Liverbirdie
Ryder Cup Winner
A cooled sunset over the links of Royal Dornoch, bottle nosed dolphins with arched backs larking alongside Castle Stuart in the Moray firth, a lone Kestrel soaring above the boat of garten, even this far inland. Why not Nairn in bloom, in the month of June?
What do you mean, the missus won’t give you that long a pass? Ok, maybe bring her along then, take in a moonlit castle on a twilight walk. Will someone please stop him.........ok, turn off the Mantovani.
Well people this could be epic, or it could be a big damp squib. This could be a legendary road trip with tales of derring-do, great weather, fabulous company and many, beers.
A chance for the meeting of the clans. Whether it be the Jocks and the Geordies, the Scouse dandies. The brummies, the yorkies, southerners on shandies. It may be the Saltire v St. George, oldies v kiddies it doesn’t matter at this stage. What does matter is that your’e a good lad/lady, and defo not shady, a hail fellow well met/up for a side bet, not a crying-arse, door hinge but out for a good golfing and ale binge.
This one isn’t going to be easy, but me and Birchy (who has done well more spade work than me – thanks Scott, honorable mention to Patricks148 also, for some helpful advice) reckon with the right numbers it could be a lot of fun. We have nailed down the golf clubs and the easiest thing to do is we just sort the golf and everyone else sorts out their own accommodation and transport. However, once we have an idea of numbers and commitment, we can then look at accommodation after that, but it may still be left to do on a group by group basis.
Some people may not be able to get a 4 night away pass, so it will be built around 3 main courses, with others just being tagged on depending upon numbers and requirements.
The three it will be built around are as follows:-
Royal Dornoch , Castle Stuart, and possibly Nairn, if they come to the table price-wise.
There may also be an optional game at the boat of Garten, but that may also change to Tain, Moray firth or others. There may also be a half-way stop for the northern English raiders in mid-Scotland either on the way up or back, to break the journey up. Maybe somewhere like Lanark.
At the moment we have the following as the highest/lowest options for the courses:-
Top weekend price (2013) / Cheapest option 2013/2014
Royal Dornoch £110 / £65 Twilight in June
Castle Stuart £175 / £75 - if we get the numbers and probably midweek, yes £100 saving!
Nairn £ 110 / ** stop press ** No discount as it stands, so may go elsewhere
Boat of Garten £ 47 / £ 25.00 twilight
Top price total based on 2013 prices is £ 442. Cheapest golf only option based on 2013 is approx £ 240.00.
A potential saving of over £200, which will probably pay for your travel/accommodation.
Obviously 1-2 rounds will probably be over the weekend, so it might go up slightly, and also for 2014.
All in all, with acommodation options being anything from £80 - £200 (in total) each for varying levels of comfort and travel, it could be anything between £380 and £ 600 plus, before spends. There are cheap caravan options for £20 a night, various guest house accomodation or even cottages that can sleep 14 with a snooker table/pool table/table tennis games room option, in what looks like a baronial seat of power.
The north west flatcappers may get a mini-bus up, if enough willing, but for now let's just concentrate on the golf, the other can take care of itself.
It will either be the May/June week when the kids are off, or in June 2014, subject to interest. Overall, we may do it as Wednesday to Sunday, or Saturday till Wednesday, which for most will mean 3 days off work. Some may only do 3 nights and it will change accordingly, but the expensive ones will probably be done on the weekdays, so you miss out on one or two of them, depending on finalised plans.
If you were to do this with just a few mates it would cost you a bomb, but as part of a larger group, it should be heavily discounted. The plan would be to agree the dates (for the majority), collect a deposit for the golf only in the next month or so. Look into accommodation options in the next 2 months, put a deposit on that. That way, you can pay a third approx 10 months before, pay the rest in early 2014 and just get your spends together nearer the time we go.
