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  • Fife Coastal Path: Fairmont Hotel to the Old Course

    The last month or so of travel has meant that my efforts to maintain fitness levels dragged a bit, and so I selected a portion of the walk that was not too long but still tested me a bit: starting at the Fairmont Hotel and walking through St Andrews to the Old Course Hotel, where…

  • Adventures in Autumn colour

    Autumn and winter compete as my favourite seasons of the year, both for photography and life in general. There are few things that make me happier than a snowstorm and snow scape (see my post about Marblehead in snow). That said, the colours of autumn are just stunning, be they orange, red, gold, or anything…

  • Muir Woods National Monument

    As anyone who read my September Stories post may be aware, I was lucky enough recently to visit the San Francisco Bay area for work. I had one day off while I was there, and I was determined to visit Muir Woods, which I recalled as the absolute stand-out of a family trip to San…

  • A Story of September: my travels in Scotland and the USA

    For anyone who works in education, September is an unavoidably busy month, and this September was no exception. I hope you will accept this post as a solid explanation of why it has been the only one in some time – the weeks have gotten away from me. Not in the least because as now…

  • The Dùn walk, Aberfeldy

    As I have written about before about my affection for the area around Aberfeldy and Kenmore, and so it will come as no surprise that, during an unexpected long weekend, we decided to book two nights at Moness Resort just above Aberfeldy. We didn’t plan much, but discovered the Dùn Hill walk as an option…

  • Fife Coastal Path: Aberdour to Kinghorn

    The morning started with some overcast and the hopeful promise of blue sky by the middle of the day. My starting point was Aberdour, famous for its castle which I have visited in the past but chose not to stop on this occasion due to the clouds. It is definitely on the list for a…

  • Fife Coastal Path: Leven to Lower Largo

    Completing a circuit of the Coastal Path by January may no longer be a feasible goal but that doesn’t stop me from doing my best to try. So, last Saturday I planned another stretch, on the shorter side as I had family commitments to get back to in the afternoon. So, Leven to Lower Largo…

  • Fife Coastal Path: Crail to Cambo Burn

    For whatever reason, this past Saturday morning sleep was not my friend and I woke early – the same time I do for work, which is early for a weekend – and got myself going to aim for a bus an hour earlier than I had intended. And good thing I did, as this stretch…

  • Fife Coastal Path: St Monans to Anstruther

    It’s been a warm few weeks, but this morning I discovered a lovely cool air wafting through the bathroom window, and the sky was overcast but not threatening, so it seemed a good morning to make a bit of progress. So, I hopped on a bus to St Monans, where the primary bus stop is…

  • Two days in San Antonio, Texas

    A short time ago, I was fortunate enough to be sent to a work conference in the US. I was excited to go to San Antonio, where I have family, until the relatively quick realization that the south of Texas in June was not a particularly welcoming place for those of us used to temperate…

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