Blogs from Saint Andrews, Fife, Scotland, United Kingdom, Europe - page 6

Greetings from St. Andrews (pop: 12,000… half of which are students)! This town is one of the more beautiful I have ever seen. I have included an inordinate amount of photos for this reason. Latest leg started by me missing my flight from London to Glasgow (cost for stupidity: ₤165). RyanAir did change the departure gate 3 times mind you in a 1 hour period before the flight… still not my brightest moment. Anyhow, I then got into a Mercedes A150 (the cars they have here are great… so much more variety than in N. America and diesel diesel diesel galore!) and jetted up to St. Andrews. I did drive along the right hand side of the road for a while, but the oncoming traffic with horns blaring and lights flashing helped ‘guide’ me to the ... read more

July 2005 sees the return of the world’s greatest golf tournament to its spiritual home on the Scottish East Coast. With the 27th staging of the British Open taking place on the Old Course in 2005, St Andrews has held the event more often than anywhere else which has reinforced its strong reputation as the “Home of Golf”. This year’s event comes at a period of time where the Scottish Golf Industry is enjoying something of a renaissance, with more and more people choosing to visit the country for golfing holidays and test themselves on some of the world’s most famous courses. The Old Course at St.Andrews, where this year the world’s greatest golfing talent will compete for the famous Claret Jug, originally consisted of 22 holes - eleven out and eleven back. However, in 1764 ... read more