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Today, our tour schedule was changed due to impending bad weather. We brought the trip to St. Andrews forward by one day resulting in the following programme:

• Departed Inverness about 08.45am and drove round to Benromach Distillery at Forres calling in briefly at Nairn Golf Course.

Inverness Town Centre

Nairn Golf course

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This evening, my theme is Highland Dancing.

Highland Dancing

Highland dancing dates back about 800 years with origins in folk dancing. As will be seen from this video, this activity requires a high level of athletic fitness and stamina. There are links to classical ballet. Ladies participation dates from around the turn of the 20th century. continue reading…

This morning we departed our lodgings in Stirling promptly to ensure we achieved our objectives, viz:

• Firstly, we drove for about  one and quarter hours to St Andrews. Purpose of this visit was to purchase genuine, St Andrews/Old Course attire for presents back home. We undertook this trip with some trepidation knowing that St Andrews would be exceptionally busy with the British Open. Despite strong police presence coupled with extensive parking restrictions we did actually this objective with surprisingly little delay notwithstanding the crowds. Parking proved surprisingly easy-or maybe we just got lucky!

18th Hole at St Andrews

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