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Article: A sad world but Harry's still a star
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- The Northern Echo
- Article date:
- September 21, 2009
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TWO days away from the editor's chair, playing golf with three
friends amid magnificent countryside, was good for the soul. Fresh
air, great crack.
We stayed at the Middle Ruddings Hotel, close to Keswick, boldly
overlooked by Skiddaw. It's where a pair of Ospreys have made their
home. I waited for a glimpse but they must have gone fishing in
Bassenthwaite.
On the way to the Lakes, we had a round at Penrith. On the way
home, we played Appleby, where the greens are protected by electric
wires to ward off sheep, which pay not the slightest interest in
birdies and bogeys.
In the clubhouse, a member was ordering a pint. A copy of the
Daily Star, left on the bar, caught his eye: "I'll never take ...