With Muirfield Golf Club having hosted the British Open Golf Championship last month, the world has recently cast its eye over one of the most famous golf regions in the world. Muirfield however is just one of sixteen top class golf courses spread out over this 20 mile stretch of coastline. It is renowned over the world for offering some of the finest golf links found anywhere, including the oldest course in the world. It is for these reasons that East Lothian pulls in golf enthusiasts from all over the globe every year.From Edinburgh, travel east along the A1 and you will find yourself in … [Read more...] about East Lothian: A Guide to Scotland’s Golf Coast
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The Highland Games of Scotland
As sport continues to become ever more modernised with the latest technology in sports footwear and equipment, it is always nice to see certain cultures continuing to compete in truly traditional events. The Scottish are just one culture still participating in traditional athletic competitions such as Tossing the Caber and Putting the Stone.Each year, the Scots combine these historical sporting events into one mass competition – The Highland Games – which take place all across Scotland throughout the year. With so much history behind all of the events that are included in the ‘Games, here … [Read more...] about The Highland Games of Scotland
Historic Golf Courses of Scotland
When one thinks of Scotland, it might be easy to get lost in the romance of its ancient lands, the mysterious moors that witnessed many a battle or were the idyllic settings for gothic novelists and fabled legends alike. But it is due to Scotland’s unique climate, loamy vegetation and gracefully rolling foothills that lent it to be the birthplace of golf. Historians surmised that perhaps ‘gowf’ was invented by shepherds as a way to while the day by plunking stones from their staff into the many rabbit holes that punctured the grassy lands, and over the course of time this game soon gave way to … [Read more...] about Historic Golf Courses of Scotland
