Anybody fancy a week in Scotland early September????

[Smiffy]

well the thing is smiffy, my mum lives in cumbria so would drop kids off on way up if driving

I drive for a living so an arse rest every few hrs then I plod on

I have done cumbria then back with a 15 mins break for a brew b4 total about 10hrs (traffic back was gash)

When a group of us used to visit Scotland in the 90's for golfing holidays we used to drive up from Tunbridge Wells in Kent, leaving at about 7.00 in the morning and get to Perth around 5.00 in the afternoon. That was some trip.
I once rode my motorbike from Bexhill to Fort William for a biking long week-end. Stopped off overnight in Dumfries.
Feck my arse hurt the following day.

 

[G1BB0]

that was without the motorbike ride

after about 3hrs driving it gets a right annoyance and once it starts thats it, I try to push through it but nah, one can shift in the driving seat all they want but the 'bottom' line is pull over

 

[thecraw]

Travel a bit further south Smiffy and look at Inverness GC, Boat of Garten(yip, give it another chance its a top track, especially at that time of year with the purple heather etc) Kingussie, Newtonmore Granton-on-spey, etc.

Fortrose & Rosemarkie gets a good write up but Iaint played it.

I aint got ginger hair, but I'm fat and bauld! Although I could wear a C U Jimmy hat!

 

[stevek1969]

No wonder yer fat that kit kat got tanned rapid ,notice the athlete never took one tho

 

[Smiffy]

Travel a bit further south Smiffy and look at Inverness GC, Boat of Garten(yip, give it another chance its a top track, especially at that time of year with the purple heather etc) Kingussie, Newtonmore Granton-on-spey, etc.

Thanks for the tips Crawford, and yes, I most probably will give Boat another chance. I had been so looking forward to playing there and was just so disappointed. I kept looking at the webcam views of the course prior to our trip and a week before leaving here it was covered in snow!
Judging it on it's condition when we played it was a bit unfair I guess as you had just come out of one of the worst winters on record. I'm not a winter golfer to be honest, and no course looks its best when there are no leaves on the trees and the greens (at that time) were truly awful. It had some lovely golf holes and was a real test.
I'd like to play Nairn again. I thought that was a great course (it helped that I played really well around there too!).
Just had a look at the Grantown on Spey website. Looks a cracking course and a green fee offer midweek of £80.00 for a fourball. That looks a deal and a half!
Newtonmore looks OK too, and whooo! They have a mens 36 hole open competition on September 4th (the day after we arrive). Only £20.00 to enter. That's value for money. Wonder if they would let a few Englishmen enter????

 

[thecraw]

Like every golf course in the country they'll snap your hand off for entries into their open competition and happily supply you with Scottish beer in return for your Bank of England notes!

What date is that? Might tie that into our venture north. Not sre what the plans are yet, all I know Patrick is useless at organising trips, maybe you and I should give him some tips.

We'd also have had at least £30 off of people by now as well!!!!!

 

[Smiffy]

What date is that? Might tie that into our venture north. Not sre what the plans are yet, all I know Patrick is useless at organising trips, maybe you and I should give him some tips.

Sunday September 4th. Day after we arrive. 36 hole open, £20.00 entry fee for non members. 36 holes don't really appeal but apparantly the course is fairly flat and easy walking and it seems such a bargain it would be a sin not to.
Would they mind if we bought the silverware South of the border?

 

[njc1973]

I would have given this serious consideration but am already booked to go to Carton House in September, hopefully be able to get over for a forum meet at sometime (unfortunately its fairly expensive getting off this rock & the missus keeps an eagle eye on our bank account).

Mind you, might be a lucky escape for someone, last time I went on a golf trip got disorientated after a few quiet drinks & would have given my mate in the next bed a bit of a shower had he not woken up in time.

 

[freddielong]

That reminds me I need some new waterproofs

 

[patricks148]

What date is that? Might tie that into our venture north. Not sre what the plans are yet, all I know Patrick is useless at organising trips, maybe you and I should give him some tips.

