Monday is travel day to Dornoch. We leave St. Andrews about 10:00 a.m. and head up through the Highlands, stopping in Pitlochry long enough to purchase some delicious Mull Cheddar cheese and then we're on our way again, the sun breaking through in the early afternoon. Firths, lochs and rolling hills with spring flowers all the way.
On past Inverness we are excited to reach Tain, the home of Glenmorangie (glen-MOR-an-gee) Distillery, one of our favorite scotches! We stop for a tour and a tasting and with smiles on our faces arrive in Dornoch 5 miles further up the road. Golf, or some form of it, has been played in Dornoch for over 400 years. On the same latitude as Juneau, Alaska, the daylight lingers and lingers and lingers! We check in to the Royal Dornoch Hotel and our room overlooks the first tee.
Dinner overlooking the course and the sea to the sound of pipes, a stroll across the fairways afterwords, beer in hand, we finish up the day with some Glenmorangie 10 year old and Clynelish Conniseur's Choice 14 year old. Sweet dreams of 36 holes on Tuesday at Royal Dornch Golf Club, ranked by Golf Digest as #15th of the top 100 courses in the world!
Bruce and Scott
"Glenmorangie" - Gaelic for "Glen of Tranquility"
I am feverishly taking notes on all of the scotches that you are enjoying. I hope to find one that I actually like. Reading with envy on your daily expedition.
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