Holidays in Europe specialise in bargain holidays to Europe with savings of up to 40% on High Street prices. Whether you are looking for a beach holiday or a city break they offer a value for money option backed up by their Price Match, where they will refund the difference, if you find the same [...]
You could well have had a touch of terminal boredom recently (hopefully not whilst reading this blog) on your return flight from your Summer holiday. Were you one of the contributors to a £250m spend by UK travellers on souvenirs purchased at your departure airport? We Brits spend an average of £25 on dubious souvenirs [...]
Falkland is a charming village which lies at the foot of East Lomond, one of the three Lomond hills. The village is packed with history and it was named a Royal Burgh by James 11 in 1458. Falkland Palace was built on the site of Falkland Castle in the 15th century. I love the setting [...]
One the things I was really looking forward to doing on my recent trip to Aberdeenshire was returning to the Forvie National Nature Reserve as I think that the sand dunes there are really dramatic and beautiful. The area is even dubbed the “Northern Sahara” due to all of the sand left after the last [...]
Ceres is a village in central Fife, a few miles south east of Cupar. It’s a lovely village with a stream running through it. The village is very well cared for with flower tubs beside “The Provost”, a 19th century carved stone depiction of the last church provost, Thomas Buchanan. The Provost The Griselda Hill [...]
The European Heritage Days initiative offers you the opportunity to visit, free of charge, a vareity of interesting properties, some of which are not generally open to the public and others which usually charge an admission fee. In England the events take place this weekend, 6 – 9 September and with the weather forecast to [...]
The tourist information brochure describes Dysart in Fife as “a picturesque village on the shores of the Forth”. That may well depend on where you stand. One of the highlights of Dysart is the 16th century Tolbooth, pictured below. Dysart Tolbooth However this is the other side of the square in which the Tolbooth stands. [...]
I’ve been in the “Kingdom of Fife” in Scotland for a couple of days to do some research for my forthcoming guide to Fife. There was such a beautiful sunset over St Andrews yesterday evening.
A recent online opinion poll has placed Stonehenge as the most disappointing tourist site in the UK and the Eiffel Tower in the world. My main concern about this opinion poll was that the respondents had to make their choice between 24 attractions in the UK and 25 in the world. To my mind this [...]
