17/05/08

First mission of the day is to explore the area of our latest resting
place. We'd parked up smack bang in the middle of a coastal walk
which, our guidebook advised, had fantastic scenery. Unfortunately the
fantastic scenery must be all at the south end of the walk - and of
course we headed north - which after 15 minutes ended in some pretty
non-descript streets. After about half an hour of this, enough was
enough, we caught a bus south, past where the van was parked, and
continued from the start at the south end. 2nd time lucky, the walk
back to the van was much more scenic; we regained a little faith in
our guidebook!!
Next stop - St Andrews. This is a town with a famous golf course.
However, before we found any golf course we came across St Andrews
Castle & Cathedral. This was very nice to stroll around in the
sunshine and read about the history of the area. In doing this, we
found out that St Andrews has about 9 golf courses! How on earth were
going to find the famous one?! But fortunately after driving around
the first corner, we were rewarded with the famously familiar walking
bridge on the fairway of the trademark 18th hole of the Old Course!
Even better - there were no restrictions stopping us from walking
across the fairway and getting a photo on that bridge!!
Onward then to Pitlochry where friend Brent will be competing in a
cycle race starting at 0700 tomorrow! We've parked up near the
starting line, probably the least attractive spot available but
hopefully we will be woken in good time by the pod of cyclists.