I gritted my teeth on Tuesday morning and set off in light sleet through rush hour traffic to play in the first seniors competition of the season.  The light sleet gradually got heavier and turned into driving snow as I crossed town.  The Pentlands could be seen dimly in the distance to be covered in a blanket of wet snow and arriving at Lothianburn I was relieved to see a course closed sign.

It turned out that I hadn't followed the proper procedure concerning entering for the competition so I wouldn't have been missed anyway.  However now I know what I'm supposed to do and I'll be there come hell or high water for the postponed encounter next Tuesday and as a bonus I don't need to get there at dawn because I've drawn a tee time of 10:18.