Pilgrims in the Rough by Michael Tobert sampler
For centuries, people have been travelling to St. Andrews. Whether they were on a holy pilgrimage to see the magnificent Cathedral and the preserved bones of St. Andrew, or devout golfers putting their skills to the test on the Old Course - that holy grail of golf courses - or just students and scholars jostling for a place at one of Scotland’s most esteemed centres of learning, St. Andrews has always attracted pilgrims. Michael Tobert leads his readers through St. Andrews’ historic highs and lows with a potent combination of the anecdotal and the informative. His writing is both astute and downright funny, and he proves that sometimes, truth really is stranger than fiction.
For centuries, people have been travelling to St. Andrews. Whether they were on a holy pilgrimage to see the magnificent Cathedral and the preserved bones of St. Andrew, or devout golfers putting their skills to the test on the Old Course - that holy grail of golf courses - or just students and scholars jostling for a place at one of Scotland’s most esteemed centres of learning, St. Andrews has always attracted pilgrims.
Michael Tobert leads his readers through St. Andrews’ historic highs and lows with a potent combination of the anecdotal and the informative. His writing is both astute and downright funny, and he proves that sometimes, truth really is stranger than fiction.
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michael tobert grew up <strong>in</strong> Nott<strong>in</strong>ghamshire, an English county<br />
famous for Rob<strong>in</strong> Hood, D.H. Lawrence, coal m<strong>in</strong>es and just about<br />
noth<strong>in</strong>g else. He ra<strong>the</strong>r liked it. His happiest days were spent<br />
commun<strong>in</strong>g with nature, a predilection that led him to f<strong>in</strong>d<br />
employment on a pig farm. The onset of adolescent vegetarianism,<br />
however, prompted a change of tack and, after Oxford University,<br />
he tried his hand <strong>in</strong> <strong>the</strong> City of London (where he hated every<br />
moment), at a water company <strong>in</strong> <strong>the</strong> West Midlands and at <strong>the</strong><br />
London Bus<strong>in</strong>ess School. He <strong>the</strong>n headed north where his fragmented<br />
career culm<strong>in</strong>ated <strong>in</strong> an attempt to start his own publish<strong>in</strong>g<br />
company. This, to his wife’s astonishment, was not a total failure.<br />
He has lived <strong>in</strong> St Andrews for <strong>the</strong> last 20 years and spends his<br />
spare time on <strong>the</strong> golf course. By d<strong>in</strong>t of constant practice, he is<br />
sometimes able to break 80. He is a member of <strong>the</strong> R&A and has<br />
three children. This is his first book.
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