Hello Hello Hivians and welcome to our first Wednesday in March!
I can't wait for some good weather!
In the meantime we keep walking, and this is a continuation of the Strolling along The Scores in St Andrews Fife Scotland 🏴 walk from two weeks ago.
Living on the edge?
We were walking down the Scores towards the home of golf and I thought I would take a picture of the cliff from further away. What a view those houses must have. But with seagulls perching on there, I bet it can be a bit noisy come breeding season!
Past the aquarium and Italian restaurant is another information board.
This one is for the Martyr's Monument.
Patrick Hamilton was one of the first critics of the Catholic Church in Scotland to be tried and burnt at the stake, in 1528, for promoting the doctrines of Martin Luther. Others who followed in his footsteps are commemorated by this monument.
As a kid I remember running round it in summertime when I was through visiting family.
Talking about playing as a kid, I also remember running up and down this bank to the bandstand more that a few times!
I was an energetic rascal as a kid!
I can remember my grandmother sitting gossiping with her friends on the bench whilst me and her neighbours children would run around like wee shits 🤣
Old Tom Morris
Golf does not really seem to be a thing on Hive. I know 
Having Fifers as parents and grandparents it was inevitable I grew up playing golf.
St Andrews is the home of golf and this man Old Tom Morris is often described as the Grand Old Man of Golf.
You might ask why he is called Old Tom Morris , well his son is called Young Tom Morris so there you go.
Actually he had a fascinating career and did so much for golf. As a player he was incredibly good!
The statue of him does have stones with some of his achievements and qualities etched into them...
The Grand Old Man of Golf
From being an awesome golfer to designing courses and equipment, he did it all!
He was instrumental in getting the Open competition started.
The Church Elder
Historically St Andrews was a hotbed of religious activity what with the cathedral and so many people on both sides Roman Catholics and Protestants being killed.
Old Tom Morris was like so many prominent people a Church Elder.
Advocate of Ladies Golf
This was pointed out by Mrs T and was great to see. It was long held that men and ladies did not mix in golf. They even had separate rooms in the club house etc.
They were even excluded from playing for decades.
It is great that he was such an advocate for ladies golf. Such a pity that in his day they were treated with such contempt.
He laid out over 100 courses
He was sacked by his employer for daring to use a new type of golf ball. He ended working across the country in Prestwick where he started to design and lay out golf courses. Now you must realise that in Fife every town and village has its own golf course!
In the end he laid out over 100 fluffing courses!
The superstar who was a local lad
He was born in North Street which quite literally is a hop skip and a jump from the Old Course and where this monument is!
The Old Course
The original golf course.
I last played here when I was 14 in a competition and came second and won a rosette!
Fun times and what I did as kid in summer. Stay with my grandparents playing golf!
Those were the days!
The Royal & Ancient Golf Club of St Andrews
The Royal and Ancient Golf Club of St Andrews was founded on 14 May 1754, with the first Challenge for the Silver Club. Evolving over 250 colourful years of British history, it has grown from a small society into a club with 2,500 members worldwide.
The Royal and Ancient Clubhouse is situated behind the 1st tee of the famed Old Course.
You can see the balcony on the Clubhouse where members could watch the players coming up the final fairway.
They could also see possibly the most iconic scene in world golf!
The 700 year old Swilcan Bridge
The Swilcan Bridge is a stone bridge that crosses the Swilcan Burn between the 1st and 18th fairways of the Old Course at St Andrews in Scotland.
The bridge was built over 700 years ago to allow shepherds to cross the burn with their flocks
It's considered one of the most iconic bridges in golf and many stop to take photos as you can see these two women doing!
We shall finish here as we need to put up an embrella!
Although this was February it was more like April with all the showers!
Cheers everyone!
Well this post is for #wednesdaywalk which was inspired by
Thanks for visiting and I hope you managed to get out for a walk this week.
All images and ramblings are from me, the mad Scotsman TengoLoTodo unless otherwise stated. Note images are all snapped by me with my Google Pixel 9 XL Pro smartphone on the 15th February 2025 and some were used in canva to make the lead image.
