{"id":857,"date":"2020-09-17T17:28:26","date_gmt":"2020-09-17T17:28:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/doggolf.info\/?p=857"},"modified":"2020-09-17T18:34:23","modified_gmt":"2020-09-17T18:34:23","slug":"berkhampsted","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/doggolf.info\/index.php\/2020\/09\/17\/berkhampsted\/","title":{"rendered":"Berkhampsted"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Welcome<\/i> \u2013 <\/font>Berkhampsted<\/font><\/a> GC is one of the poshest (\u00a370 per round on weekends) parkland courses we have played. Typically, parkland courses are at the lower end of the price and exclusivity spectrums. But the considerable number of dog-walkers passing through does amplify the dog-friendliness vibe. <\/font><\/p>\n

Walk<\/i> \u2013 Talk about a \u201cruff\u201d landscape. The terrain is flat mostly (a bit of a climb to the final hole) and there are no bunkers. But more than making up for these concessions is a battery of shrubbery moats (see picture below) and bracken laden ramparts (never flanking, but always crossing the \u201cfairway\u201d at the most inconvenient locations). I think they hired the set designer for The Game of Thrones to plot layout this course.  This epic landscape, of course, delighted Grace who enjoyed a big uptick in the number of stray balls to sniff out.<\/font><\/p>\n

Water<\/i> \u2013 The late summer date meant that the few water hazards around were completely dried up. But the halfway house after the 8th<\/sup> (also near the clubhouse) has a fountain (off for COVID), and is open, serving drinks (and a few other packaged refreshments) and able to fill water bowls or bottles.<\/font><\/p>\n

Wildlife<\/i> \u2013 Curiously devoid of critters aside from a few loitering crows.<\/font><\/p>\n

Wind Down<\/i> \u2013 We had booked the top recommendation for area on Doggie Pubs – The Boat. It is a lovely canal-side establishment (but you can\u2019t book an outdoor table, it\u2019s first come first served). But we weren\u2019t feeling well so we wound down with a simple cuppa at home this outing.<\/font><\/p>\n

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Welcome \u2013 Berkhampsted GC is one of the poshest (\u00a370 per round on weekends) parkland courses we have played. Typically, parkland courses are at the lower end of the price and exclusivity spectrums. But the considerable number of dog-walkers passing through does amplify the dog-friendliness vibe. Walk \u2013 Talk about a \u201cruff\u201d landscape. The terrain […]<\/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\/857"}],"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=857"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"http:\/\/doggolf.info\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/857\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":859,"href":"http:\/\/doggolf.info\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/857\/revisions\/859"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/doggolf.info\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=857"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/doggolf.info\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=857"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/doggolf.info\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=857"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}