I once ended up in the same dyke as Ian Krankie.
Playing Poulton GC, we both hit our ball into the narrow ditch that separates the 1st and 8th fairways - I forget who was playing which hole. They were on summer season in town and were there most days. We had junior contracts and were there every day.
They'd done a season covering the Marathon section of It's A Knockout, after Eddie Waring. So it was that year, possibly 1981. As we searched vainly through the undergrowth, I plucked up the courage today, saw you on telly the other night. Aye it was bloody freezing he replied.
I wish to distance myself from rumours that I hit in there deliberately so I could meet him