Week 38 One Daily Positive and Project 365 2023

Absolutely shattered this week, it's been a busy two weeks with the golf, no time off and hectic in work. I've had a migraine threatening and towards the end of the week, a sore throat.

261 Sunday Last day of the golf, early start and after breakfast with Sam Torrance, I went out with Matt Fitzpatrick, Matt Baldwin and Pablo Larrazábal. The heavens opened as we started on the 17th and just after we got off the 18th they sounded the siren for lightening and there was a 90 minute delay. Thankfully we were able to drop off our kit and head off home. I usually stay till the end and watch the winners but I had work in the morning and a 2 and a half hour drive home. Unpacked, had a bath and went to bed.

262 Monday Back to work via a blood test at the GPs. I'm not feeling work at the moment, there's so much stuff going on but it's all so secretive and it's really irritating when you're working with a student but you're not in the circle with the people who never do face to face with that child. Home from work via the builders yard to order gravel, had dinner, watched TV including the new neighbours, totally confused with what's going on, guess the story line will unfold soon.

My student is off sick so I attend all their lessons and take notes and photos of what we're reading so she can keep up from home.

263 Tuesday Left work early to visit a student who had surgery last week. Home to clean and get ready for mum arriving tomorrow for a week.

264 Wednesday Dug my winter coat and boots out this morning. Peter picked my mum up as she's staying with us for a week. I walked into town after work and we met for coffee.

Priory Park in Malvern.

265 Thursday Up at 5.30am and got some blogging done without interruption. Off to work and home to chill, watch TV and read. The gravel was delivered for the new paths and patio area.

Started watching The Great Gatsby. I've read the book but wanted to see the Robert Redford version of the film.

266 Friday Into work for 8am, super busy and had t pop out for 30 mins to collect mum. I didn't stop all day sorting out problems. I was in bed and asleep by 8.30pm.

Peter edged the lawn last week and has started putting all the gravel around the house.

267 Saturday Peter dropped me and mum at the Three Counties Autumn show, went for his flu jab then joined us mid morning. We had a lovely day, bought lots of plants. I popped out to the supermarket after we got back to get tea. Evening spent tidying around.

Jousting.

On the blog this week:

Our last week in Australia

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Post Comment Love 22nd-24th September 2023

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After a super busy weekend and tens of thousands of steps walked, it was straight back to work after the golf on Monday and I haven't had 5 mins to do anything other than essential things like cooking, washing and getting things ready for mums visit. We're also out all weekend at the Three Counties Autumn Show and taking mum into Worcester shopping. 

I have been asking around 5.50am and having 90 mins 'me time' which I've used to sort out bills, schedule blogs and hopefully catching up with all the posts you kindly linked last week.

One of another camera crew took these photos of me doing the thing I do at the Golf.

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Bondi Beach, Coogee and Palm Beach (Home and Away) and Goodbyes

 

We ended our 4 week trip to Australia with saying Goodbye to child 3, Jamie. He's been out in Australia since 2017 and has no plans to return to the UK. 

Our last 3 days were spent in Bondi Beach as a base and we still had several places to explore.

One final trip to the Opera House and Harbour Bridge

Arriving in Coogee after a walk from Bondi Beach

A Facebook memory showed us we were walking this route, exactly one year ago to the day, but in the opposite direction.

The coast line is amazing and we saw whales and dolphins off the coast.

Despite it being winter it didn't stop people swimming in the pool and the sea, but not for us, too cold.

A kookaburra came to say hello

Sunset over Bondi Beach from the roof top

Coastal walk in Manly

A water dragon

A diamond python in the tree above the footpath.

Ferry back from Manly

Cruise ship in Sydney Harbour

Bondi Beach

On the set of Home and Away at Palm Beach.

The lighthouse at Palm Beach

The best Thai meal I've ever had. Chicken and Prawn with pineapple rice from Bangkok Bites in Bondi

That's the end of our road trip in Australia, 3 states, 11 hotels/air b&Bs/apartments 5 flights, car hire, trains and lots of walking. 

