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 ...
Barra Island Golf Club – A Second Visit Was Truly Double The Pleasure
It was 2012 when I first visited the remote Isle of Barra golf course in the Outer Hebrides of Scotland.
Since then I’ve been fortunate enough to return to the islands in 2015, 2016, 2019 and last year in August 2022, and when making a third visit to Barra.
Five visits .. Now is that not a strong recommendation?
The Isle of Barra course lays claim to the most westerly golf course in the UK. You can’t go any further west or you would arrive on the shores of Canada.
The golf course is ...
Bernie – How It All Began – Part 2 & The Best Part.
Saturday night, 19th March, 1988 …
The NSW State Election is won by the Liberal/National coalition led by Nick Greiner winning 59 seats compared to 43 seats to the Labour Party headed by then Premier Barry Unsworth.
Twelve years of Labour rule had come to an abupt end. After six years savouring the best job I could have imagined, I am now technically out of work but alas, and sadly unlike a few on Treasurer Ken Booth’s staff, I was still an employee of the Premier’s Department ...
South Ronaldsay Golf Club – A Orkney Youngster Demanding Respect.
South Ronaldsay Golf Club is very much a youngster when it comes to golf in the Orkney Islands.
The course was open to play in June 2005 making it 90 years younger than Stromness and 110 years the junior to Orkney Golf Club in Kirkwall that recently celebrated its 125th anniversary.
But while South Ronaldsay may lack a strong historical background it certainly makes up in terms of youthful exuberance.
In fact, of the three golf courses now readily accessible by car the nine-hole layout that looks ...
Charlotte & Southpark Courtyard Marriott – Great Golfing Buddies.
It has been our first visit to Charlotte, North Carolina and this week’s Wells Fargo Championship.
The ‘Queen City’ as Charlotte is affectionately known is a sporting giant being home to a number of major sporting teams – the NFL Charlotte Panthers, the NBAs Charlotte Bobcats and later this month some 180,000 fans will pack into the Charlotte Motor Speedway for the running of the 55th running of the NASCAR Coca-Cola 600.
However what has become evident in our time here ...
