Only Three Hundred Yards!

Well the day came,

The first match of the season

For our new club,

Our first match ever.

We arrived at the croquet club,

We were warned about the car park being closed

And would need to park in a Garden Centre,

It was only three hundred yards away.

What we weren’t told

Was that their yards seemed to be in triplicate!

Across a busy road through the woods,

Along a very long path of wood chippings

Until at last we came to a locked gate.

The gate was opened for us

And we reached the Croquet Club

And were greeted with such joy.

We lay down in the hot sunshine

Until we had recovered from the trek,

And then we played the games.

We had a wonderful time playing them

And enjoyed their company all day.

We did not win the match

But only lost eleven to nine,

But a great day was had by all.

We then trekked back to our cars,

“Only three hundred yards!”