St Andrews Caddies Charity Walk June 2015
My Caddie pal, David Coyne, and I have been raising money for 18 months, with many other caddies from St Andrews, to purchase a powered mobility wheelchair to be presented to a local recipient at next months Open Championship here at the Old Course St Andrews.
The Old Course at St Andrews closed on Saturday 20th June for final preparation for the Open beginning on 16th July.
We have taken this opportunity of Caddie inactivity to embark on a walk across Scotland, west to east, following the Great Glen Way which links Fort William to Inverness in the stunningly beautiful Highlands of Scotland.
The walk will be over 5 days and the first section leaves Inverness and follows the Caledonian Canal to our first overnight stop in a Bed & Breakfast, called Dalcomera run by the delightful Heather and husband Nick, in the wee village of Gairlochy. A total of 12 miles covered on the first leg.
On our return from our evening meal we visited the truly atmospheric Commando Memorial at Spean Bridge. Wonderful. This area of Scotland is where these true tough guys trained for operations in WW2.
The 2nd day gives us a 12 mile walk through more stunning scenery along Loch Lochy to our evening destination at the Invergarry Hotel.
A grand stretch of the legs with a lovely stop towards the end at the Eagle Inn which is a quirky barge turned into a pub and restaurant where we enjoyed a couple of well deserved beers.
A good rest this evening and we continue in the morning for stage 3 and a 14 mile trek to Fort Augustus along the shores of Loch Oichy. We are expecting rain for most of this section of the walk, but we are prepared, and will just get on with it.
The Old Course at St Andrews closed on Saturday 20th June for final preparation for the Open beginning on 16th July.
We have taken this opportunity of Caddie inactivity to embark on a walk across Scotland, west to east, following the Great Glen Way which links Fort William to Inverness in the stunningly beautiful Highlands of Scotland.
The walk will be over 5 days and the first section leaves Inverness and follows the Caledonian Canal to our first overnight stop in a Bed & Breakfast, called Dalcomera run by the delightful Heather and husband Nick, in the wee village of Gairlochy. A total of 12 miles covered on the first leg.
On our return from our evening meal we visited the truly atmospheric Commando Memorial at Spean Bridge. Wonderful. This area of Scotland is where these true tough guys trained for operations in WW2.
The 2nd day gives us a 12 mile walk through more stunning scenery along Loch Lochy to our evening destination at the Invergarry Hotel.
A grand stretch of the legs with a lovely stop towards the end at the Eagle Inn which is a quirky barge turned into a pub and restaurant where we enjoyed a couple of well deserved beers.
A good rest this evening and we continue in the morning for stage 3 and a 14 mile trek to Fort Augustus along the shores of Loch Oichy. We are expecting rain for most of this section of the walk, but we are prepared, and will just get on with it.
There is reasonable weather forecast for Thursday and Friday, the last two longer 20 mile sections of our journey...Fore!
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