Category Archives: ScotlandLike last week’s Photo Hunter, this picture is also from St Andrews, Scotland. The bench and the building belong to the Royal and Ancient Golf Glub of St Andrews (R&A). It sits directly behind the first tee of the Old Course. The window above the bench shows the reflection of a setting sun over the [...]
The St Andrews Castle was fortified around 1100 and a hundred years later it became the home of the bishops and archbishops of St Andrews. The Castle saw little in the way of encroachment from foreign lands but it was front and center during the Reformation in the mid-1500s. Cardinal Beaton, who lived at the [...]
Many of you may know Zane Lamprey but until today, I never heard of him and his television show, Three Sheets. Three Sheets is an international pub crawl where Zane takes you through various countries and their drinking habits. In season one, episode one, Zane explores Belgium customs and its beers. In this episode, Zane, [...]
It’s difficult to believe that Halloween with its goblins and witches is upon us already. But imagine a place where you can encounter ghosts and the paranormal not just in October but every month. Due to it’s somewhat bloody history, ghosts are not unusual in Scotland. However, they are positively commonplace in St. Andrews and [...]
First, it was London Bridge that was sold to unsuspecting, dolt businessmen in Lake Havasu City, Arizona who thought they were buying Tower Bridge. Later, British Telecom, during their privatisation, began selling off the ubiquitous British red telephone boxes before someone realized that they might be culturally significant. Today, London’s black cab is being manufactured [...]
When you look at this photo, you won’t see sad. But for me, this is so completely sad that I have a difficult time looking at this photo. I won’t give you the complete details here but I believe there is an article being published in the next week or two that I will link [...]
Valhalla, in Norse mythology, is the heavenly hall where Odin receives the souls of heroes slain in battle. It is also the apt name of the golf course in Louisville, Kentucky that hosted the 37th Ryder Cup. For 4 days, I was in Kentucky watching the Ryder Cup as a guest of the hospitable Scottish [...]
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