After a pleasant breakfast, we headed towards Dundee. But as the day looked not too bad, we decided to cross the Tay and go on to St Andrews.
This is an ancient town with a colourful history. At the top of the town there are the ruins of St Rule's Cathedral, where at one time the bones of St Andrew were kept. It was a popular Pilgrimage centre in Catholic times. At the Protestant Reformation, the bones were removed, the tomb destroyed and the abbey desecrated.
Elsewhere in the town is a building refered to as St Andrews Castle. The truth is it was not a castle, but the Bishop's Palace, an important political centre.
St Andrews is of course the home of Golf, and the world famous "Old Course" is here, popular with golfers from all over the world.
We shopped, took photos, sat down at the Harbour and Beach and read.
Then we headed back to Perth and our evening meal.
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