Chapter 1 – Sunday 23rd September, 8.00 am
“I say, I'm so awfully sorry,” a female voice said.
Gerry tried to focus on the voice but his vision was blurred as he lay there, stunned.
“Daddy's going to be so angry with me,” the voice said.
As Gerry lifted himself onto one elbow, the image behind the voice became gradually clearer. In her mid to late twenties, she was an attractive young lady with serene blue eyes, soft skin and brunette curls that fell beneath her cloche hat. That's the next thing Gerry noticed – her attire. The pale green frock, stocking legs and golf shoes gave her not only an elegant, classy look but also reminded Gerry of a 1920s flapper.
She looked down at him, lying helpless on the damp, late September grass.
“I – I didn't see you,” she said. “You seemed to appear from nowhere. I did shout but it was too late.”
Gerry winced as he probed the bump that was forming, a reminder of where her ball had hit.
“It's fine,” he said. “Can you help me up?” He extended his arm towards her.
“Oh, of course. I'm so sorry, how rude of me,” she replied, helping Gerry to his feet. “Daddy is going to be so angry,” she said, once again.
“Why?” he asked. “I'm Gerry, by the way.”
Gerry stared at her as she replied. She seemed familiar to him but he couldn't place her.
“Eloise. Eloise Ponsonby,” she replied. “Daddy doesn't like it when I play. That's why I started early, before any of the gentlemen arrived. The other gentlemen, I mean.”
“Oookay,” Gerry said, bemused with her concern. “So why are you dressed like that? Is it a fancy dress competition?”
“I beg your pardon?” she replied, looking Gerry up and down. “One might just say the same about you.”
Disappointed by his comment, she turned her head to one side, then added, “Mr. Bumble Bee.”
“Bumble bee?” he said sharply. “I think my knock was a little more than a sting.”
“Of course but you do look rather bright,” she said with a smile.
Gerry looked down at his own attire and was shocked by what he saw. A two-tone pair of Oxfords, yellow and black argyle socks, checked plus-fours and, to top it off, a yellow and black striped pullover vest. His brand new tailor-made golf clubs had also been replaced and, lying at his feet, there was now a canvas bag containing a set of well-used hickory clubs.
“What the heck?” he said.
A Time for Adventure Description:
It’s 1984 and GERRY MACNEIL, a likeable, hard working guy gets unexpectedly thrust into a world of adventure, not in 1984 but instead he finds himself in 1928. Taking a day out from his job at Rose Cottage, a care home for the elderly, Gerry find solace with a quiet game of golf at Kelsey Hall golf club. It’s here, after receiving a knock from a stray golf ball, that Gerry encounters ELOISE PONSONBY and, recovering from the blow, it soon becomes apparent that Gerry has been transported backwards in time.
After becoming acquainted, Eloise introduces Gerry to her father, GEORGIE PONSONBY, an affluent importer and exporter of car parts to the USA and, not long after, he bumps into Georgie’s business partner, DAVID STIENBERG, literally!
During his stay, Gerry starts to get flashbacks from his other life, which all seem to be connected to the numbers 3 and 10 and even on a golfing stroke business trip to Scotland with Georgie, Gerry comes across the numbers again, this time in the form of a hotel room number. The occupants of room 310, a penthouse suite, are none other than AL CAPONE, and his henchman, SPATS SPATELLI.
Georgie is unaware at this time that David and Capone are in cahoots and using the Ponsonby export business as a front for gun smuggling. Gerry, however, discovers this on his search for an answer as to why he has travelled in time, thus putting Eloise in danger.
On their return to England, Gerry and Georgie discover that Eloise has been kidnapped by David and taken to Germany on instructions from Capone but little does Capone know that David is in fact a Nazi and plans to use the ransom money, both to fund the Nazi movement and to assassinate the young WINSTON CHURCHILL.
Gerry and Georgie set out to rescue Eloise and put a halt to David’s plans. Along the way, they encounter PETER DANN, who is not only an adversary of Capone’s and a top figure in MI6, but also Gerry’s own boss from Rose Cottage and a time traveller himself.
Peter explains to Gerry what he knows about time travel and how it is all connected with déjà vu and the numbers.
Whilst Gerry and Georgie are in London collecting the ransom money, they get separated and Gerry becomes a suspect in an explosion at MI6. Now on the run, Gerry has to make his way alone.
Reunited in Germany, they find an ally, CLARENCE TEOLI, a young steward on the Graf Zeppelin. It is here that they rescue Eloise and make their way to the USA, in a bid to stop the assassination of Winston Churchill and, in doing so, they are lead by a way of clues to the time machine that Clarence, in his later years, was able to construct and make Gerry’s adventure possible.
