There are hundreds of golf course to choose from in Scotland, each providing a diifirent kind of challange but the most well know course is the Old Course at St Andrews. It is located on the Fife coast in the small town of St Andrews, it is a links course which has been played since 1764 which was the date that the course was changed to have 18 holes from the previous 22.

The course has 112 bunkers including Hell bunker which has caused many strokes to be lost by the amateur and professional alike.  It was originally played clockwise and anti clockwise as greens would act as double greens meaning players would play to them from different directions.  However it is now normal for play to be in an anti clockwise direction.

The open championship was first played in 1873 at the Old Course and the event has been played at St Andrews more time than anywhere else in the world. 

Staring at the city of Inverness and extending 22.5 miles to the town of Fort Augustus, Loch Ness is the largest area of surface water within Scotland. It is deeper than the North Sea and its volume is equivalent to all the surface water within England and Wales.  

It is perhaps most famously known as being home to the Loch Ness Monster or “Nessie” to the locals. The legend of the Loch Ness Monster has been the subject of much debate from scientists over the years.  There have been many sightings over the years ranging from the locals to self professed Nessie hunters!  Although much of the evidence produced has been proven as fake, there are still some images, films and sonar readings that have yet to be disproven.

Hill walking is a popular past time for many people and within Scotland due to the hilly landscape there is a large selection of hills to choose from. A popular choice is Munro bagging, which is attempting to climb all the Munros within Scotland

A Munro is a mountain that is over 3,000ft and there are 284 Munros within Scotland to choose from. These range from the basic climbs such as Ben Vorlich outside of Stirling to groups of Munros such as the five sisters of Kintail which has 3 Munros grouped together. The highest Munro is Ben Nevis which is over 4,400ft and is the tallest mountain within Britain. On the island of Skye there are several more challenging Munros for the more experienced walker.

It is important to remember when climbing one Munro, or indeed a group of Munros to leave with the right equipment and also allow yourself plenty of time to complete the walk before nightfal.

The fringe festival boasts to be the largest arts festival in the world and it runs for 3 weeks in August on an annual basis. One thing that makes this festival unique is that is is unlicensed which means anybody can perform during the three weeks at anytime. There is a range of different performances on from comedy to drama and music, last year over 28,000 performers took part in the festival!

There is also the world famous Military Tattoo which coincides which the festival and is held at Edinburgh Castle, there are a range of military performers from bike stunts to pipe bands on show. The last night is perhaps the most spectacular as the end of the fringe and Tattoo comes to an end with an explosive fireworks display which can be seen across Edinburgh