Today we started off slow as Edinburgh had exhausted us the day before. Chris, Steve and I decided we needed milk, and the small mart in Dairsie was not too far away, so we set off on a walk. It was a lovely walk, but took a bit longer than I realized. It was about a mile there and back. We bought three pints of milk, and proceeded to carry them back the way we came.
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| The University Cathedral |
Once home, Nicola and her kids were ready to go. They took Chris and headed on into St. Andrews. I proceeded to wake Andy up and get our gang going. Once out the door, we headed into St. Andrews ourselves and found a parking spot right on the golf course. We walked into town and stumbled upon the University. The buildings are beautiful.
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| Walking the grounds |
After a quick walk through (and a search for a toilet for Peter), we headed further towards the sea until we were at the Cathedral. We contacted the Jagi who said they would like to see the Cathedral with us, so we found a quick spot for some sandwiches and met them back at the site.
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| The gravedigger left his shovel |
The Cathedral was once a beautiful, huge catholic cathedral, but during the 1500’s, John Knox gave a fiery sermon in nearby Holy Trinity church, that the congreagation left the service and destroyed the catholic cathedral. Within 40 years it looked much as it looks today, completely in ruins.
The walk around the cathedral, with signs helping you to envision what it once looked like, is wonderful. At the far end of the grounds, there once stood a small church, the predecessor to the cathedral. The tower still stands, and so we took the 157 steps to the top. It was a great view! We could see all of St. Andrews and the beach.
After 157 steps back down, past a large group of kids trying to get up, we made it back to the ground. We headed off to the beach once more so that Andy could body surf. This day wasn’t as nice as Sunday, but it was still nice enough to get in the water. The kids changed and soon were playing in the surf.
We didn’t stay too long as the wind was cold. ½ hour in the water was enough for everyone. We headed back into the city center, and split into two groups: those that wanted to go to a pub and get a drink, and those that wanted to do a little shopping.
I was one of the shoppers, and had a good time looking at the cashmere, bags and jewelry for sale in the town. St. Andrews has a lot of lovely boutiques, and we enjoyed many of them.
After we all met back at the pub, we headed home to freshen up, change and go out to dinner. Again, we split into two groups: those who wanted to walk to dinner (it was in Dairsie on the same road as the mini mart) and those who wanted to drive there. I felt it was smart to drive as it would be dark when we would be heading home, and I thought the little ones would want to ride.
We had a very good dinner at the Dairsie Inn pub called Rumbdethumps (which is also a local Scottish dish). In fact, some of us ordered Rumbledethumps as an appetizer, and it was very much like a potato and cabbage pot pie without the top crust. This was the night to splurge as we had steaks and salmon for dinner. Dessert for me was a millionaire shortcake sundae. Have I mentioned that I hae discovered millionaire shortcake and it is amazing?? I must find a recipe. Anyway, headed home in two groups. Everyone in the car except for Chris, Nicola and Anya. We got home and I got Pete to bed as he was very tired. Chris, Nicola and Anya showed up about 15 minutes later and she looked very tired as well.
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