Preface

Chapters

1          Early Years

2          Family

3          Starting the School Years

4          Secondary School Years

5          Work Beckons

6          Civil Service 1970-1979

7          Edinburgh 1979- 1982

8          1982-1984 - Private Office

9          More Normal times, or so I Thought

10        1988-1994  - A Sporting Opportunity

11        1994-1999

12        1999-2010 a Final Job

13        Retirement 2010 – still going!

14        Hacking Around

15        Lothianburn

16        Glen

17        Dunbar

18        Playing Every Scottish Course

19        Caddying

20        Hole in one

21        Giving Something Back

22        Ambassador

Epilogue

 

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