Neil Tappin visits Gleneagles to sample its three top-class courses and see why it’s still one of the most sought-after resorts in the world

This week’s dream: the Waldorf Astoria glitters again ...

AN OVERDRIVE HELPS of course; first gear, then second, click into overdrive and then out and down into first again for the next hairpin. The rev-counter swings up and down and, depending on your tyres

It’s 7pm. There is just 5km left between me and the cod drying rack that marks the finish of this race. I’ve got a cramp in my left thigh. I’m soaked through and just about to set foot into the forest

MARCEL SIEM

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