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Category: Travel Tips
Scottish Place Names
As you drive (or are driven) around Scotland on your golf trip, you will no doubt wonder about the origins of some of the place names which keep cropping up. Many are based on the Celtic words for colours, such as glas – green, as in Glasgow (green hollow). Another commonly used colour is dubh – black. Then there are the geological formations, such as drummond – ridge, strath – broad valley (Strath-clyde – valley of the Clyde), firth – outlet to the sea and ben (mountain), also inver – mouth of (Inver-ness). A dun is a fort, a loaning is a lane or small street, and a bal is a small town or village. Most people will know a lake is a loch, a pile of stones is a cairn, and a narrow valley is a glen.
Here are some of the other names you might come across. Dornoch – pebbly place. Gullane – small loch. Edinburgh – fort on a hill. Turnberry – tower. Aberdeen – mouth of the Dee. Carnoustie – crows nest.
By Yvonne Shaw. Yvonne has been with PerryGolf for over 10 years and is a member of our admin team.
Full English Breakfast Sir?
Ever wondered what the difference is in the full breakfast as you travel around the countries that make up the UK? Eggs and bacon will be included everywhere, but what accompanies them may differ.
In England you can expect to find sausages, grilled tomatoes and mushrooms and may be offered black pudding, baked beans and fried bread. Breakfast tea is usually stronger than most other varieties and toast and marmalade will be on the table.
In Scotland, porridge made from oatmeal is considered a must and can be eaten with cream and either salt or something sweet such as honey. The bacon and eggs may be accompanied by a flat sausage (know as lorne) rather than links sausages. There will be grilled tomatoes and mushrooms and probably black pudding, fruit pudding and haggis. Oatcakes are often offered and are a savoury, slightly salty biscuit.
Ireland is famous for its delicious soda bread and this will be on the table at breakfast too. Irish breakfast can also include a white pudding. In Northern Ireland, the Ulster breakfast is usually a full English plus soda bread. Wales has it’s own variety of bread made from seaweed – laver or lava bread – give it a try!
By Yvonne Shaw. Yvonne has been with PerryGolf for over 10 years and is a member of our admin team
Lost Luggage? Not Any More…
The beginning of any trip should be stress-free and enjoyable, but if your luggage or golf clubs go missing, this can easily put a damper on your vacation.
Further to my colleague Keith’s blog in March, I discovered another interesting article which not only places great emphasis on shipping luggage and clubs in advance of a trip, but specifically mentions Luggage Forward as a great option in making sure your golf clubs arrive safely (and hassle-free) to your destination.
To view the article, please click here.
Ryanair ~ Is this really Innovation?
I am as keen as the next guy to save a few bucks where possible, and so I have used Ryanair many times; however I am sometimes surprised by the levels they go to save money in a cut throat market. The last incident was a plan to charge customers to use the toilets and at that stage we joked that soon you’d be lucky to get a seat. Well it looks like they have taken it to the next level if you read the following:
Click here for an article on Ryanair’s “vertical seats”.
As a canny Scot I like a bargain but think I’d still like to sit down while flying thank you very much…
By Alastair Niven. Alastair has been with PerryGolf for over 9 years and is one of our Golf Travel Specialists.
