Reboot Disc Golf (or Bluebell Woods) is located at Foxlake Adventures just outside Dunbar, Scotland and the course was designed and is lovingly cared for by Seamus Scanlon. There is a pro shop on site where you can buy discs amongst other disc golf items, such as bags and apparel.
There is ample parking and toilets (restrooms) at Foxlake Adventures to use as well as a cafe. They also have activities such as ziplining, wakeboarding, segway etc.
We had based ourselves at the Dunbar Camping and Caravan Club campsite just 10mins drive on the other side of Dunbar to the course.
This Disc Golf course is set in a moderately hilly and mainly mature wooded location and in the Spring is awash with Bluebell flowers. We were here in late August so had missed the flowers but on arrival at the course it looked amazing. The kind of place we love to just go hiking.
This is a pay to play course. Fees and paying options can be found here. There is an active club scene here and the course has been used for many tournaments. Much more information can be found on the course website rebootdiscgolf.com
There is an 18 Holes Green Course for families, Par 54, 2882ft and a 18 Holes Red Tees, Par 59, 4224ft for Intermediate and a Blue Tees Advanced Course, Par 58, 5852ft. Tee boxes are mixed medium of Astro turf, compact stone and dirt.
Green Course
Red Course
Blue Course
We had been in touch with Seamus in advance to confirm parking accessibility for our motorhome and he mentioned that he would be on site at some point during the day we arrived. We decided we would have a warm up and orientation on the Green Course prior to lunch, so headed off using UDisc to find our way around.
The Green Course has been set up for families to enjoy a round and the holes tend to be roughly in the region of 98-132ft making it a great warm up course and good for practicing upshots and short game for the more seasoned player, with some technical holes. The woodland is gorgeous and interesting to find lines to throw. We enjoyed playing 9 of the 18 Holes when we came across Seamus, who was opening up his shop. We had a really good chat with him and asked if we could also check out his goodies in the shop 😀. You just have to see if there's anything that you can't leave without!!
So after checking through a number of discs I decided I would buy this Explorer. It had the same flight guide of 7/5/0/2 as the Innova Metalflake Teebird that I bag, but I thought it would be interesting to see if it flew differently as it was a Latitude 64 disc, and I had been throwing a few of their discs lately. If it behaved anything like the Teebird then I knew it would be good in the woods for me on my forehand. Wow, it flew really nicely, slightly more glidey and softer finish than the Metalflake Teebird, which I kind of expected but it had a great skip at the end, when thrown low through the canopy areas and this I hadn't seen from the Teebird. If I could master this it could come in handy in this environment.
We decided to have a light lunch in the motorhome before heading off to play the Red Tees. We felt this would be testing enough from what we had seen of the Green Course, and this 18 Holes had more to offer with some throws across open areas and more woodland than we had seen already.
There are some challenging and technical holes on this beautiful course and I can see why it is used for tournaments, it was very interesting and varied. The experience and learning we had had at Quarry Park and Cotswold View had definitely helped us not to be too intimidated in the woods and to look for the lines where you could fly your disc.
We really enjoyed our round and decided afterwards to finish off with the holes on the Green Course that we hadn't played and then called it a day, as we had planned more days of play here and I didn't want to put too much work on my ankle.
The next day the weather had changed and we started to experience more wind and the occasional shower. However, being in the woods helped a little. We paid using the QR code on the welcome board at the start of the course and headed off for another warm up round on the Green Course. We felt like we had the whole course to ourselves. After the warm up round we headed off on to the Red Tees.
This is such a wonderful course, I love the atmosphere here, the different shapes of holes and trees and how much I learned from playing here. It's one of those feel good places for me. The Explorer disc was definitely a good buy and I was pleased at how quickly I learned it was great at shaping around some of the forehand holes. Catriona had bought a Dynamic Discs Renegade to try out, as a different brand, on some of the longer holes. She has small hands and found this disc felt good to hold and she threw some amazing shots with it. In fact that day she had the tree gods with her and got plenty of tree love. Me, well I hit a lot of trees and learned a bit more about scambling!
We played again just the 2 rounds, Green and Red, and had a further chat with Seamus who was out on the course doing some maintenance work. He's so passionate about the sport and the course and it was really nice having time to chat with him and learn more.
August 22nd was our 3rd and last play here with the occasional shower and high winds again. The forecast was suggesting that there was a bad storm coming towards the UK from the Atlantic and the weather we were experiencing was just the outer edge of this. Again onto the Greens followed by the Red Course.
In the woods the wind wasn't too bad but on those holes exposed to its force we had to figure out how to keep our discs low enough yet get some distance. As I'm not a long thrower, as I have pretty much given up on my erratic backhand, so that proved to be a challenge. However, I figured out how to manage the situation and I'm still pleased with what I achieved and what I'd learned from the day before. We had a fantastic time again. I still don't know where UDisc get their weather details because the data on the score card is so off the mark. Think I should write to them.
Bluebell Woods Course (Reboot) is amazing and I would go so far as to say that of all the courses we have played so far, this one ranks top of the list for me. Its a gorgeous walk with a well laid out course that offers a variety of challenges and just feels good. Thanks very much Seamus, you have a diamond here. I would recommend this course to everyone to come and try it. I'd be surprised if you didn't fall in love with it too.
Sometimes you should just take a break from throwing those discs, sit and think about what a wonderful place you are in and how this sport gives you the opportunity to sample different places. I feel very lucky.
Our plan now was to hit the road again and head for a couple of nights stay over on the banks of Loch Lomond before moving on to our next destination and course(s). See you along the road....
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