 those showers bubble up wintry over higher ground as we head through the day real chill in the air with these winds coming down from the north means highs of eight or nine degrees in the winds are feeling much colder have a good day. Yeah that is the forecast that we wrote to it's an absolute freak week in terms of weather it's would you believe we're in May and it's forecast snow I'm about to wait my way to people's golf course we've been staying this tontine hotel in Peebles which is a seems to be a really nice little market town we'll have a look around there later but we're making our way for an 11 am t-time on the hope that we don't get snow in May. I've been 94 in September. Wow and how long have you been a member at Peebles Golf Course? I joined about 1982 when I came up from England in 81 and I've been here playing since 82. And what are your thoughts on the golf course? Lovely lovely lovely when it was a an old hut well an old hut before we got these lovely premises it was still very friendly you have the little cubicles and it was a it's a nice new clubhouse you have now? Oh it's super yes it is yeah very nice and and when you think of somebody like me who's looking out of the rain now and you've already been out this morning in this bit rather unusual weather for this time of year. What advice do you have do you think I should just get on out there? I think it would have to be when proof and waterproof. How good is it to hear from people like Jim incredible 93 years old goes out twice a week and there'll be another story from Jim a bit later on on how his group of friends help support the juniors in this club amazing but the rain has stopped it was a short delay it's not quite the sun shining but we've got some moody skies behind us and you can see some dramatic backdrops already we're on the fourth tee and I'm looking forward to this one we finally get out how good is that? So so you play how often do you play then? Oh I only play twice a week now only twice a week yes yes yes I've got something called cpd right I don't know what it is but it's a a lung infection that doesn't get any better but I just take a little puff on my my medicine and it helps me along yeah I've played nine but I'm on the buggy and I'm playing in this competition so I don't think I've won the golf ball this morning but you still enjoyed it? Oh yes yes I did yeah any memories of the golf course you'd want to share with us over those 40 years anything that stands out? Well if you take a look at the stairs but you'll see that I won a competition in the centenary year that's my only claim to him name is on the board fantastic and it's a lovely cup I think it's the nicest one in the club the nicest one to win yes yes and and when we go out on the course hopefully when that rain stops in an hour or so where are the sort of what's the nicest holes that we should look out for? I think without doubt the most beautiful is the top one the top one corcani that's the most beautiful of you yes it is well look forward to that you can see down the valley yes and a nice day well look thank you for having a little chat on our channel that's all right the pleasure I'll afford a million more years out on the fairways for you thank you very much if you keep playing nine holes with my friends and that's the important thing the coffee and the friends at people's we're very welcome in club well it's as we sit and wait for another rain shower I hope it's a shower anyway to pass over I think I'll hand you back over to Jim and let him tell you about what they do in terms of their seniors group and how they support the up-and-coming youngsters at people's golf club about nine or ten of us started away back in 1984 I think we started so we've been running it just as a little Thursday morning meeting nice it was yes and it's been going very well we used to play for the odd copper or two but we stopped and we've gone quite professional and we play we got golf ball now if we win and I suppose our claim to fame within the club is we give them about 300 pounds off that pound there's enough surplus to give to the boys and girls to start them up give them lessons it's nice nice atmosphere there's about 40 of us now well you don't have to be in the highlands to see highland cows you've got three sat there in the field as you think they're an amazing animal you know as books we'll know there's a figurehead of one of them in my not real of course in my in my room back at home or our office how good are they beasts well it's such a challenge today uh I'm really feel sorry for people's golf course because trying to do our best to show it off but the rains come down again and even that backdrop that you can see now literally five minutes ago we could see the tops of those mountains snow on them you've probably seen already some shots that we've put over but right in the minute it looks like a scene from Lord of the Rings it looks like Mordor or something it's so dark and I better get under some cover I think I think sometimes you just gotta accept your face and have a fake square Chris from Mark and Spencer's our accommodation was on people's high streets at the tontine and just five minutes drive to the first tee a great place to stay and wait to breakfast with views of the mountains and the river right we're going to try a little creative well bump and run over this little brow it's a lovely green complex loving this and up and go and go come on then I love those type of shots but again probably can't see from back there uh the way this green moves you can imagine they can have a couple of a bit of fun with some different pin positions the good news is the rain has stopped and uh how long for I don't know because at the back of the camera it's looking quite dark but for the time being we're back out on pebbles and we'll do our best to show this place off the views are incredible I just wished it was a clear day oh really nice par 3 I'm up on what it's hold 12 I think it's playing about 170 off the whites uh little brook weaves its way through on the left hopefully we shouldn't that shouldn't trouble us if it does have it a bit of a stinker um my tee's broke nothing's going right today I'll tell you what would be good holding one with a camera on I'd change things up a bit wouldn't it what a nice little par 3 the green doesn't look particularly big slightly uphill I'm going to try a little sick sign it's a great strike I think it's hard to the green is it sit down yeah it's a great club perfect distance and a great little par 3 like I said well the bad news is the rain is back already the good news is I'm about to hold this for birdie or not oh dear me the rain didn't stay away for long all right we are uh what are the highest point 14 and 15 should be a time right now where I'm filming some amazing drone footage and you're seeing these backdrops crazy backdrops but we ain't I'm afraid and uh well I don't really know why I'm carrying on I'm just uh doing my best to uh to show you as much as I can whilst I get wet in the process this would be absolutely spectacular and you'll have to take my word for it the big deal every golf club looks better when the sun is shining there's no doubt I've had it but a golf course like this when the views are what they are then it's it's even more disappointing that we can't show them um because as I keep saying I've used the word spectacular enough my hands are also freezing what let's see when you get a drive down there I'm determined to finish oh and let's drive for the day why haven't we got a shot where the ball's flying into the mountain and we can pick it up instead of these rainy white skies right it's early on the uh well it's actually a friday morning it's just past seven a.m and I decided inspired by Jim if he can get out of here twice a week and play nine holes at 93 years of age then I can make a bit of an effort to try and show you people's golf club uh well in a bit better light it's not perfect but I'm gonna get the drone up and just show you what the views were I was talking about yesterday when unfortunately we didn't quite get finished as the heavens still open but I still enjoyed my day and then we'll finish off with a little bit of a look hopefully of uh that view over there