Peering over the stone wall down the pebbled drive towards the yellow Georgian manor house you can imagine being taken back in time. The Butler family built the manor in 1790 and called their 50-acre estate “Waterville”. I had admired the Waterville House from outside its locked gate on our first trip 18 years ago, never thinking that one day I would have the honor of being a guest…
Category Archives: Photography
Montana Golf: Playing Big at Rock Creek Cattle Company
As we started the six-mile drive in from the front gate of the Rock Creek Cattle Company, Evan said, “I’m half expecting to hear the Bonanza theme music come on the radio and see the Cartwrights galloping over the dusty hills to greet us”. Well the Cartwrights were a no-show but…
Blast from the Past – How do you move your ball forward in a hurricane? Our visit to Royal Portrush and Portstewart Golf Club
Portstewart and Portrush were next on our itinerary. With only four miles between the two towns we stayed in Portrush, where from our bedroom window we could see the Royal Portush Golf Club lying just to the east. The B&B proprietor, with a twinkle in his eye suggested, “if we squinted really hard, we could probably see Darren Clarke raising a pint at the Clubhouse bar”. Remember, Northern Ireland golfers …