We finally had our first visitors to Scotland come in a couple of weeks ago. My mom and her husband Steve came and stayed for a week. We had a great trip and got to take them to see many of our favourite things about Scotland.
To kick off the holiday, we headed to St. Andrews for the day. On the way we decided to stop off at the Scottish Deer Centre. It’s not real big but they have 30 types of deer, wolves, otters, a lynx, birds and more. You could buy deer food on the way in and they knew when you were coming.
While neither Luke or Steve are avid golfers, both enjoy the sport and were excited to see where it all began – the Old Course. The Old Course is closed on Sundays and they allow visitors to walk it. Even Luther was allowed to join but he had to stay on leash. St. Andrews is right on the coast and so is the course. It is not over manicured like courses in the US but it was beautiful all the same. Battling the elements seems much more difficult than some of the things they come up with at home.
We started at the clubhouse and the 18th hole. Can I just tell you how happy the boys were? They were like little kids.
After a nice walk we headed to a pub for a pint. Luther obviously went with us and I think one of mom’s favourite stories to tell is that he got his water and biscuit before she did. Still loving how much he is welcome here.
Before heading north to our cabin we stopped by the St. Andrews Cathedral and the St. Andrews Castle. Both are run by Historic Scotland. Unfortunately they were closed by the time we made it there but we were able to take pictures from the road.
Then we hopped in the car and headed north to Aviemore where we rented a cabin for three nights. For dinner we stopped at the Moulin Inn in Pitlochry. Mom decided that she needed to be able to say that she had tried haggis and so she ordered the fried haggis balls appetiser. While really tasty, I’m not sure that you can truly say you’ve had haggis until you go for the traditional Haggis, Neeps and Tatties. Oh well – it was good anyway.
And that was day one.
Love you & miss you,
Aubs, Luke & Luther
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