Your Tour can start at
Edinburgh, Scotland’s Capital City, with a short drive
taking you to the Royal Burgh of Linlithgow; Kingsfield is a
couple of minutes from there. Kingsfield offers a great
opportunity to sharpen your golfing skills, with some of
Scotland’s best teaching professionals on hand. If you
wanted to keep your golf clubs in the bag, you can try laser
clay shooting, or take an escorted Tour into Linlithgow and
its Palace – birthplace of Mary Queen of Scots.
From Linlithgow, you
travel to Stirling, with its Castle and the Wallace Monument
“Braveheart Country”, then off into rural Perthshire to
cross “The Highland Line” . You know this when you begin to
see road signs in both English and Scots Gaelic. This has
you entering the territory dominated by Rob Roy McGregor in
the 18th century;
Rob Roy was a Scottish Robin Hood and you can visit his
grave in the secluded hamlet of Balquidder.
And so, on to Dalmally,
near Loch Awe and Bridge of Orchy; Loch Awe has fine boating
and fishing opportunities. When you are golfing at Dalmally,
you will be doing so in the shadow of Ben Cruachan, one of
Scotland’s highest mountains. But, it is more than just a
mountain! Its core has been dug through to form a vast water
chamber, which, with rises and falls, generates
hydro-electricity (enough to power a whole Scottish City) –
a great environmental achievement! Visits to the complex,
both below and above ground, can be organised by “Hollow
Mountain”.
Taynuilt (from the
Scots Gaelic, Tighs-an-Uilt – Houses by the Water) is only a
few minutes away, through the Pass of Brander. The Taynuilt
Course lies right on the shores of Loch Etive, a sea loch
that runs out, past the Falls of Lora, to the Sound of Mull
near Oban. In summer, there are daily cruises to the head of
the Loch, only a few miles from Glencoe. Fishing is also
available on the River Awe.
The last part of your
journey takes you the 12 miles to Oban. This is a main Ferry
Port and from there, you can take a day’s trip to any of the
Isle of Mull, Lismore, Iona, Loch Linnhe or the whirlpools
at Corryvrechan. Mendelssohn wrote his Scottish Symphony
after undertaking such a trip.
Isle of Seil is a few
miles south of Oban; not only do you cross that famous
bridge, but you can also enjoy some extraordinary shopping
in a nearby complex.
Finally, your return
journey south can take through a variety of routes, but we
do recommend that you take the road south to and along the
shores of Loch Lomond, a stunning fresh water Loch with many
varied boating, climbing and leisure opportunities.
All in all, the Tour’s
a fantastic opportunity to enjoy “Grandeur and Golf”.
