Perfect Day at St Andrews
Get yourself comfortable this may be a long one with lots of photos!
I’ve had a lovely day today out with the family. I’ve been meaning to visit St Andrews since forever and today we finally got round to doing it. We drove up early this morning and got to St Andrews at about half ten. We parked up and walked to the shoreline where we saw the famous golf course.
We crossed right across the golf course (there’s a public footpath, just mind the golf balls!) and Daisy took Erin for a walk on the beach.
Daisy’s four months now and getting big, she’s a good dog though, well trained and she’s fitted right in.
We saw swans…
and the bluest sky I’ve seen since I was is Santorini.
We walked up to St Andrews high street and found the best sweet shop ever…
it was floor to ceiling and wall to wall covered in sweets of all shapes and sizes, with an old fashioned penny mixture.
Erin was in her element picking sweets for her basket.
We headed back to the car and took the scenic road via Craill, the views were stunning and Alex managed to slow down enough for me to catch this out of the car window, not bad for an iPhone.
Craill village was lovely, just the sort of place I could imagine living when I’m older. We headed on and into Anstruther, which was also surprisingly picturesque.
We ate Fish ‘n’ Chips from the best ‘chippy’ in Scotland. It was amazing, the batter was so crispy. They make everything fresh, there’s nothing under the heat lamps at all.
And after our slap up dinner 
Erin played on the beach (notice Scottish ‘Spring’ attire) and I sat in the sunshine (there was some if you sat in the right place) thinking what a wonderful day it had been 
Looks like a great day, that sky is just wonderful and bright. Oh and the sweets, well less said!
I know, my eyes were popping out my head in the sweet shop
Looks like a gorgeous day out and some great photos! I wanted to go visit St. Andrews for the day when I was back over in June, but we weren’t able to squeeze it in.
oh wonderful! and look at all those sweets1 I could stand for hours just staring at them.
I was the same Heather, I think we’re going to go back to St Andrews ourselves and stay a couple of nights.
What a perfect St Andrews day. I spent most of my summer hols as a kid there, then went to uni there, twice! It’s also where I met my other half so it’s really a very special place for me. Just found your lovely blog, we’re just about to start trying for a baby so I’ll be keeping an eye on your blog for any advice!!
How did I miss this? What amazing photos. I wish I could have come with you – the beach looks perfect, the sweet shop amazing, I’d love to run around on the sand with beautiful Erin and ruffle lovely Daisy’s ears (and not the other way round!) and isn’t that fish and chip shop the one that the Hairy Bikers visited? What a perfect day!
Quite possibly, it’s been awarded the best fish and chip shop in the UK. Was goooooorgeous.
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