Posts in Tag: scotland
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Trump Scotland Hole by Hole
This is my fifth post from a fall 2022 golf trip to the northeast coast of Scotland put together for a group of eight by Platinum Golf Scotland. We played our first three rounds out of Inverness before moving to Aberdeen for the next three starting with the absolutely amazing Cruden Bay which I described […]
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Cruden Bay Hole by Hole
This is the fourth of six posts from our fall 2022 trip to Scotland arranged by Platinum Golf Scotland. For our first three rounds we were based out of Inverness and played Nairn, Royal Dornoch and Castle Stuart in that order. We have now relocated to the city of Aberdeen and will be playing Cruden […]
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Royal Dornoch Hole by Hole
This is the second of six hole by hole posts from a recent golf trip to northeast Scotland organized by Platinum Golf Scotland. In the first post we played the underrated course at Nairn where we received a warm welcome and I was given a private tour of the course archives. In this post we’ll […]
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Robert Burns Museum – Simply Marvellous
In the summer of 2018, after driving the North Coast 500, our small group concluded our extensive tour of Scotland with a visit to Ayrshire on the west coast of the Scottish lowlands. The purpose in going here was twofold. First, Ayrshire is the ancestral home of the Dunlop family and the name is everywhere […]
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Handa Island – A Bird Lover’s Haven
Last summer, in preparation for driving Scotland’s great new scenic route the North Coast 500, I came across the name of Handa Island, more by happenstance than any foreknowledge on my part. I learned that it had once been a thriving community relying mostly on the bounty of the sea surrounding the island. Then in 1847, […]
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Cape Wrath – Scotland’s Must Do Daytrip
In a previous post I described why driving Scotland’s North Coast 500 was an absolute imperative for anyone who has an interest in great coastal drives of the world. One of the places I recommended as a must visit was Cape Wrath, the most northwesterly point of mainland Britain. It is remote and you can’t […]
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North Coast 500 – Why You Need to Drive It Now
Although Scotland’s North Coast 500 is not yet five years old, it has already taken its place as one of the great coastal drives in the world, alongside Italy’s Amalfi Coast, California’s Pacific Highway and my own province of Nova Scotia’s Cabot Trail. Having driven all three of those I was determined to see if […]
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Bannockburn – Robert The Bruce’s Finest Hour
All good things must come to an end and, alas, this is the final day and my final post on last summer’s wonderful Medieval Britain:Castles, Crowns & Cannons tour by my friends at Liberation Tours. We have travelled almost the entire length of Britain from Hastings and Portsmouth on the English Channel to Inverness and Loch […]
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Stirling Castle – Canada Comes to Scotland
This is post number eighteen on last summer’s wonderful Medieval Britain: Castles, Cannons & Crowns tour put on by my friends at Liberation Tours. In the last one we visited Glenfinnan and Glencoe. Sadly we are nearing the end, but definitely not going out with a whimper, but rather a bang as we head for one […]