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Whilst playing golf at Royal Porthcawl many years ago, I hit a ball in to the rough. After 4 minutes and 55 seconds (!) searching, I was about to declare it lost when I spotted it partly hidden by a tuft of grass. To my amazement it had come to rest in a Skylark’s nest and beneath the ball were four baby Skylarks, none of whom had been harmed, or indeed, upset by my failure to shout “fore”!

 

I will remember forever the way their hungry little beaks reached skywards when I removed the ball, and whenever I return to that part of the world and hear a Skylark, I wonder if its a descendant of those very lucky four!

 

And the moral of the tale?......Don’t declare your ball lost too soon!

 

D.I.

 

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IT IS NOW THOUGHT THAT GOLF WAS INVENTED IN THE SCOTTISH HIGHLANDS SOME 500 YEARS AGO BY BORED SHEPHERDS WHO BEGAN HITTING STONES INTO RABBIT’S HOLES WITH THEIR CROOKS.....EQUIPMENT NOT DISSIMILAR TO THAT STILL USED BY MY REGULAR PLAYING PARTNER!

 

ANON.