Whiting Bay Golf Club – Three Centuries Of Isle of Arran Golf
The late 1890s was a great time for the birth of golf on the Scotland island of Arran.
Arran remarkably boasts six golf courses founded within 11 years of each other, and up to the dawn of the 20th century.
They include – Lamlash (1889), the 9-hole Corrie (1892), Whiting Bay (1895), Shiskine (1896), Brodick (1897) and the 9-hole Machrie Bay (1900).
Six years later in 1906 the six clubs got together to form the Arran Golfers Association.
Our first introduction to golf in Arran was visiting The ...
Arran – A First Visit To This Unique Scottish Isle.
A first visit to the isle of Arran.
Yes, after many visits to Kintyre and the Outer Herbrides we are heading to Arran, an island off the west coast of Scotland.
It is the largest island in the Firth of Clyde and the seventh-largest Scottish island, at 432 square kilometres (167 sq mi) and located just 90-minutes by ferry from the mainland at Ardrossan to Brodick.
Though culturally and physically similar to the Hebrides, it is separated from them by the Kintyre peninsula and where we were headed after ...
Gorgeous Gassin – Romantic French Village Perched High Overlooking Saint Tropez
Gassin is perched high in the Provence-Alpes-Côte d’Azur region in southeastern France.
It is located just four kilometres inland and close to the holiday destination of Saint Tropez.
The original building was erected in the 11th century and with this current Notre-Dame de la Consolation constructed in 1558.
The Chapel hosts events throughout the year: concert, Saint-Laurent mass or nativity scene.
Trust you enjoyed these photographs from our visit (October, 2022) to the ...
A Wee Dram At The ‘Am Politican’ On The Isle Of Eriskay
One of the most well known, and also somewhat amusing events in the recent history of the Western Isles was the wreck of the SS Politician on the 5th February 1941.
It was the story used by Compton Mackenzie for his book Whisky Galore, and later for the Ealing Studio in turning the story in a hit-winning comedy by the same name.
The SS Politician was an 8000-tonne cargo ship which had left Liverpool laden with amongst other things 260,000 bottles of whisky, bound for Kingston in Jamaica and New Orleans. ...
Corrie Golf Club & The Corrie Hotel On The Isle Of Arran
On a first visit to the isle of Arran we stopped for a short visit to the Corrie Golf Club in the village of Corrie.
The golf club was founded in 1892 and in a par-31, nine-hole layout of just over 1,900 yards.
Corrie is a wonderful little village, located some 6 miles (10 kilometres) north of Brodick and about the same distance from Lochranza in the south.
The village used to be a regular stop for steamers circumnavigating the island of Arran.
Our visit also involved a bit of circumnavigation of ...
Honfleur – Lovely French Town Where The Seine River Meets The English Channel
Honfleur is a lovely-looking city in the department of Calvados, in northern France’s Normandy region.
Founded by Vikings in the 800s, Honfleur has served for centuries as a port for trade and travel.
The town is located on the estuary where the Seine river meets the English Channel.
The Church of St. Catherine (see You Tube video), dates from the second half of the 15th century, replaced an older stone church which was destroyed during the Hundred Years’ War.
The Vieux-Bassin (old harbour), ...
Campbelltown – Scottish Pipe Bands & Great Kintyre Golf.
In between travelling for a first time to the island of Arran and making the journey to the Outer Hebrides we made a visit to Campbelltown.
It’s a Scottish town down towards the Mull of Kintyre and where we have travelled before and on this latest occasion we stopped over in August 2022 Scottish golfing visit.
Campbeltown is situated on the stunning peninsula of Kintyre, and the largest towns in Argyll. It’s a long drive from the main highway leading from Glasgow to the A-83 turnoff ...
