I stayed at Dave Cooper's on Friday night for the early start for the trip up to Dingwall, up at 06:30 got ready and left at 07:05 to walk down to Doc Stewarts. The Doc Azzurri's bus is leaving at 07:30. My mate Dougie Laing did not make it sleeping in. So I was glad Karen and Susan are on the bus.
We left just after half seven and the plan is to stop at Newton Stewart for breakfast, in which was really good bacon and egg roll was just what we needed. Next stop was Conan Bridge getting there at 12:00 just in time to watch Celtic beat Dundee United 4-1. The pub is called The Duck and they put on food which is first class, plus the weather is also very nice.
We leave for Dingwall at 14:30 and it's only 3 miles away. We have to buy a ticket for the game from a portacabin. At least the £12 is good value.
On to the game now and we struggle for the whole first half and we are lucky just to be only 1 nil down. We are a wee bit better in the second half, but the ball won't break for us and the games runs away from us.
I also met Alex Benvie at the game and it's the first time I've seen him in a few years. Alex used to have the programme shop at Dens in the 1980's.
We leave and the journey is quite quick and we stop off at Dunkeld for one hour for a drink and something out of the chip shop. We get back to Dundee just after 9pm. It's been a good day out, only the result was the only downpoint.
