Drumoig Lodge Hotel St. Andrews

312 miles - set off at some un-Godly hour to drive from Chesterfield to Fife, Scotland to watch football! Trish likes the journeys but thinks the idea is crazy. Anyway, we are here now! Prior to the match we walked around the town - NOT Scotland's biggest attraction. Anyway, 2:30pm and I arrive at the ground ready for the match. One stand is fairly ...

... walked along tryring to find something to eat, we found something peculiar. No matter what college campus you are on, there are some things that never change. First, you will always find a girl in costume, throwing up on a street corner and a friend by her side, rubbing her back. Second, there will always be some sort of themed party with the partygoers dressed up in costume, hanging out at a bar. Third, the restaurants that are open late are always pizza joints ...

... again, pretty badly ruined, pretty good for me to walk around and get photos from all angles... We walked down to the harbour pier and looked across the North Sea to Denmark/Norway? And Mum announced that we had "done" St Andrews - that was all there was to it. Obviously we drove ...

... We have some accomodation booked as well as lots of golf.
The ipod is fully charged with music, audiobooks and back episodes of The Archers!
As super organisers nothing is left to chance and spreadsheets have been created to make sure we are in the correct place on the right day. No freewheeling for us!
Will keep you posted.
Please keep in touch.

... but it was a neat sight, right on the water. There is also a series of tunnels underground called mines and countermines that were created during a siege on the castle to crouch through. After the castle, we made our way over to the ruins of St. Andrews Cathedral. We walked through the cemetary and climbed St. Rule's Tower, which gives a good birds-eye view of the city. We tried to get to some of the college buildings there ...

... I found a Pizza Hut that has a lunch buffet for 4 pounds, including drink. Not a bad deal I guess. I was happily enjoying my lunch when the place became flooded with kids... must be a hundred of them! The waiter told me there is a middle school down the road and they all like to come here for lunch. UGGHHH.. They are so loud and annoying. Not to mention they completely cleaned out the buffet ...

... had to wait for an hour until the Check-in opened. Fortunately, our concerns over luggage weight proved unfounded (just, .25 kg spare) and our bags were accepted. Right now, we are in the Airline Lounge sipping a cool and cleansing ale to wash away the travel dust :) And as happened last time here, the plane to Heathrow is late! only 30 minutes (I hope). Last time, the plane was very late and we missed the connection to Australia and had to stay overnight in London ...

... a notice on the internet about someone looking for help with their business. Volunteering I believe. It's a company up in Northwestern Slovenia that organizes outdoor adventure activities.(Slovenia is Northeast of Italy just so you know.) I've been told the first thing I must do when I arrive is to go skiing. "Contract of my employment". Think I can handle that. I won't actually be working though as I am not allowed but still working that and other ...

I dressed up as Santa for a charity run a few weekends ago. It was great, a couple thousand Santa's all gathered at the Princes Street Gardens to raise money for the Make a Wish Foundation. We only ran around the park twice, but you left feeling good, and with a free Santa outfit! Then, I caught the train to London last Tuesday to see David Gray! What a fanominal concert! He has such a warm stage presence...you feel like your old college buddy just ...

Arrived in St.Andrews from Edinburgh and visited the Old Course at the Royal and Ancient Golf Club. Walked along coast to St.Andrews Castle. Looked around the ruins which included 17th century siege mines which you could go into at your own risk. They were very narrow and slippery so we had a quick look then moved on! Met a ...