On Tuesday I travelled back up to St Andrews.
Sometimes I drive and sometimes I fly but a few days ago I chose the train from London Kings Cross.
Infact I was an hour early and so I wandered over to St Pancras International station next door as I wanted to see the redevelopment in the flesh.
Why I love rail travel.
Quite simply rail travel means I don’t lose a day of work. The East Coast trains comes with WiFi allowing me to work throughout my journey. I also have a Vodafone datacard as backup.
I do marvel at how easy internet access is becoming, soon everywhere will be one massive hotspot!
Only today I was reading that Alaska Airlines will be offering WiFi on all their flights. You may have already experienced this whilst flying on American, United, Delta, and AirTran.
So there I was … checking the time on my phone … 10:29
My train was due to leave at 10:30
A second later it eased out of the platform and I wondered if I’m the only one that gets a pleasant buzz whenever a train leaves on time.
I know there are no guarantees but somehow you are optimistic that all being well you will arrive on time.
I was due to arrive at 16:00 in Leuchars.
Up until the early 1960s St Andrews had its own railway station, but the government’s Beeching report put paid to that.
If you are ever in the Dunvegan Hotel and Restaurant, a 9 iron from the 18th green on the Old Course, you can see some great photos of how the line used to run adjacent to the 16th fairway.
Leuchars (pronounced more like “lookers”) is a 10 minute bus ride from St Andrews and so the remainder of the jorney has to be by bus or taxi.
It’s always so cool to look up from my laptop and take in the breathtaking scenery as the train travels from England to Scotland through Berwick-upon-Tweed.
At points you are so close to the waves you can imagine you are riding them – or maybe that’s just me!
As my own journey came to its end, it was a pleasure to reflect back on the fact that during the five and half hours of my journey I had completed the new renovation of GolfInsideCircle.com
Now it might not be on a par of the fine work at St Pancras International station but nevertheless I’m proud there is now one place to listen to all the great guests we have had since September last year.
I’m also very pleased to introduce this month’s guest, she is Jennifer Scott a certified clinical hypnotherapist who has appeared with Kelly Tilghman on The Golf Channel and gives 2-hour seminars on how to play in the zone at The San Diego Golf Academy.
In fact Golf Magazine rated Jennifer’s audio 2 CD Program, “Own The Zone(TM)” with its highest rating. The program includes specific methods to improve your focus and ease any anger or frustration you may feel on the course. Additionally golfers are taught proven techniques to develop a pre-shot bubble where nothing can distract you.
Please head over to GolfInsideCircle.com to hear Jennifer speak and learn more about how her work can help your game.
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Jennifer teaches golfers to be free of confusing extraneous thoughts by using the power of the subconscious mind to relax and focus. These teachings put an end to your confusion and allow you to play “in the zone” for longer and longer periods of time. When you are in hypnosis you are in the zone and Jennifer teaches golfers how to get into this state effortlessly.
Discover more by visiting OwnTheZoneGolf.com
Hi Andy,
I have traveled by train several times in the U.K. and Scotland is my favourite place to ride the rails.
Imagine being able to take day trips to places such as Inverness, Aberdeen, Carnoustie and even Glasgow to name a few from my favourite City of Broughty Ferry.
Cheers Richard
p.s. keep up the good work