I had been to this event […]
4 December 2009
Went to lunch in London today, with my good friends Rowan Planterose and Danny Gowen.
1 December 2009
One cannot imagine a more perfect winter’s day to walk round a golf course although the temperature was little more than five or 6° with the sunshine it felt much warmer and what a delight to be out. Again, I restricted myself to 15 holes and as a result just managed to preserve enough energy […]
30 November 2009
My good friend Duncan (Rix) came out today and set up my new AbilityNet computer and tidied up the whole system for me. He did a great job. Obviously the new computer is faster and more up-to-date than my old Toshiba. I have been given the latest version of Dragon Naturally -which should enable me […]
D. Mark Cato
D. Mark Cato