When one approaches Winterfield Golf Course, on a summer's day, from a westerly direction what a marvellous vista enfolds.

Twin-blue backdrops; an azure sky and cerulean sea shimmering sands and verdant fairways create a picturesque setting by which even confirmed cynics and stoics have been heard to be impressed.

The weather is particularly clement, Dunbar's annual rainfall is 24 ins (60 cm) and the town's proud boast is that of sunshine capital of Scotland.

All in all if one enjoys a test of golf on a course steeped in history with both parkland and links style holes - more a walk than a hike - with excellent services in the bar, dining room and professional's shop - Winterfield merits more than a cursory glance.