Sunday September 4th. Day after we arrive. 36 hole open, £20.00 entry fee for non members. 36 holes don't really appeal but apparantly the course is fairly flat and easy walking and it seems such a bargain it would be a sin not to.
Would they mind if we bought the silverware South of the border?

As i remember, someone asked me to organise some games on the links courses around end Aug/Sept. The games were going to be Tain, Golsie, Brora and poss Dornoch. Got some cheap deals on green fees and meals for the. Date was set. Then smiffy comes along and books accom not to play the first game organised on the saturday, now talking about not playing the sunday game either. So what was the point of me starting to organise any of this in the first place. Tell you what pay where you like when you like, im out.
PS Newtonmore is 90 miles from Dornoch. <font color="pink">
orig post http://forums.golf-monthly.co.uk//showflat.php/Cat/0/Number/273575/an/0/page/3#273575

 

[thecraw]

Come here Patrick I'll give you a hug!!!!

Send me the dates and times in a PM or email and I'll let you ken who's comming. Cheers my man!

 

[Smiffy]

As i remember, someone asked me to organise some games on the links courses around end Aug/Sept. The games were going to be Tain, Golsie, Brora and poss Dornoch. Got some cheap deals on green fees and meals for the. Date was set. Then smiffy comes along and books accom not to play the first game organised on the saturday

Woah Patrick!!
It wasn't a case of us booking accommodation NOT to play the Saturday. We COULDN'T play the Saturday. The accommodation rental available to us ran from Saturday to Saturday. We are flying up on the Saturday.
How on earth could we play on the Saturday when we are 30,000ft up in the air????
This week-end wasn't initially arranged for the lot South of the border. We were coming up to join you for a few games. It wasn't arranged around us, we were trying to "fit in" as best we could.
And nothing has been set in stone about where WE are playing on the Sunday!!
And the last post from yourself on the subject was over 4 months ago mate! How are we supposed to remember exactly what's going on?
And who the feck is Ken?

 

[vig]

vig has an handicap but plaus like a nonce, vig will cook us breakfast.. I'll give you what for, we're in the double mate, pack your vaseline.

 

[bigslice]

As i remember, someone asked me to organise some games on the links courses around end Aug/Sept. The games were going to be Tain, Golsie, Brora and poss Dornoch. Got some cheap deals on green fees and meals for the. Date was set. Then smiffy comes along and books accom not to play the first game organised on the saturday

Woah Patrick!!
It wasn't a case of us booking accommodation NOT to play the Saturday. We COULDN'T play the Saturday. The accommodation rental available to us ran from Saturday to Saturday. We are flying up on the Saturday.
How on earth could we play on the Saturday when we are 30,000ft up in the air????
This week-end wasn't initially arranged for the lot South of the border. We were coming up to join you for a few games. It wasn't arranged around us, we were trying to "fit in" as best we could.
And nothing has been set in stone about where WE are playing on the Sunday!!
And the last post from yourself on the subject was over 4 months ago mate! How are we supposed to remember exactly what's going on?
And who the feck is Ken?

yae ken ken? pal of mate mate
many shots to hit the green fae 30000 feet

 

[patricks148]

As i remember, someone asked me to organise some games on the links courses around end Aug/Sept. The games were going to be Tain, Golsie, Brora and poss Dornoch. Got some cheap deals on green fees and meals for the. Date was set. Then smiffy comes along and books accom not to play the first game organised on the saturday

Woah Patrick!!
It wasn't a case of us booking accommodation NOT to play the Saturday. We COULDN'T play the Saturday. The accommodation rental available to us ran from Saturday to Saturday. We are flying up on the Saturday.
How on earth could we play on the Saturday when we are 30,000ft up in the air????
This week-end wasn't initially arranged for the lot South of the border. We were coming up to join you for a few games. It wasn't arranged around us, we were trying to "fit in" as best we could.
And nothing has been set in stone about where WE are playing on the Sunday!!
And the last post from yourself on the subject was over 4 months ago mate! How are we supposed to remember exactly what's going on?
And who the feck is Ken?

