Blogs from Saint Andrews, Fife, Scotland, United Kingdom, Europe - page 3

We got up early for us on the trip...7:30 AM - unimaginable!!!! ;) We were both super draggy from being out the night before, but me being the crazy organizer that I am, I wanted to make sure that we got to the station and grabbed our tickets with plenty of time. So, we locked up and said goodbye to our flat and Edinburgh, and took a taxi to Waverly Station (which seemed super lazy because it's not that far away, we just didn't want to drag our bags over the mound). We had no problem collecting our tickets, so we stopped for a coffee before jumping on our train to Leuchars, which is where you have to take the train to in order to get to St. Andrews. An hour train ride and a short ... read more

The Cheerleading Society held a social at the one club in St. Andrews. Yes, cheerleading in Scotland. The society played Bring It On at the Freshers' fayre to reel in potential members. Later they asked me if Cheerleaders really wear their uniforms to school everyday like they do on GLEE. Clearly they are a lot of fun!... read more

Geoff is a "pig in mud" - the old course at Saint Andrews, the home of golf. Chatted with some Australians who were about to tee off and then invaded the course for a few photos. Went ot the Scottish night - bagpipes, haggis, a ready supply of Italian wine but no Scotch !!! resulted in huge amount of merriment.... read more

15/4/2010 After four days of work at our new home of Stoke-on-Trent we picked up our hire car and headed for Scotland. With our new Sat Nav we enjoyed the bliss of not getting confused at Englands giant six- way round- a-bouts (and we thought Lavy's 5ways was bad!). We arrived at Gretna Green apparently famous for its underage and quicky weddings. No we weren't getting married. We stopped the night at Grenta Hall a 1700's mansion perched up on a hill overlooking the lush Scottish countryside. With luxury's of a double bed with a real doona and TV a significant upgrade on our current nurses accommodation we settled in for an early night. After a hearty Scottish breaky (just like an English one) we hit the road bound for St. Andrew's. Despite the 'volcanic ash' ... read more

St Andrews Scotland -- Sept 3, 2009 Sept. 3rd was to be our day of travel to St Andrews a 5 ½ train ride which turned into a 10 ½ ride. First there was problems with the wires ahead of the train, next there was flooding near Dunbar and trains going north to Scotland were being turned back (after some delay the passengers from earlier trains were transferred to ours and we made it past Dunbar. However, problems come in 3‘s so our next problem was the breaks on the engine. Eventually we made it to St Andrews, in the pouring rain. The train station in Leuchars has tracks on both sides so they have long ramps to an over-pass, great safety device but not really fully appreciated in the pouring rain, particularly with people in ... read more