Tain, Golspie, Brora, Royal Doroch Aug/Sept 2011

[forefortheday]

I could have a word with Ray and see if he fancied making a week of it? Rent a small cottage/house somewhere. If we could get half a dozen it would only cost about £75.00 each in towards the rent!
Play a few other local tracks throughout the course of the week....

Sounds like a plan to me!

And plenty of time to get a pass from the (in case she's reading this) lovely Mrs FFTD!

 

[Smiffy]

Sounds like a plan to me!

And plenty of time to get a pass from the (in case she's reading this) lovely Mrs FFTD!

I've already got the green light from mine....

She bought me a massive great money box marked "Dream Green Fee" a few weeks ago and I've been bunging the odd quid or two in there since then.
The idea was that it was going to pay to play on a really top notch course somewhere next year like Wentworth, Sunningdale that sort of thing.
I said "what if I could get 5 green fees somewhere for the price of one. Would that still count?"
"Yes" she said.
I didn't tell her it meant travelling 1,000 miles though

 

[grumpyjock]

Re: Tain, Golspie, Brora, Royal Doroch Aug/Sept 2011

A man with a plan, I have the Golf passport card which allows upto 8 at cheap rates on 100's of courses.
Just need to organize.

 

[Smiffy]

Re: Tain, Golspie, Brora, Royal Doroch Aug/Sept 2011

A man with a plan, I have the Golf passport card which allows upto 8 at cheap rates on 100's of courses.
Just need to organize.

I'm glad you have put yourself forward Chris. I'm fed up with bloody organising things....
Just make sure that they're not goat tracks.
I hate playing bloody goat tracks, especially when I've flown 500 miles for the privilege.
Do you want me to look for accommodation?????

Nicy cosy 6 bedded hoose and pub grub/curries every night?

 

[forefortheday]

Re: Tain, Golspie, Brora, Royal Doroch Aug/Sept 2011

A man with a plan, I have the Golf passport card which allows upto 8 at cheap rates on 100's of courses.
Just need to organize.

I'm glad you have put yourself forward Chris. I'm fed up with bloody organising things....
Just make sure that they're not goat tracks.
I hate playing bloody goat tracks, especially when I've flown 500 miles for the privilege.
Do you want me to look for accommodation?????

Nicy cosy 6 bedded hoose and pub grub/curries every night?

No need for catering Dave will do us all a nice meal every night won't you fella!

If we are doing a week then we need the following options for tea/dinner (insert regional preference here)........

A Curry house that does starters to share (no stealing Vig)and an Italian with plenty of ice cream based desserts

 

[Smiffy]

Re: Tain, Golspie, Brora, Royal Doroch Aug/Sept 2011

A man with a plan, I have the Golf passport card which allows upto 8 at cheap rates on 100's of courses.
Just need to organize.

I'm glad you have put yourself forward Chris. I'm fed up with bloody organising things....
Just make sure that they're not goat tracks.
I hate playing bloody goat tracks, especially when I've flown 500 miles for the privilege.
Do you want me to look for accommodation?????

Nicy cosy 6 bedded hoose and pub grub/curries every night?

No need for catering Dave will do us all a nice meal every night won't you fella!

If we are doing a week then we need the following options for tea/dinner (insert regional preference here)........

A Curry house that does starters to share (no stealing Vig)and an Italian with plenty of ice cream based desserts

I just love ice cream based desserts

 

[forefortheday]

Re: Tain, Golspie, Brora, Royal Doroch Aug/Sept 2011

I just love ice cream based desserts

We kind of guessed!

Patrick how many couches does your house possess?

 

[DMC]

Count me in and A.N.Other as well.

 

[patricks148]

if a few of you want to make a week of it you could stay in inverness for a couple of nights, and play Fortrose & Rosemarkie (links), Inverness (Parkland) and Muir of ord ( heathland) prob get MO and FR on the same day then head up north for Dornoch, Tain, Golspie, Brora.

not as many sofa's as you would hope, but a few B&Bs nearby

 

[Smiffy]

The max that I would want to play is 18 a day. 36 holes kill me nowadays.
So I don't mind going for a week and getting 6 games in.
Rest of the time can be spent eating/drinking/watching porn.....