Smiffy you can play where you like mate, but you and a few guys coming with you replied to the orig post which was for games around Tain, Golspie, Brora, Dornoch. You even posted saying you were looking forward to playing Golpie. I have not posted anything in a few month cos there was nothing to post. I had arranged at deal with all these clubs to get a greatly reduced green fee. Tain was arranged as £10 Brora and Golspie were goining to do a two course meal and green fee for £38.
I have gone out of my way to make sure the the costs are low. The normal green fee for these clubs in normally £40 anyway.
I got these cost as i had confirmed that the numbers would be over ten and we would have been off the championship tees. The other scottish guys were prob only going to play Sat/sun and couple on the monday.
The orig idea was to give some of you guys a taste of what i take for granted. 5 world class links courses sited around the Dornoch Firth.

If you want to travel 600 miles to stay in the middle of this area and then go and travel 90 miles each way to play a flat parkland track go ahead. Do't get me wrong newtonnore is a nice course, i've played it myself only a couple of times, the reason is there are far better more challenging course closer.

Rant over

 

[vig]

As i remember, someone asked me to organise some games on the links courses around end Aug/Sept. The games were going to be Tain, Golsie, Brora and poss Dornoch. Got some cheap deals on green fees and meals for the. Date was set. Then smiffy comes along and books accom not to play the first game organised on the saturday

Woah Patrick!!
It wasn't a case of us booking accommodation NOT to play the Saturday. We COULDN'T play the Saturday. The accommodation rental available to us ran from Saturday to Saturday. We are flying up on the Saturday.
How on earth could we play on the Saturday when we are 30,000ft up in the air????
This week-end wasn't initially arranged for the lot South of the border. We were coming up to join you for a few games. It wasn't arranged around us, we were trying to "fit in" as best we could.
And nothing has been set in stone about where WE are playing on the Sunday!!
And the last post from yourself on the subject was over 4 months ago mate! How are we supposed to remember exactly what's going on?
And who the feck is Ken?

Smiffy you can play where you like mate, but you and a few guys coming with you replied to the orig post which was for games around Tain, Golspie, Brora, Dornoch. You even posted saying you were looking forward to playing Golpie. I have not posted anything in a few month cos there was nothing to post. I had arranged at deal with all these clubs to get a greatly reduced green fee. Tain was arranged as £10 Brora and Golspie were goining to do a two course meal and green fee for £38.
I have gone out of my way to make sure the the costs are low. The normal green fee for these clubs in normally £40 anyway.
I got these cost as i had confirmed that the numbers would be over ten and we would have been off the championship tees. The other scottish guys were prob only going to play Sat/sun and couple on the monday.
The orig idea was to give some of you guys a taste of what i take for granted. 5 world class links courses sited around the Dornoch Firth.

If you want to travel 600 miles to stay in the middle of this area and then go and travel 90 miles each way to play a flat parkland track go ahead. Do't get me wrong newtonnore is a nice course, i've played it myself only a couple of times, the reason is there are far better more challenging course closer.

Rant over

So where the feck are we playing?
Don't fancy playing Sat after a 5/6 hr drive

 

[thecraw]

That, a, boy Patrick so are we all back on track?


Looking forward to kicking your ass round Tain and Golspie, whendo you need a deposit? Also post the dates again so I can get the time off of work.

I'll start of the prize fund by donating a new dummy!

 

[viscount17]

can't make it - off to Spain with the society then, have fun though.

(don't let that put you off, I'll sleep in the broom cupboard),

don't you believe this - he'll claim the biggest bed then never make it past the sofa where he'll snore for England.

 

[grumpyjock]

Ive got the rattle!

 

[bobmac]

Ive got the rattle!

I'm sure your local GP will help you sort that out.
Just got to hope your doctor isn't a lady