We started the day to a knock, knock, knock. Karen needed to move our car for the piano movers! I dressed in a hurry to watch the action. She told us that she was giving her Yamaha piano to a family with a child. The moving took 4 guys about an hour. Exciting times for…

I promised something different today, and indeed I will keep my promise. But first the golf! In line at the Hillcrest CC Blossom Bowl more than a month ago, I met a woman who (in one minute’s time) invited John and me to play a game of golf with her and her husband in Scotland…

We were happy to discover that our starting time today wasn’t until 10:50. We did have an empty gas tank to deal with first, but a later starting time meant a little more sleep, which we dearly needed. Archerfield is a course we’d driven by many, many times on our way to Gullane Golf Club. …

We were up at 6:30. Out of the Jazz Hotel by 7:00 with a great ride for the short trip to  Keflavik Airport. Destination, Edinburgh. There’s something about standing in line with golf clubs. We ended up in a long conversation with a father and son from D.C. They too spent a day golfing and sight…

We started in East Lothian below Edinburgh, up to the north coast (Moray and Castle Stuart), then to the east coast (Cruden Bay), then to Carnoustie, then down to Fife (St. Andrews and Crail), then to Edinburgh!

Castles: Dundonald Castle, private tour Cawdor Castle, self-guided tour Glamis Castle, tour with Ewan (great castle!) Tantallon Dirleton Golf Courses: (Castle Park) Kilspindie Royal Troon (Dundonald, ISAS Open) West Kilbride Portland, at Troon Granton on Spey Boat of Garten Tain Brora Royal Dornoch Panmure Carnoustie Championship Carnoustie Buddon St. Andrews Castle Crail Balcomie Gullane #2…

Today was a lazy day then all at once, we were on the road, eager to celebrate our last day in Scotland this year.  We started with plans but stopped everything to pack our golf bags. This is an ordeal best done without rain and since rain was predicted.  Once the golf bags were stuffed…

Today was moving day. Darn. I liked being in one place for a couple of nights. Every place we’ve stayed has been terrific in its own way, but the Golf Hotel is quite special, even when the neighbor runs water at 6 am and the whole building is suddenly awake. Hey, it’s 300-year-old plumbing. What…

At our lovely breakfast at the historic old old old (300 years old) Golf Hotel that creaks like an old ship, I called for a starting time—and got one! I actually didn’t realize that the Crail Golf Club is just 6 minutes away on this very road. Crail has two courses, the Balcomie and Craighead….

At breakfast, we had a long talk with Leon, who serves us drinks at night and breakfast in the morning. Great guy, probably 23, who showed us photos from Ullapool, where he and his girlfriend took a winter holiday… very white with snow, and beautiful. The Lunan House, run by 20-somethings, was terrific—the location, the…