{"id":811,"date":"2020-08-29T06:00:00","date_gmt":"2020-08-29T06:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/doggolf.info\/?p=811"},"modified":"2020-08-27T09:54:53","modified_gmt":"2020-08-27T09:54:53","slug":"wessex","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/doggolf.info\/index.php\/2020\/08\/29\/wessex\/","title":{"rendered":"Wessex"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/doggolf.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/Wessex-1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"420\" height=\"285\" title=\"Wessex 1\" style=\"display: inline; background-image: none;\" alt=\"Wessex 1\" src=\"http:\/\/doggolf.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/Wessex-1_thumb.jpg\" border=\"0\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#008000\"><i>Welcome<\/i> \u2013 Our recent camping \u201cstayUKation\u201d gave us not only the opportunity to notch another dog-friendly course, but also a new county to our list of dog golfing experiences \u2013 Dorset. <\/font><a href=\"http:\/\/www.doggolf.info\/DogGolfDB\/Golf%20Course%20Profile.aspx?resort=275\"><font color=\"#008000\">Wessex<\/font><\/a><font color=\"#008000\"> golf centre was minutes down the road from our camp site overlooking Chesil Beach in Weymouth.<\/font><\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#008000\"><i>Walk<\/i> \u2013 Under 3,000 yards and all of them flat make this executive course a particularly light dog walk.<\/font><\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#008000\"><i>Water<\/i> \u2013 With the course being so small, you are really never that far from the clubhouse you could scurry back to if in desperate need of a drink. The 5<sup>th<\/sup> hole does sit on the far end of the course and features a small pond which had some fresh water from a recent downpour to give Grace some mid-round refreshment.<\/font><\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#008000\"><i>Wildlife<\/i> \u2013 A seagull or two passing by.<\/font><\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#008000\"><i>Wind Down<\/i> \u2013 Instead of Doggie Pubs, we just asked the Wessex GC attendant for a pub recommendation and he proposed <\/font><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/Marquisofgranbyweymouth\/\"><font color=\"#008000\">Marquis Of Granby<\/font><\/a><font color=\"#008000\"> just down the street. It appeared to be set in an industrial estate that you pass through, but it turns out to be just on the outside. The \u201cpub\u201d has more of a working man\u2019s club feel, but the expanse of tables made it easier to accommodate many people in a social distant way. It did have some outdoor seating at the front and back, but we opted to stay in with the changeable weather. We only had a drink, but the menu was extensive. And one thing that did stand out was the speedy service. I don\u2019t think I\u2019ve ever gotten served my drink so quickly (and at a table no less) which was most welcome.<\/font><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/doggolf.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/Wessex-2.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"440\" height=\"255\" title=\"Wessex 2\" style=\"display: inline; background-image: none;\" alt=\"Wessex 2\" src=\"http:\/\/doggolf.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/Wessex-2_thumb.jpg\" border=\"0\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/doggolf.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/Wesex-3.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"434\" height=\"240\" title=\"Wesex 3\" style=\"display: inline; background-image: none;\" alt=\"Wesex 3\" src=\"http:\/\/doggolf.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/Wesex-3_thumb.jpg\" border=\"0\"><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Welcome \u2013 Our recent camping \u201cstayUKation\u201d gave us not only the opportunity to notch another dog-friendly course, but also a new county to our list of dog golfing experiences \u2013 Dorset. Wessex golf centre was minutes down the road from our camp site overlooking Chesil Beach in Weymouth. Walk \u2013 Under 3,000 yards and all [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[3],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/doggolf.info\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/811"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/doggolf.info\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/doggolf.info\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/doggolf.info\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/doggolf.info\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=811"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/doggolf.info\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/811\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":812,"href":"http:\/\/doggolf.info\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/811\/revisions\/812"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/doggolf.info\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=811"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/doggolf.info\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=811"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/doggolf.info\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=811"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}