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Booking will close on Monday 17th June at 12 noon
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Saturday 22nd June, 2024 Starts at 11am. Finishes at 3pm.
The natural history of links golf courses: how they came to be.
FIELD TRIP : Bicycle -based field trip to Tentsmuir Natural Nature Reserve.
For anyone who loves the game of golf, this course is an essential outing, and won’t spoil a good walk. The finest links golf courses are found in Scotland, but just north of the Old Course in St Andrews lies the incredible Tentsmuir National Nature Reserve, a natural, pre-formed links course, but without a sand wedge in sight!
Join Dr Keith Skene, the ecologist and writer, and discover how nature, geology and physics designed the best golf courses in the world, as sand dunes became bunkers and slacks became fairways. We will also discuss the importance of these places in terms of understanding the history and future of the planet.
We will travel by bicycle for some of this trip as the distances are too long to walk. Participants must arrange their own transport to Tentsmuir, bring a bike, lunch and cycle helmet for this three-mile cycle and walk on forest paths.
Details will be supplied as to the exact meet-up point later.
NB If you decide to participate in this outing , you do so at your own risk and be prepared for rain.
Tutor: Dr Keith Skene
A former ARSA Rhodes Scholar, Dr Keith Skene is an ecologist whose work has taken him to the Americas, Africa, Asia, Europe and Australia. He has taught courses at many universities across Europe, written over 30 papers and four books, the latest of which is 'Sustainable Economics, Context, Challenges and Opportunities for the 21st Century'. Currently, he is director and founder of the Biosphere Research Institute, an independent, international and multidisciplinary centre for social, economic and environmental sustainability.
C omments from the 2022 Trip
"An excellent trip and I thorough enjoyed it, thank you".
"Great, well worth the travelling to get there. Thoroughly enjoyed it and what an amount I learned. Wonderful teacher, he truly has the knowledge. Loved it all, even the sand in my lunch".
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