Dundee; Sunday, 25 August, 2013

What I had intended on being a quick breakfast turned into a much longer experience as it took more than an hour from leaving my room to actually getting some food in front of me.

Having completed one of the longest breakfasts ever I headed out from the hotel and over to the station to catch the train up the line to Arbroath.

First stop in the town was the ruins of the Abbey, and after a long walk around them, I wandered down to the harbour side to have a look around, albeit with a lot obscured by a heavy mist.

I popped into one of the local fish shops to try the local delicacy, Arbroath Smokies, before heading back to the station to catch the train back through Dundee, across the Tay Bridge and on to the town of Leuchars for the connecting bus to St Andrews.

I picked up the open-top sightseeing tour and did a complete circuit of the town before heading down to the castle to have a look around and then over to the Cathedral.

After a long wander around the town and a quick pit-stop in a café for a very late lunch, I wandered back to the bus station to catch the bus back to Leuchars and change onto the train back to Dundee.

Tonight, there was actually service in the restaurant attached to the hotel so I was able to have a pleasant dinner (with significantly speedier service than breakfast) and then headed back up to my room for a good night’s sleep