Leaving the Loch and the Highlands of Scotland today.
Tales of the Fairy’s good & bad. The bad ones are beautiful horses that encourage you to hop on for a ride. If you do, your fate is sealed. You get stuck on the horse and they submerge you until you drown. Not going near any horses. We prefer nice Fairy’s.
Breakfast and back on the bus to drive to Edinburgh with a stop in St Andrews, the home of golf. Absolutely gorgeous day with winds gusting off the coast.
We entered St Andrews, what a lovely town and when you round the corner and see the Old Course it’s exciting (for me, Jeffs played here twice to offset my Pebble Beach trips) to see it with bright blue skies and winds gusting in the 20’s. Even Mary Harris might not be able to “swing easy” enough to make a strike. It was so fun to walk around town, eat at the famous Dunraven and watch the golfers challenged by the wind.
Of course our first stop was the world famous Swilcan Bridge a small stone bridge on the 18th hole of the Old Course in St Andrew’s, Scotland. Existing in some form since the 15th century, the bridge is considered in golf to be a signature for one of the game’s most famous, ancient holes. The bridge had previously been known as the Golfers’ Bridge for hundreds of years.
Lots of great views…
When we started the trip we were asked to get buddies, that way they didn’t have to count every time we moved. We won the jackpot with our fabulous travel buddies from Milwaukee. Michael & Randy have added so much to our Scottish adventure. We have had the best time with them & will definitely keep in touch. A perfect buddy match, lucky us 🍀
We’ve left the Highlands and now leaving for Edinburgh. The sun is shining brightly and the views & sunshine are Scotland at its finest.
We get to stop and cross one of these bridges, and skip to the loo.
Jeff makes a quick call 🤪
Back in the bus for the rest of the ride today. Luckily because we are “bused out” and we’ll say goodbye to Paul our excellent coach driver.
A quick walk around Old Town Edinburgh before doing a load of wash and sleeping in our Wilde Hotel
PS (JF): it was odd for me to be wandering around St Andrews today and not be focused on golf clubs, getting t-times or making it to t-times. It really is a great town. They were having graduation ceremonies today and there were lots of young grads in gowns with parents, siblings and friends all dressed up walking around town. Quite the happy day for all I’m sure!
No shortage of golfers either. Traveling in pairs and packs of 4 or 8. Mostly looking for some refreshments after their rounds, but quite a few still hustling with their clubs to the first tee. I can still feel all that from my earlier golf trips here, but today it was as though I was watching everything from the outside, almost like watching a movie I’d see before. Still enjoyable, but not the same. I hope Ellen and I can return and play some golf together. It’s certainly worth the trip.
The Highlands were beautiful and not something you can do more than scratch the surface of in just a few days. Besides, I believe way back in my family tree there were some Furnia’s from the Western Highlands and the Hebrides Islands. More reasons to return for another visit!
I’m looking forward to exploring Edinburgh tomorrow, something I haven’t done before as I’ve only flown here and then headed straight to a golf course! Looks like the weather will continue to hold, so it should be another great day tomorrow.
