After completing my shopping
I decided cushions and all
To walk to Sandwich Bay
Where the 2021 Open
Was being held
It was the last practice day
Before the main event
Sandwich Bay
In all its grey and white wildness
Seemed quieter than I expected to be
I watched nameless golfers
As they practiced in windy conditions
And then I left and walked
Towards to small town of Sandwich
I passed numerous car parks
And saw more park and ride buses
Than I had ever seen in one day
Eventually I reached the railway station
Where I found a Pearl S Buck first edition
On the crowded charity shelf
It was called God’s Men and dated from 1951
And I could not help wondering
Where it had been for the last seventy years
I had not discounted the railway station
Although I thought this extreme
And then my electric train arrived
Mainstream Dream Day Dream