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  Fife Coastal Path: East Wemyss to Leven

  After an overcast day previously, I was happy to see this morning dawn relatively clear with bright blue blocks of sky between still significant clouds. This was a bus trip, fortunately an easy one-bus route from St Andrews directly to East Wemyss on the 58, though as I had learned last time, I would probably…

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  Fife Coastal Path: Dalgety Bay to North Queensferry

  The day I chose for this walk started with lovely sun and the temperature set to rise to as high as 25℃/77℉; there was some white cloud and haze at the horizon. All of us in Scotland were excited at the prospect of seeing the near-total (around 90%) eclipse that evening, though clouds threatened to…

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  Fife Coastal Path: Kirkcaldy to East Wemyss

  I planned this walk for a last-minute day off, and while the morning started off a bit more overcast than expected, with big dark threatening clouds and strong wind near Kirkcaldy, I had hopes that it would not disrupt my walk too badly. I was not as energised as I wanted, and the bus trip…

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  Fife Coastal Path: Dalgety Bay to Aberdour

  July was a hectic month, and I knew August would be similar – though I’ve managed a few days off to make sure I can complete another few miles – so I made sure that my one free weekend included a hike. As I’ve mentioned before, most of my routes are now a fair distance…

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  Summer Holiday in Massachusetts, Part 2: The 4th of July!

  There is no question that Marblehead takes the 4th of July very seriously. Most of the US does of course, but I have always felt that my hometown really knows how to celebrate. Firstly, the 4th itself tends to fall at or towards the end of the Marblehead Festival of Arts, a 60-year-old tradition of…

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  Summer Holiday in Massachusetts, Part One

  After spending almost all of May at home, I decided to do the opposite in June, with an epic trip that included a week of work and two weeks with family in Massachusetts. I was determined to see the 4th of July celebrations for the first time in – I think – at least 20…

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  Fife Coastal Path: Boarhills to the Fairmont Hotel

  Last Saturday started off overcast, though the clouds were light grey and white, which usually are not hugely threatening. So I headed off to fill in the relatively short gap I had between walks, so that I could say I have finished the whole distance from Ely to Tentsmuir – East Neuk done! I hoped…

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  Fife Coastal Path: Cambo Estate to Boarhills

  Finally at it again! Saturday was supposed to be cloudy in the morning with rain coming in the afternoon, but I was determined to get a few more miles under my belt. I was not feeling hugely confident about my stamina, so found a mid-length section that I could do relatively close to home, though…

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  Facing History: my visit to the Holocaust Memorial Museum

  While in the US last month, I took advantage of a Sunday off to visit the Holocaust Memorial Museum in Washington DC, a bucket list destination for me almost since it opened in 1993. I began writing about the experience on the Metro trip back to the hotel, and it will I am sure take…

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  Brougham Castle, Cumbria

  The last month has been an absolute whirlwind of travel, work, sneezing (due to allergies or a cold I am still not certain), trying to adjust to whatever time zone I am in, and resting up to be ready and raring to go in June. I’m still working on that last one…life and work get…

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