We left London on a night-bus bound for Dundee. We had to change our route that night due to weather, and arrived 5 hours later than scheduled. Our bus also got stuck on a main road for over 2 hours, until we finally unhooked the trailer it was pulling. When we got to Dundee, we learned our next bus to Edinburgh was not running. Period. The whole company had shutdown its bus-routes until further notice. With help from some friendly locals, we found a nearby hotel and checked in for the night. Glad we got there when we did, because they had to turn away a ton of stranded travellers as the evening went on!
The next morning, the buses still weren't running, but we learned the trains were running (severely behind schedule). We still had plans to vist the nearby St. Andrew's golf course -- the home of golf, so we booked into our hotel for one more night. Caught an intercity bus to St. Andrew's. The course was snowy, but still cool to visit. Being the day before St. Andrew's Day, we 
were also granted free admission to the British Golf Museum. We got to dress up in old fashioned clothing and use old clubs and balls to putt around. It was a great time!If the weather does clear up, we'll be on to Edinburgh by train in the morning. Then hopefully (*crossing our fingers*) we'll be able to fly to Belfast to our awaiting hostel for a few days. Wish us luck!
We'll keep you posted.
~ Ash & Chad
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