"Blow, winds, and crack your cheeks! Rage! Blow! You cataracts and hurricanes spout till you have drench'd our steeples, drown'd the cocks! 

DJ finds a bit of tree trouble at the 7th 
Sunday 18th November and the same tempest that pissed on King Lear strikes OGC. Nance's confident prediction of the previous afternoon that, "it will have all blown over by the morning" proves as reliable as that of Michael Fish. In fact it's all a bit of a lash up. The Honourable Member for Wittering on the G reen has decreed a split start as Cutie Cutie has a lunchtime appointment. In the event and as late as 07:31am, Cutie Cutie cries off in a text to Nance citing amoebic dysentry. Popular opinion reasons that it's actually 'cos of the weather. Nance and Mr. Grumpy, Cutie Cutie's original 08:00am partners, are now in danger of attracting a lateness fine, but in the event all those present walk to the 1st for 08:15. 

The Tosser performs and Brett, Turbo and Nance stride confidently to the tee. The three tee shots aggregate less than 150 yards and Nance actually contrives to hit the GUR ribbons just over the bridge. Mr. Grumpy, Fat-Boy and DJ are somewhat better, but it's obviously going to be a long, wet, cold morning. Nonetheless, the front 9 is halved with the teams sharing 35 points at the sandwiches. In a rules query on the 4th, Brett inquires whether a substantial branch can be moved in the bunker. Nance reminds Brett of the "loose impediment" ruling and Brett, "wittering the while", has to hoick ball and timber out together. On the 7th, DJ's ball lodges in a small coppice at the foot of a tree and claims an exceptional "unplayable lie." On the same hole Mr. Grumpy prophetically describes how his "5 nett 4" will actually be a "5 nett 3" in the coming weeks. 

The Back 9 is a bit of a stroll for DJ, Fat-Boy and Mr. Grumpy as they imerge with a total of 71 points to Team A's 67. DJ and Fat-Boy are thus £3 better off, but Brett has legged it, so Mrs Grumpy will have no money for food in the week ahead. DJ extracts the full 10 points with a personal 33 and Mr. Grumpy gets his two shots up the 7th next week. Turbo collects 9 Camels, DJ a mere 3 and Brett adds an OOB. Cutie Cutie's fines are debated at length. 

Finally, it's the "New Members Lunch" which allows Fat-Boy to audit the horizontal jogging potential of the New Member's Wives. 