It'll be a few years before we plan to visit again. If I had could I'd spend every summer out there, visiting our son and there is so much more to see, explore and experience.

Week 37 One daily Positive and Project 365 2023 BMW PGA Championship.

Work has been stressing me out this week and I was only in for half the week. I don't need to know students personal details, but I do need to know what actions to take in case they're not in class, such as which adult to locate or where to send them and who to report it to. It's not helped by the fact it can take 20 mins to locate a computer and sign in, when we only have 5 minutes between lessons.

The second part of the week was spent back on the DP World tour in Surrey Wednesday to Sunday. Call times 6.30am on day 1 & 2. 9am start on Saturday.

I'm working with feature groups. There are 6 of us. A buggy driver, camera man, pole pointer, spotter (calls the shots for the studio) an on course commentator for Sky and myself as the mic holder. The 

254 Sunday Up at 5am and got the ironing done before it got too hot. I went to Worcester for coffee and some shopping, then home to dig up a shrub so I could dig a trench for Peter to put the lawn edging in. Rest of the day was spent tidying and putting things away and I set up an old TV for the grandchildren room. Evening spent blogging.

254 Monday Into work and home. Too hot to do anything, popped down my friends to wish her a happy birthday for the weekend and home to watch TV.

A most bizarre email from my bank. I have been with them for over 40 years.

256 Tuesday Home from work to pack my kit and the car. evening spent just reading and watching TV.

The cat loves this plant.

257 Wednesday Home from work, cup of tea and off to Wentworth. I'm staying in a B&B near by, should've gone with a Travelodge but that would involve a lot more driving and traffic , I'm only 6 miles away and it takes 10 mins each way. 

The dog thinks he's coming out with me.

258 Thursday Early start and so lovely to see so many people I've worked with before, only my 3rd UK event, but recognise so many from Dubai and Abu Dhabi. Wow so many spectators, I could hardly get on the tee box or near the greens. We had breakfast and lunch on site and I called in to a supermarket on the way back to grab some salad, fruit, gin in a tin, snacks etc for the rest of the week.

I went out with Adam Scott, Tom Kim and Billy Horschel.

259 Friday 6.45am start for me, but the golf was delayed due to fog, instead of coming off air at 2pm, we were on till 4pm and it was chaotic with us and full sets of world feed crews. So many cameras on the course to try and avoid. I got frowned and tutted at several times, managed to annoy a golfer who is easily annoyed and let everyone know his annoyance. It was almost 7pm when I got back so showered and straight to bed falling asleep by 9pm.

I went out with Matt Fitzpatrick, Justin Rose and Robert Macintyre.

260 Saturday Grandchild's 4th birthday. Child 2 collected hubby for the day as I have the car. It's about 3 times a year we could do with a second car and it's always if I'm away. I had a lie in as call time wasn't till 9am.

I went out with Shane Lowry, Adam Scott and Rasmus Hojgaard.

On the blog this week:

What I read in August and What I'm reading in September.

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Post Comment Love 15th-17th September 2023

Welcome back to #pocolo with Stephanie from Bosworth.Life and I.

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I'm away this week in Surrey working at The BMW PGA Championship Golf. I'm working as a TV assistant out on the golf course capturing sound working with feature groups. I walk the course with the golfers up close from the tee to the green capturing sound for the TV feed which is provided for The Golf Channel and Sky. We often 'go live' to a shot or a player, so I have to be 'on the ball' continuously, so I have to pick up all 3 shots for each hole, which can involve a lot of running and an occasional lift on a buggy. I've also got to avoid the cameras. I work with a camera crew, but there are cameras on the course and other camera crews that just pop up on the course. Tee shots are the easiest as I have time to get on the tee in time. The fairway shots can be spread out and the green shots are tricky, trying to avoid the bunkers, the cameras and find the right spot to get all the sound.

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