msu study abroad daniel davis & matt hoekzema - august 11th - glencoe, scotland - august 13th -...

MSU Study Abroad

Daniel Davis & Matt Hoekzema

- August 11th - Glencoe, Scotland

- August 13th - St. Andrews, Scotland

Glencoe, Scotland

Where is Glencoe? What is a glen? History of Glencoe Climate Attractions & Activities

Where is Glencoe?

South West Highlands

Where is Glencoe, Scotland?

West Coast of Scotland

River Coe enters Lock Leven

What is a glen?

“Glen” is a Scottish word for narrow rocky ravine or valley

Mountains rise over 3,500 feet

Flora and Fauna

Very little forest– only deciduous

woodland is near river in Glencoe Village

– Some conifers in the area

Grasses– moorland grasses, bog

myrtle, cotton grasses

How the area formed

Mountains carved out by glaciers

380 Million years ago Erosion has deposited

soils in the glen

History of Glencoe

1692 Massacre– King William (3rd) ordered all clans to

sign an oath of allegiance by Jan. 1 1692. The MacDonald clan chief, Maclain, of Glencoe had gone to the Inverlochy to sign the oath instead of Inveraray. When he did arrive Inverraray to sign the oath, it was Jan. 6th.

– Maclain had returned believing that his signature was accepted. It was not.

– Campbell of Glenlyon took a group of soldiers who were hosted by the MacDonald clan, not knowing they were there to kill them. On February 12th, they attached after being hosted for over 10 days.

Climate of Glencoe

Over 90 inches of rain a year

Golf Stream brings warm waters across Atlantic to United Kingdom

Cooler in Scotland in Summer (cooling effects of the sea, similar to West Coast of Michigan)

Glencoe Climate

9-18°C (48-65°F) Average July/August Temperature Range

Average 23 days per month of precipitation in July and August

Glencoe Business

Tourism Hiking Mountain Climbing Natural Beauty &

Photography Inns & Pubs

Attractions

Get your camera ready...

Activities

Walks and hikes from a 1/4 mile to 5 miles or more

Massacre Monument Glencoe Folk Museum Pubs and Shops

St. Andrews, Scotland

Where is St. Andrews? History of St. Andrews Golf Something other than golf?

Where is St. Andrews

East Coast of Scotland

History of St. Andrews

Churches Town University Golf

Churches of St. Andrews

800’s Earliest Churches

1161 Cathedral Built/1381 Completed

1500 Restored and severely damaged– poor construction or

torn down

Now close to a dozen

Town

1140 Foundation of the City of St. Andrews

Population:– 1500 - 4,000– 1770 - 3,000– Current - 15,000

Railroad– 1853 Trains arrive– 1969 Railroad closed

Golf - World Famous

The Birthplace of Golf– 1350 beginnings of golf

The Royal and Ancient Golf Club of St. Andrews– 1834 Established

The Royal and Ancient Golf Club of St. Andrews is recognized as the governing body for the rules of golf.

Role of Royal & Ancient Golf Club

The administration of the Rules of Golf The running of the Open Championship and other

key events The operation of a private club with almost 2400

members.

In addition the R&A takes the lead with in-depth studies into key areas such as the provision of more courses, greenkeeping and conservation.

Golf - 6 Golf Courses

Old Course New Course Jubilee Course (play) Eden Course Strathtyrum Course (play) Balgove Course

The Old Course

Oldest Golf Course in the World

Over 600 years old Original course was 11

holes (played out and back)

Double greens (players going out and back)

The New Course

Opened in 1895 Increase demand for

another course (new railroad)

Also has shared fairways and double greens on 3rd and 15th holes.

Jubilee Course

Over 100 years old 18 holes between New

Course and the Sea

Eden Course

18 hole course Opened in 1914 due to

increase demand for another course

Strathtyrum Course

Opened July 1993 Links layout with 18

holes Shorter and fewer

bunkers

Balgove Course

Opened 1972 9 hole course Designed for children

and beginners Once had a rule that an

adult could only play the course when attending with a child.

Tour/Discussion

History and structure of St. Andrews 6 courses

Tournament hosting Challenges: maritime climate, pesticides,

fertilizers, environmental issues Tour of some of the courses Change to play one of the courses (Jubilee or

Strathtyrum)

Need to Know

Head Count of golfers– Need to know how many in the group will be

golfing to make reservations– Jubilee £40.00 (~$57.00) or Strathtyrum £20.00

(~ $28.00)– Clubs, shoes and trolleys can be rented at the

course

St. Andrews Univerisity

Oldest University in Scotland (1411) Ben Franklin attended and graduated from

St. Andrews University 3 of the 12 signatures on the Declaration of

Independence were St. Andrews graduates The dollar sign ($) was said to be invented

at the university by John Bain

University

1410 Teaching began– 1876 - 130 students

– 1986 - 3,600 students

– today - 4,500 students

University is throughout the town of St. Andrews

Climate of St. Andrews

Average 26 inches of rain a year

Still get precipitation, just not the quantity as the east coast

Weather can be affected by the main European continant

St. Andrews Climate

9-19°C (48-68 ° F) Average July/August Temperature Range

21-22 days a month with precipitation

Attractions

St. Andrews Botanic Garden

Cathedral University Crawford Arts Center British Golf Museum

Activities

Lammas Fair, town centre funfair with

fairground rides and market stalls – (August 8-12)

Museums Ruins

Yes - Snow at St. Andrews

Glencoe Websites

http://www.glencoescotland.com/index.htm http://www.visit-glencoe.com/ http://www.glencoe-scotland.net/

St. Andrews Websites

http://www.saint-andrews.co.uk/ Virtual Tour

– http://www.saint-andrews.co.uk/Tour/intro.htm

http://www.st-and.ac.uk/ http://www.randa.org/home/default.sps http://www.standrews.org.uk/ http://www.st-and.ac.uk/standrews/botanic/ http://www.britishgolfmuseum.co.uk/