So if you can get a 3 or 4 night pass from HID, you want to play some of the most scenic, out the bloody way courses in our fair isles, you can afford the moolah, get your name down here.:thup:
Also advise if June is ok, or the school holidays May/June 2014.
What do you mean, the missus won’t give you that long a pass? Ok, maybe bring her along then, take in a moonlit castle on a twilight walk. Will someone please stop him.........ok, turn off the Mantovani.
Well people this could be epic, or it could be a big damp squib. This could be a legendary road trip with tales of derring-do, great weather, fabulous company and many, beers.
A chance for the meeting of the clans. Whether it be the Jocks and the Geordies, the Scouse dandies. The brummies, the yorkies, southerners on shandies. It may be the Saltire v St. George, oldies v kiddies it doesn’t matter at this stage. What does matter is that your’e a good lad/lady, and defo not shady, a hail fellow well met/up for a side bet, not a crying-arse, door hinge but out for a good golfing and ale binge.
This one isn’t going to be easy, but me and Birchy (who has done well more spade work than me – thanks Scott, honorable mention to Patricks148 also, for some helpful advice) reckon with the right numbers it could be a lot of fun. We have nailed down the golf clubs and the easiest thing to do is we just sort the golf and everyone else sorts out their own accommodation and transport. However, once we have an idea of numbers and commitment, we can then look at accommodation after that, but it may still be left to do on a group by group basis.
Some people may not be able to get a 4 night away pass, so it will be built around 3 main courses, with others just being tagged on depending upon numbers and requirements.
The three it will be built around are as follows:-
Royal Dornoch , Castle Stuart, and possibly Nairn, if they come to the table price-wise.
There may also be an optional game at the boat of Garten, but that may also change to Tain, Moray firth or others. There may also be a half-way stop for the northern English raiders in mid-Scotland either on the way up or back, to break the journey up. Maybe somewhere like Lanark.
At the moment we have the following as the highest/lowest options for the courses:-
Top weekend price (2013) / Cheapest option 2013/2014
Royal Dornoch £110 / £65 Twilight in June
Castle Stuart £175 / £75 - if we get the numbers and probably midweek, yes £100 saving!
Nairn £ 110 / ** stop press ** No discount as it stands, so may go elsewhere
Boat of Garten £ 47 / £ 25.00 twilight
Top price total based on 2013 prices is £ 442. Cheapest golf only option based on 2013 is approx £ 240.00.
A potential saving of over £200, which will probably pay for your travel/accommodation.
Obviously 1-2 rounds will probably be over the weekend, so it might go up slightly, and also for 2014.
All in all, with acommodation options being anything from £80 - £200 (in total) each for varying levels of comfort and travel, it could be anything between £380 and £ 600 plus, before spends. There are cheap caravan options for £20 a night, various guest house accomodation or even cottages that can sleep 14 with a snooker table/pool table/table tennis games room option, in what looks like a baronial seat of power.
The north west flatcappers may get a mini-bus up, if enough willing, but for now let's just concentrate on the golf, the other can take care of itself.
It will either be the May/June week when the kids are off, or in June 2014, subject to interest. Overall, we may do it as Wednesday to Sunday, or Saturday till Wednesday, which for most will mean 3 days off work. Some may only do 3 nights and it will change accordingly, but the expensive ones will probably be done on the weekdays, so you miss out on one or two of them, depending on finalised plans.
If you were to do this with just a few mates it would cost you a bomb, but as part of a larger group, it should be heavily discounted. The plan would be to agree the dates (for the majority), collect a deposit for the golf only in the next month or so. Look into accommodation options in the next 2 months, put a deposit on that. That way, you can pay a third approx 10 months before, pay the rest in early 2014 and just get your spends together nearer the time we go.
So if you can get a 3 or 4 night pass from HID, you want to play some of the most scenic, out the bloody way courses in our fair isles, you can afford the moolah, get your name down here.:thup:
Also advise if June is ok, or the school holidays May/June 2014.
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