SCOTCH TOM McLELLAN
On the road to Bladnoch
Two good friends ( Frank Nieuwkoop and Brent Anderson) and I visited Scotland’s most southerly distillery in Bladnoch this past summer. We also played golf at the Celtic Manor and Royal Troon. Here are highlights of a trip we’ll always remember (mostly).
June 8:The Hangover Begins Met at the Ottawa Airport: Signed the boys into the AC lounge. Had a few Caesars, wine and a few more because the plane was delayed.
Finally took off and drank a few more on the trans-Atlantic flight. Landed in London around noon on June 9.
June 9: Slough, Tom gets lost, a very late night and we lose Frank Headed to car rental, got lost coming out of the car rental. My GPS system (AKA Nieuwkoop and Anderson) failed me big time. Eventually got on the A4 and headed to Slough, where we checked in at the Marriott Hotel.
That night we headed over to the local carvery where we drank ( again) some beer and sipped on a bottle of vino while we ploughed through turkey, beef, ham, roast potatoes, yorkshire pudding, vegetables, and strawberry-and-rhubarb pie (drenched in custard). Wine: £9. Meal: £8.
June 10: The M4, The Severn Bridge and The Celtic Manor We ate a hearty breakfast at the Marriott, then hit the M4 towards
Wales, Newport and the Celtic Manor. We arrived with 30 minutes to spare before our first tee time at 2:30 pm on the Roman Road Course. Weather was okay, but my knee wasn’t, had to call it quits after 9 holes, and my new name, “Gimpy”, was born. On the bright side, we had partnered up with a Welsh guy (Barry) for the round. As luck would have it, he had just come back from a serious knee operation. Well, he had a stockpile of drugs (more like narcotics) in his golf bag, and he handed me a small prescription of pain killers and anti- inflammatories.
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