Author: Hfallon
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ON THE WAY TO ISLAY
We have a very early start this morning, heading up the dong to Kennacraig to catch the morning ferry over to Islay (eye-la)………..Sibylle is on time with bags packed and instant coffee in hand so we hit the road right away. If memory serves me correct, the ferries always serve up a pretty mean breakfast,…
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THE BIG MAC MEAL PLEASE
We have a couple of travel days ahead of us as we embark on the “Places I haven’t been in Scotland Tour”. By tomorrow evening we should be bedded down in the village of Macrihanish on Scotlands west coast, and will follow that up with a trip over to the Isle of Islay (eye-la). But…
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WHEN YOU’RE BLOCKED, YOU’RE BLOCKED
I always meant to finish off blogging the last trip to Ireland and Scotland, giving you every last gory detail of what we experienced on the Kintyre Peninsula at Macrihanish, and our last week on the Isle of Islay (eye-la). Somehow it just never happened, and although I sat down many times with my notes…
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THE TOURNAMENT
The tournament begins today. I can still remember after returning from our first trip to Ireland, when Mark “F1” Mclaren told us about a tournament he plays every year in Donegal. A short investigation online uncovered this and other tournament, The Spring Links, hosted by Rosapenna on their three golf courses, with green fees, hotel,…
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PRACTICE MAKES PERFECT
This is the official practice round for the Rosapenna Spring Links Tournament to be played on the Sandy Hills course……following this, everyone will play one round each with their teams on the three courses here at Rosapenna…….Old Tom Morris will be first, followed by the gem ranked #49 in the World, St.Patricks, with the final…
