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January 30, 2007

So, where does Bob Dylan holiday?

The same way that I would like to -- he goes to his new vacation home in the Scottish Highlands to play golf:

Bob Dylan said in one of his songs that his heart was in the Highlands. Now he has proved the point by paying more than £2 million for a secluded Edwardian mansion with a view of the hills.

The notoriously reclusive American star and his brother David have bought Aultmore House in the foothills of the Cairngorms.

The house was built at the turn of the 20th century for the millionaire owner of a department store in Moscow and has been described as one of the finest homes in the Highlands. [. . .]

Dylan is a keen golfer and plays off a 17 handicap at Malibu Country Club in California. His new home is close to the more utilitarian Abernethy golf club, where a day ticket costs just £10, but membership is never a foregone conclusion.

Jack McCool, the treasurer, said: "Mr Dylan would have to apply in writing just like everyone else and be vetted by the committee.

"If there were no objections then he would be a member after paying the membership fee, which at present is £105."

Golf at Malibu and the Highlands? Sweet.

Posted by Tom at January 30, 2007 4:50 AM

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