Here is me braving the rain for a shot with the course in the background. Fun story about reaching that pro shop, we literally drove on a road across the 18th faraway...we had no idea what we were doing other than Tom Tom said to take that road. I noticed some golfers as we were crossing and we could tell that we were on the but it wasn't until we were in the pro shop and saw the course map that we realized what we had done. Oops but what a story!
After visiting the course we went into the town of St. Andrew and saw the cathedral. It is in pretty bad shape but it was gorgeous and the location right next the the cliffs and the ocean are amazing. The rain made it a little less enjoyable to visit but we made our way around and enjoyed the sites.
To stay true with the 'home of golf' theme we had for the day, we headed north to a little fishing village called Arbroath. We found a place to stay, not the most character at this one but it was a bed and shower. Once our hints were unloaded we headed to the local course and rented clubs and headed out to our first links course experience. As you can see in the picture of Kyle and the flag, it was a tad bit windy.
This course had their own little St. Andrews bridge :)
They also have some wicked bunkers...Kyle was the first to experience one, extremely tough to get out of...
I should know I landed in one as well...
As we headed back into the 'clubhouse' (possibly the smallest clubhouse in all of golf) we started chatting with the owner and he gave us a suggestion of the location Of the best eatery in the 'town'.
He phoned the restaurant and said we would be coming, they get really busy is what we were told. He then wrote down directions to the restaurant, "turn right at the garage, turn left at the raspberry bushes". Thankfully we have TomTom and it was able to get us to the town...probably about 15 buildings in total in the whole town.
We put our order in and then went for a walk to see the cliffs and views, too bad it was later in the evening because the puffins were already asleep. That would have been something to see!
We shared an appetizer of garlic mushrooms and a bottle of wine. Kyle had a killer cheesy fish stuffed with prawns and I had traditional smoked Salk on and salad. We were spoiled a second night in a row, wonderful food in the tiny town of Auchmithie.
Another wonderful day in Scotland! Head out in the morning for more site seeing and a night in Glasgow. Enjoy the latest blogs and more to come when I can.
- Shalyce
Location:Scotland
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