Firth of Forth: walking the coast of witches and war
War machines, tav avoiders, climate change. If you want to escape politics, walking along the Firth of Forth is not the place to do it.
Crawford Priory Revisited: abandoned ruins and golf balls
A return visit to the enigmatic ruins of Crawford Priory yields family memories, new secrets and golf balls.
Crawford Priory: riddle of a ruin
Exploring the history and abandoned ruins of Crawford Priory in Fife, Scotland; and the life of Lady Mary Lindsay Crawford
Hidden Fife: the veiled church
The motorist rushing along the A914 through central Fife would have to be especially sharp to notice the small sign for and the anonymous dirt track that leads up to the hamlet of Cults and its hidden church, the Cults Kirk.
Hidden Fife: the abandoned railway buildings
The line of abandoned buildings lay on the other side of a field of stubble. Access to the buildings was an easy matter of wading through nettles, brambles and overgrowth and hopping through an open window.
The drama of the Forth Railway Bridge
Fife is rife with ruins, green fields and contradiction. Its dramatic entrance hall, the Forth Bridge, somehow encapsulates much of its inner nature, except perhaps for the matter of golf.
The secret sex society of the Beggars Benison
Scotland’s neglected history: how a 18th century secret sex society flourished and thrived in the ancient fishing port of Anstruther, Fife.
