Monthly Archives: September, 2005

Ireland Trip

Kelly and I were supose to meet my dad and Mary Ann in Ireland this weekend. Unfortunately they weren’t able to make it because my dad got pretty sick. Fortunately Kelly and I brought our golf clubs and hit the links. We ended up playing 4 rounds in 5 days. Here’s one picture from Enniscrone [...]

Great few days

The last days have been great. As you can see from our photos at www.mcfaddenplace.com we’ve had a blast. Today I played my first round of golf … all documented on my golf link. It reminded me of playing golf as a kid. I rode my bike to the course and played as a single. [...]

First round in England

Today I rode my bike (yes with my clubs) to the nearest golf course in Oxford. The club is Southfield (http://www.southfieldgolf.com) and it’s about a 20 minute bike ride from my flat. It was quite an adventure just getting there as the roads are tight and my bike is a little unstable. There were two [...]

Arrived in England … Itching to play

I’m still waiting to get my first round of golf in England. Granted I’ve only been here one day (I’m writing this September 15th). I will document my rounds as I’m studying abroad.

Grandma McFadden

On the way to England Kelly and I took a long hour lay over so we could swing by my grandmother’s in LaGrange. She has been very tired and sick lately and she’s been in and out of the hospital. My dad suggested we try to see her if at all possible. We did and [...]

Day 1 almost finished

Hello All – What a day Mike and I had! After traveling all night, we arrived in London at 9am ready to go. Deciding not to deal with our bags, we rented a car and took a wonderful country drive into Oxford. Mike did a great job with the left handed stick. He never even [...]

Arrived!!!

We’ve arrived in Oxford safely. We landed in London at 8:45AM local time and then decided to rent a car (we had a lot of luggage to carry to the bus). We got to Oxford around 11AM … we had a few detours in the city … these streets aren’t marked as well as the [...]