Blogs from Fife, Scotland, United Kingdom, Europe - page 5

April 24, 2012 – St Andrews We're here! We arrived this morning in St Andrews, and Damian reckons he's died and gone to heaven. There are more golf courses here than you can poke a stick at (or a club at) and they're all beautiful courses. You drive along a road, to see sheep and dairy farms mingling with golf courses, all nestled up against the ocean. I'm in heaven too – the countryside is just beautiful, so you could say that St Andrews has been Tailormade just for us! The golfists amongst you should get that wee pun LOL We have spent a wonderful day exploring Cambo Estate. Cambo Estate is stunning. There is no other word to describe it. Cambo House itself is awe-inspiring – a grand manor home. We are staying in “The ... read more

Greg was up at 5am, out of the room by 5.15am and he headed over to line up to get on the Old Course to play. I called at 8am, i could hear lots of wind in the background, but GREAT news, he was on and playing. A group of 4 had pulled out so he'd just hit off and thought the ball had hit the water!!! Will leave it to him to fill in the rest. Kids and i trying to get organised and head to the movies. Went and saw Pirates, pretty good, great bus trip to the top of Dundee and back to the snow. Weather today back in Yorkshire was blizzards, again more great luck! or a St Andrews miracle. St Andrews, let me set the scene. 6.15am, 1.5 degrees, the wind ... read more

“So, who was St. Fillan?” I asked this question as I tried to peer through the bars and cross-shaped metal adornment that blocked the opening of his ‘cave’. My host Richard and I had been wandering through the tiny, and beautiful, coastal village of Pittenweem, Scotland when we happened upon this famous – at least to Scots and the religious – site. According to no less an authority than the BBC, St. Fillan spent most of his remarkable life “…as a hermit in the cave in the fishing village which came to be named after him (Pittenweem means ‘place of the cave’), it was said that he managed to pray and write in the secluded gloom of the cave by means of a light which glowed from his left arm as he wrote with his right.” ... read more

Iconic aircraft from the cold war warrior "Vulcan" to state-of-the-art "Typhoons", roared over Fife in Scotland on Saturday at the Leuchars Airshow. This year's event was a celebration of old and new to mark 100 years of the RAF at Leuchars. This was my first visit to the airshow and I hope the closure of the airforce base and the movement of all operations to RAF Lossiemouth in 2013 under government cutbacks, does not threaten any possible future events at this location. There was an especially warm welcome for the Red Arrows aerobatic display team from everyone in the crowd who broke out into spontaeneous applause after they tragically lost pilot Flight Lieutenant Jon Egging in a crash in Bournemouth last month. The crowd started clapping arms held above their heads in a moment of joint ... read more

Holy Cow! Only three days left and our blog isn't going so well! We just got WiFi and we are all too tired to do too much. In fact, I am the only one awake (CML). This will be short, but I will load a few pix. Scotland is AWESOME!!! flowers, mountains, lochs, ocean, land formations, castles, castles, castles, churches, churches, sheep and more sheep!! We love it all. Please forgive us, but we will complete the blog soon. Ok... now the pix won't load. I will try again tomorrow. Sorry CML... read more