Tim & Joy's Travels

Day 14: Sunday drive…to the hallowed St. Andrews

Today is Tim’s much anticipated day. We are going to the sacred grounds where golf originated 650 years ago….the Old Course at St Andrews. We meet the guide at 11 behind the 18^th green and have a nice tour of the 1^st, 17^th, and 18^th green. We walked in the footsteps of golf’s greatest players and had a player’s eye view of the fabled links. We had lunch in the Clubhouse and Tim bought an official St Andrews shirt in the gift shop. Check, Check, Check for him! It was a wonderful day starting with a beautiful sunrise and ending with a fantastic meal at our B&B followed by a nice chat and laughs over coffee with the owners and other guest in the living room.

sunrise

at B&B

neighborhood

Royal & Ancient....golf's worldwide governing body

view up 18th

retirement photo

for Brian A: Rolex clock on Caddie Pavilion

Old Course starters hut

St Andrews beach where Ben Hurr was filmed

manicuring the 18th green

Clubhouse lunch

view from Clubhouse rooftop garden

lusting

R&A from Clubhouse roof

drive home

Day 14: Special edition for Brian Ketron

From St Andrews as we walked acrosss THE bridge. We thought about you and knew you would enjoy this moment as much as your dad did today. A huge checkmark on his bucket list today!

Day 13: Spean Bridge to Kirriemuir: Castles, Nessie, Forts, Heather, Heather,Heather

We departed Spean Bridge this morning and drove the length of Loch Ness with no sign of Nessie in sight! We did enjoy a stop at Urquhart Castle and then we went to Fort George where the Celebration of the Centuries was taking place. They had tents/exhibitions set up for each era in history from Roman times to modern day soldiers and demonstrations in the center field happening.

After leaving Fort George we traveled through half of the back roads in the eastern highlands to reach our B&B for the next 2 nights. The scenery was different from any we have ever encountered. We drove for 3 hours through thousands and thousands of mountainous acres with heather in bloom as far as you could see the whole time. We reached our B&B around 6 pm and had dinner there which was very good.