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We went to Scotland this weekend to visit the in-laws; they still live in the Stone Age and don't have the internet let alone a computer.
We travelled up on Friday morning catching the 06:11 from Reading to Dundee changing at Birmingham New St and Haymarket arriving in Dundee at13:33.
We spent a few hours in the city centre seeing a few sites and visiting the girlfriend's old work. If you didn't know the Dandy and Beano was created in Dundee and there are statues of Desperate Dan and Dennis the Menace in the City centre. Also there is a ship from Dundee travelled to the Antarctic back in 1800 and something which we had a look at.
We then got a bus to Sarah's Grandparents where we stayed for the weekend, we had a rest and some dinner and then went into Dundee city for a night out with some of Sarah's old Uni mates. !!Wicked Night!!! Even though we ended up in a Liquid night club….
On Saturday we headed to St Andrews for the afternoon which is the home of golf and the British Open. The journey from Dundee bus station was about half an hour costing £7.50 return. The weather was amazing and we spent a few hours walking around the village and the golf course. I have never seen so many golf shops.
I would love to play there one day but hundreds of tourists gather around the first Tee-off, I'm not a great player and the fact of these people watching would put me off.
On the Sunday morning we said goodbye to the girlfriend's family and went into Edinburgh which was Awesome…… The Festival was on that week so we pushed through the crowds to watch the street entertainers ranging from musicians, dancers and magicians…
We went on a walking tour to part of the underground city which takes you to a street of below the royal mile. We were told of the scary events that happened down there in the past including the great fire, rape and death over the past five hundred years.
After walking up to the castle we made our way to the station and headed home after.
Tips for these long journeys…. Take a laptop with some DVD's and PRE BOOK YOUR SEAT!!
The journey takes around 6 hours to Edinburgh and then another hour or two to Dundee. The tickets cost £75 return with a young person's rail card and £120 without. Flights are normally cheaper but as the Fringe Festival was on they were around £200 each. You don't get the views when flying lie you would on the train but the flight is less than two hours.
The under ground city tour was£7 each with a student card and £8 without.
Alex
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