Monthly Archives: July 2015

My day at The Open Championship

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Do you think I’m going to make life easy for those of you who have been waiting to read about my experience at The Royal and Ancient Golf Club at Saint Andrews (R & A) and day one of The …

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Loch Lomond and Stirling Castle – part 2 – Stirling Castle

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A brief chat with Alan. I returned to the bus early and chatted with Alan about Scotland’s recent independence vote and also mentioned that since he’d presented himself as a fiercely proud Glaswegian, I would have been quite disappointed had …

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Loch Lomond and Stirling Castle

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If you paid very close attention to yesterday’s post, you might have noticed that it was rather late in the day, on my second trip back to the hotel, that I finally booked a Highlands tour. The late hour meant …

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Travel day 2015 and arrival in Scotland

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Unlike the last time I launched an international trip from Dulles Airport, I didn’t take my pre-flight meal at Vino Volo. You see, my departure gate and that establishment reside at opposite ends of Terminal C and I willingly used …

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