Correctly, must you haven’t, you’re in for a cope with! And no, this isn’t some backhanded reward to myself or the images I’ve taken – I can very freely say that you’re in for a cope with as a result of sheer magnificence and attraction of St Andrews.
St Andrews is genuinely considered one of many nicest cities I’ve been in, throughout the UK (due to this fact why Lloyd and I decided to go to Faculty there) and although it’s a fairly small metropolis, it packs numerous magnificence proper right into a small space. This in actual fact explains, partly, why it’s doubtless one of the pricey areas to dwell in Scotland.
St Andrews is understood in actual fact for a variety of causes – golf, the Faculty and naturally, Prince William and Kate (Duchess of Cambridge) so chances are high that you simply’ve heard of it or seen it sooner than nonetheless let’s take a stroll by way of the town and see what you think about it.
We start on the town partitions… (typically at this stage, I make a beeline for Fisher & Donaldson bakery which has a variety of the nicest desserts ever!)
Then, I headed down within the path of the coast line…
And naturally headed proper right down to the seashore! You need to go earlier the golf clubhouse and through part of the golf course to get there…
In the end, I made my method once more into metropolis nonetheless stopped off on the Faculty library to drop off a information. Asides scoffing down as rather a lot cake as attainable, this was my solely errand for the day…
The local weather was utterly unbelievable on this afternoon! Scotland was positively bringing it’s A-game weather-wise…
Meandering by way of earlier academic buildings (the Faculty is over 600 years earlier and is the third oldest school throughout the English-speaking world after Oxford (the oldest) and Cambridge (the 2nd oldest), I slowly made my resolution to the Fort…
My {photograph} beneath obtained featured throughout the Faculty prospectus (nonetheless happy to bits about that!)
See what I said regarding the local weather?
Lastly arrived on the Fort ruins… (that makes it sound like I walked 500 miles to get there, in actuality, it is just a few 5 – 10 minute stroll from the seashore and the library is roughly halfway between every)
One different sight worth seeing is St Andrews Cathedral ruins (the doorway is pictured beneath). The ruins are pretty big and might go away you impressed on the sheer measurement and scale of what was as soon as proper right here sooner than it fell into disuse and was compelled to be abandoned.
Slowly meandered once more into the town…
That’s Youthful hall (beneath) the place Faculty graduation ceremonies are held! I should share the photographs from my graduation with you sometime…
Underneath is St Salvator’s Hall which was residence to Prince William and Kate Middleton once more throughout the day…
Random Actuality: Prince William’s division (which was moreover Lloyd’s division) was correct subsequent to St Salvator’s Hall…
Check out the street determine beneath – it’s so juvenile of me nevertheless it absolutely on a regular basis makes me giggle as soon as I see it or think about it!
I like these little corners and alley strategies…
Now you see what I suggest about how pretty the town is? It’s so traditionally Scottish and an unbelievable place to call residence for just some years!
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