Let the games begin

Like an annual Olympiad for sporran-wearing sportsfolk, Highland Games have been held for centuries around the north of Scotland. The most famous is the Braemar Gathering, where you can witness feats

Olympic heights

Somehow, it isn’t hard to imagine the scene of battle here, even on a sultry July morning when only the distant growl of a motorbike interrupts the crooning of collared doves. Perhaps it is the quiet.

Some things are just funny, and when it comes to innuendo Wales has one mountain to rule them all: LORD HEREFORD’S KNOB . It seems rude not to spend a wild night on it.

This article first appeared in Golf World and was written by the late, great Dale Concannon

BACK in the days when a tankful of petrol cost as much as we pay for a coffee today, our sunny Sunday afternoon treat was a drive out. If we weren’t aiming for the beach, our route took us north to th