 

[grumpyjock]

Re: Tain, Golspie, Brora, Royal Doroch Aug/Sept 2011

Right
we need to sort out the location.
Smiffy do you want to check out accomodation?
Are we going to go north of inverness?
Or will we do the Spey Valley?
1 round per day start time about 10.30/11.00.
Arrive Sat leave after the round on Friday.
Do we want links or heath?
anything else?

 

[Smiffy]

Re: Tain, Golspie, Brora, Royal Doroch Aug/Sept 2011

Right
we need to sort out the location.
Smiffy do you want to check out accomodation?
Are we going to go north of inverness?
Or will we do the Spey Valley?
1 round per day start time about 10.30/11.00.
Arrive Sat leave after the round on Friday.
Do we want links or heath?
anything else?

Leave me to look into accommodation Chris. I'll happily do that.
I would hate to play all links courses, I'd prefer a mix to be honest.
I'd be flying up again, to Inverness. Most probably hire a car for the week whilst we are there, works out cheaper than driving all the way up.

 

[grumpyjock]

Re: Tain, Golspie, Brora, Royal Doroch Aug/Sept 2011

ok you do that.
Are we still going for the Tain, Golspie, Brora, Royal Doroch and 2 others?
This is a link for a package
http://www.dornochfirthgolf.co.uk/default.php
from Tain GC.

 

[Smiffy]

Re: Tain, Golspie, Brora, Royal Doroch Aug/Sept 2011

Have heard back from Ray, he is definitely up for it. So how many have we got interested in sharing a hoose/cottage??????


And I've definitely want to play the Championship Course at Royal Dornoch


Looking at dates, Saturday 3rd or Saturday 10th September look best "fly out" dates for me.
Don't know if Patricks "tour" can be incorporated around these dates??? Would be good if it could.

 

[grumpyjock]

Re: Tain, Golspie, Brora, Royal Doroch Aug/Sept 2011

So far those interested are

Smiffy
Ray
Vig
Grumpyjock
DMC
A N Other
Patricks148 (local)
forefortheday

who else?

 

[Smiffy]

Re: Tain, Golspie, Brora, Royal Doroch Aug/Sept 2011

So far those interested are

Smiffy
Ray
Vig
Grumpyjock
DMC
A N Other
Patricks148 (local)
forefortheday

who else?

I need to know specific numbers for "house share" Chris.
No good me looking at an 18 bedroom castle if there are only 6 of us

 

[grumpyjock]

Re: Tain, Golspie, Brora, Royal Doroch Aug/Sept 2011

Sorry thought that was what you were after.
if we keep it for the 6 of us from Castle Stuart and let others find their own.
As to the golf, we shall have to wait and see.

 

[patricks148]

Re: Tain, Golspie, Brora, Royal Doroch Aug/Sept 2011

There are a few from the begining of the post.

Smiffy
Ray
Vig
Grumpyjock
DMC
A N Other
Patricks148 (local)
forefortheday
and
Craw
Algar5
Stevek1969
Grumps

These guys wanted to do a weekend two games.

I'm a memeber at Tain so can get a really good rate, I've asked Golspie and Brora for a deal and am awaiting them e-mailing me.

I think you would be better starting at Tain on a saturday, moving onto Golspie Sunday, Brora, or Dornoch monday tues, them move south to inverness TUES/Wed, you have then the option to play the cairngorm courses ( Grantown, Boat, Spey Valley, Kingussie, Newtonmore) or Nairn west, Dunbar, Forres Elgin, Hopeman, Moray old/new.Or Fortrose, Muir of Ord.

If the ones staying for the week want to get a Dornoch Firth pass, they can and the weekenders just the local discount for Tain,Golspie.

Played Golspie today Superb

 

[Smiffy]

Re: Tain, Golspie, Brora, Royal Doroch Aug/Sept 2011

If we keep it for the 6 of us from Castle Stuart

Errr...there were 7 of us

 

[forefortheday]

Re: Tain, Golspie, Brora, Royal Doroch Aug/Sept 2011

Pass recieved!!!

Would like to give Spey Valley a miss to be honest and play somewhere new.