Category: Scotland
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Day 6: Undiscovered Scotland
Today was the day for Glasgow, a city we’ve never visited. John was a bit concerned that it would be a rough and tumble place, a working man’s town, and a town without much culture. My goal/dream was to go to a bar in Glasgow and hear traditional music. With a little research, we came…
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Day 5: Golf and an Unexpected Party!
Today was meant to be an “off” day. We’ve been trudging pretty hard since arriving, so we thought we’d just drive around a bit then visit a course from 2018 that left us with horrible scores, but great stories— a little-known course called West Kilbride. To start the day, we headed south on the west…
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Day 4: The Ladies Scottish Open!
We booked a starting time for the early afternoon, so we planned the morning at Dundonald Golf Course and the afternoon at West Kilbride Golf Course. I was very excited to visit the ISPS Handa Women’s Scottish Open and see a few of the players whom we’ve become familiar with. Cheyenne Knight is a particular…
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Day 3: Troon
We started the day early and found that despite the wildness of last night’s party, the whole group was up, taking care of animals before work! We had breakfast and were out of there by 9 am, on the road to the west and Royal Troon! It was raining steadily, which slowed us down a…
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Day 2: Kilspindie and a Party–of course!
Today started with a new routine. Karen and Anne were up and out with the animals so John and I were on our own in the kitchen. That meant doing our own toast and tea, which we managed. It was just as tasty because the eggs are so fresh and the bread so wheaty. Making…
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Day 1: Scotland!
We spent way too much time at LAX sorting our “reservation without a ticket” problem, then ended up on a later flight in the seats we wanted, finally sipping pleasant drinks. No one wants to hear about those details except that I’m so glad I snagged luggage carts early, which made the eventual hurrying to…
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Day 1: The Departure 8-12-24
This was as thrilling as any airborne acrobatics. It wasn’t until yesterday, that we didn’t have the flight that we wanted, or even seats! John called and waited on the phone for hours. Got a call back as we were about to start a golf tournament. Sunday evening. John called back after the golf tournament…
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Scotland, Day 21: The plane, the plane 9-5-23
Met Aday Mara on the plane. 7’3″ UCLA basketball recruit. 240lb. From Zaragoza, Spain / IES El Picarral. He was too tall for his seat so we swaped with him and his father. They were very happy (and tall!) Golf Courses played in‘23:
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Day 20: The Town and the Tours
Today was our big day in Edinburgh. We were going to be proper tourists, poking in all the shops and taking a couple of scheduled tours. The first thing was to arrange transportation. Mrs. Chung, our hostess, has been very kind. This morning, after breakfast with the couple from Zimbabwe, who gave us a couple…
