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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…

  • 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…

  • 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…

  • The top TV shows I can’t stop re-watching

    When you travel for work, there are always nights when you are tired and just want to sit in front of the TV to decompress a bit. The news is never a good option, but instead I tend to turn to one of my favourite shows, for the familiarity and relaxing nature of re-watching something…

  • Steer Swamp and Gingerbread Hill circuit – Marblehead

    During my last trip home, I was fortunate enough to experience decent weather, and I had just enough time each day to go out for a walk. I revisited many of my old haunts and walking routes, and was pleased to find many of them not hugely altered. Steer Swamp was a popular walk location…

  • Photos on a theme: reflections

    It has been a shockingly long time since I have managed to sit down and focus on a blog post. What can I say? Life got in the way – I’ve been back and forth to the US twice in two months, run a conference at work, and been inundated with life admin that needed…

  • Crystal Cove, California coastal walk

    Is that enough alliteration for you? Work has taken me back to southern California this month, and after a week of travel starting in Pasadena, heading out to Riverside and then finally down to Santa Ana, I was able to settle into one place for the rest of my time here. And so lucky I…

  • Fife Coastal Path: Earlshall Castle to Kinshaldy Riding Stables

    As I have alluded to in my past few posts, January weather has been consistently rubbish. This Saturday really wasn’t much different, except that the rain was more a gentle mist than a downpour. I knew I wasn’t up for a long walk, and I had plenty to do on my last weekend before my…

  • Stormy Skies: capturing dramatic weather in Scotland and beyond

    After a summer of almost unprecedented beauty, day after day of blue sky and warm temperatures, Scotland is getting its karmic retribution in January. We have had steadily wet, grey, cold, windy weather for most of this month. Some days are colder than others, some windier, and some have been icy, but almost all have…

  • Fife Coastal Path: Brief reflection on the year

    Somehow, it is mid-January. It feels like we just got back from our Christmas trip to New England, and I’m deep into planning my next trip to the US, in just about three weeks. At this time of year time can pass quickly, and we have been adjusting to the time change, getting back to…

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