Day 11: St. Andrews

Weather: Fair

We met Jay and Ashley for breakfast and then headed to St. Andrews. Jay played golf at one of the courses and Sally, Ashley and I toured St. Andrews.

We shopped for a while and then walked around the old part of the city and saw the university. We walked past the castle ruins and into the ruins of the cathedral. Very impressive! We came across a stone for a Scottish golf celebrity, Tommy Morris. He is buried vertically in a grave within the old cathedral cemetery with his golf club in his hand.

St Andrews University

We drove around the coast to a little village called Crail, went to a local potter's and bought some pottery with a thistle on it.. Later we found out they were a quite well-known potter.

We continued our drive ending up back in St. Andrews where we picked up Jay and went to the "official" St. Andrew's pro shop. We did some shopping, ate lunch and drove along the coast to the North Sea.

We stopped along the way and walked along some cliffs and a beach that was supposed to be a "golden sand" beach! I'll take North Carolina beaches any day!







We stumbled upon the Beatrix Potter Garden near Dunkeld. It was a a quaint little garden with statues of the characters from her books and a small museum.

Back in Perth we ate dinner in a restaurant next to the hotel and headed to bed.

Cheers!