Old Course, Kingsbarns and Edinburgh Castle.

It's been a very busy few days hence no blog.

Lets go back to Wednesday morning we started the day with a 8.10am tee time on The Old Course. Once again I played because of a restricted ballot. Most of the tee times had been taken up by the R & A, due to their Autumn Meeting so to get Nina and Jim on the course we applied for a local ballot time and were successful. We were joined by another local member Mick Moore, making us a fourball. Jim didn't start the round to well hooking his tee shot on the first. He then went to play a mulligan and was promtly reminded by the starter where he was and breakfast balls just don't happen on The Old Course ! He improved as the round went on, meanwhile Nina was steady all the way round. As for Mick and myself, lets just say he won the money !

After The Old Course, Nina and Jim went up to Kingsbarns in the hope they could get a tee time and we were fortunate enough to get 2.40pm. So after a good lunch in the clubhouse off they went again. The couple did very well weather wise despite the forecast which predicted rain and lots of it, they only got wet for a couple of holes on The Old Course. They finished their long day with dinner in Sands Restaurant which is in The Old Course Hotel.

Thursday started with us leaving The Old Course Hotel at 9am and transfering the couple to Tigerlilys in Edinburgh, their plan was to spend the day sightseeing and visiting the local tourist spots. After spending the first three hours visiting the castle the weather was so bad they retreated back to their hotel and I got an earlier finish than anticipated. Apparently when the weather cleared up later they spent sometime wondering around the city and visited a tapas restaurant on George Street for their dinner.

Friday was another early start as it was departure day for them, we were at Edinburgh Airport before 9am for their first class Delta flight back to the States. I would like to thank them both for their company and being a lot easier to deal with than I first imagined they would be. Although I have to say I will not miss Ninas thirst for knowledge about Scotland, I don't know any one person who has ever asked me so many questions. Thank you both for the respect you showed your driver at the airport you are very kind.