Yesterday I visited the Scottish Mining Museum which lies 7 miles south east of Edinburgh city centre. I would recommend the museum as an interesting day out for everyone. There is an entrance fee. The museum is open seven days a week from 10am – 5pm March to October, 10am – 4pm November to February. [...]

The cheapflights.co.uk website has some very useful tables with information about the policies of various airlines for delayed baggage and baggage allowances. It’s not something I would consider before booking a flight but it amazing to see the differences between the airlines. I generally look at the departure and arrival airport and price but I [...]

I see that there are no European airlines in the overall top 5 Skytrax World Airline Awards. 1 Singapore Airlines 2 Thai Airways 3 Cathay Pacific 4 Qatar Airways 5 Quantas British Airways was ranked 10th in the overall popularity stakes but was number 1 in Europe and also voted the best transatlantic carrier.  The [...]

Dunbar lies on the east coast of Scotland in East Lothian, around 30 miles east of Edinburgh. By the harbour there is an enormous four ton ships propeller, unveiled in September 2003, to commemorate the 200th anniversary of the birth of Robert Wilson who is credited with the invention of the screw propeller for ships. [...]

This innovative exhibition of unusual kilts is running at the Prestongrange Industrial Museum in East Lothian until 19 August 2007, opening hours are 11am – 4pm daily. The textile artist, Malcolm Cruikshank, has created an amazing collection of kilts and accessories. The Clubber’s Kilt is made of fabric inspired by club fliers. The Ikea Kilt [...]

A detailed proposal for a new Visitor Centre at the site of the Battle of Prestonpans in East Lothian has been published. The report authored by a leading management and hospitality consultants predicts 70,000 visitors a year. The Battle of Prestonpans was a victory for the Jacobite forces over the Government troops. I always thought [...]

This evening when we were walking over the Royal Tweed Bridge in Berwick upon Tweed we spotted this goose in between 4 cygnets paddling along behind a mature swan.

I read about the social network aggregator Wink last week and decided to join. It sounded like a good idea to have my websites, blogs and input to other sites like Flickr and Stumbleupon in one place. I set up a profile adding the urls of all my “places”. Then I made a widget which [...]

I managed to make the hovercraft crossing from Edinburgh to Kirkcaldy today during the two week trial run. I was able to board in Portobello, Edinburgh fairly easily for the 9.30 crossing. The take off is pretty noisy and creates a lot of water spray and sand swirl. The hovercraft is much faster and you [...]

Newhailes is a historic house close to Edinburgh constructed in 1686 by the architect James Smith. The house was sold to the Dalrymple family in the early 18th century. The Dalrymple family were influential lawyers and set about expanding the existing house. The most famous room in the house is the library, which was referred [...]