Michigan and a golf trip

This past week I went to Michigan to visit my family and kids. I also went to North Carolina for a golf trip. While in Michigan I would be staying at my daughter Heather's house. Heather had said that Tanner wanted me to make him noodles while i was there. I also got a request to make cinnamon rolls from my granddaughter Dayton.  As you can see Tucker and Tanner were up early to help me cook.

And as you can also see, Heather has a small kitchen.

Tanner kept asking if we when we were going to make noodles. I said after the cinnamon rolls, but then Heather wanted me to make bagels.  

Cinnamon rolls and bagels finished, now on to the noodles. 

First we roll out the dough, Tanner is a little amazed at the process.

Then we ran it thru the cutter, they each had a turn at this. Can you see the excitement in there faces? 

I was also able to watch Dayton, Seeger and Avery at there softball practice.

The practice was indoors at the old middle school gym.

The next day I would drive down for my golf trip in Pinehurst, North Carolina. On the way down we stopped and played a round at the Pete Dye River course in Virginia. 

Sunday morning we were up and going for more golf, Pat and George were dressed for golf.

This was Tot Hill golf course, a very fun but challenging course.

From there we went to our rental house, we had now problem watching TV.

Getting ready for the next day of golf with breakfast bloody Mary's. We also had a breakfast of sausage, eggs and fried potatoes  

Some people had a problem with there new shoes. This is Herb tapping up Mikes feet, his new shoes were narrow.

An idea of what some of the holes were like at Tobacco Road golf course. The green is over the sand area.

And this is where not to hit the ball. The red circle is where my next shot went.

The Golf crew at the start of the second 18.

Can i play thru? this is where Mikes second shot ended up.

There were winners 

and losers----he's not crying, he's just wiping the sweat off his forehead.

Well that is what he said. 

We also stopped at Pinehurst golf course just to see the club house.

This is the croquet court.

and this is the comedy court. Pat and Mike doing there best Payne Stuart intimation.

While i was golfing Leanne was back in London working during the week. When the weekend finally came she did what she like to do and that is walking.

And with the flowers in bloom why would you want to stay in the house.

And the night walk wasn't bad either.

Just an everyday occurrence in London, horses walking down the street.

Meanwhile I was back in Manchester and was able to watch two of my grandsons wrestle. This Tanner in his first match, he would finish the match with a pin.

And this is Tucker, although he did not win, he surprised me at how good he was. It was very enjoyable watching them.

Now i'm back in London and time to walk Coach. 

A walk in Kent

Leanne got a suggestion from one of her coworkers to do a walk in Kent. We had our choices of doing 6 to 11 miles and would decide how far as the day progressed.

We took a train from London about 45 minutes to the Cuxton train station. From there we would follow the directions i downloaded from the internet. As we look at the directions we weren't sure if we would get lost or not. But as the day went they were very accurate and we will check out more of these in the future. Most of the walk would follow "the North Down way" a hiking path in the south of England.

We passed small local church on the way,

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thru the church yard and past old grave markers.

After the church we went up hill a bit and started to see a lot of grand views.

Thru out the day we would cross or climb over gates. These are all made for the hiking trail and keeps the livestock in there place.

We came to a large wooded area that went on for more than a mile.

Coach was having a great time, we didn't see any deer, so we didn't have to worry about him taking off.

After a mile or two we came to this open field. At one time the field had heavy brush and It look it had just been chopped down. 

In some fields seeds were planted for wild life to feed off of.

More walking and more fences to climb over. They even have it set up for the ones with four feet, Coach just had to go under it.

A sign post marker with the many different trails.

This was a loooong descent, great workout for my old knees.

The younger ones have no problem with it. 

Another long open field. By law the farmers have to let people walk on there land. As you can see the field as new crops coming up and the trail runs right thru it.

It was sunny but very windy, we would be walking to the top of the hill in the background.

Very stony ground and the rocks had a flint like look to them.  

Time for a break.

Coach knows when the bag is opened he gets a treat, as you can tell.

Another stile to climb over.

The view seem to go on forever, this one has a church we will be walking to.

and with the hedge row we finally got out of the wind.

An out house with a thatched roof---take that off the list of things to see.

This church was made using the stones from the field.

a closer look at the stone. The fields we had been walking in had lots of this type of stone.

This church was also having a service for Mothers day. But they call it "Mothering Sunday"

A sunny spot with no wind, life is good.

We got to a crossroad, go right to a pub or go up another field.

It was to early for lunch so up we go.

Another pass thru the field and a look at were we had been. It was a great day for walking.

The farmer had just plowed this field and he drove the tractor across the field to show where the trail went. Without him doing that we would be lost. 

The last kissing gate to go thru. This one had a weight that made the gate close behind us.

Lunch at the Cock inn, we each had a pint and a burger. If we had seen how big the burger was we would have just ordered one.

The plan was to hike another 3 or 4 miles. But after the beer and food we decide to go to the train station and head home. 

Another nice little station in the middle of nowhere. The train only stops once an hour, we lucked out and only had to wait ten minutes. 

The next day was going to be a easy day. Leanne did a two mile walk with Coach in the morning,

and in the afternoon we did a walk thru Holland park.

The  park was full of people and the flowers were in bloom. 

A great weekend walk, we have plans of going back to Kent to hike more of it.