My spouse and I attended a recruitment evening at the local lawn bowling club, which included free pizza and some games. While the physical actions are akin to bowling, the rules and strategy is more like curling. Lawn bowling seems to be the ideal pastime for people entering the third phase of life during the long tail of the pandemic. It is a sociable activity that takes place outdoors and not too physically strenuous and yet a physical challenge. At the same time, everyone seemed quite friendly and accepted a range of abilities. I felt affinity to the skewed ball.