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Metal Railing, Edgehill (10 Aug 2008)

I liked the shapes of this railing which I came across in the village of Edgehill – the Edgehill of the battle in the English Midlands. Flickr Photopage…

Pan Ha’, Dysart (31 Jul 2008)

Pan Ha’ is a delightful former fishing and salt panning village on the south coast of Fife, slightly east of Kirkcaldy. Following illness and (successful) major surgery in…

Paul Löbe House, Berlin (21 Apr 2007)

This striking building is just over the river from the Reichstag, and is part of the parliamentary complex.  I loved the colours in the glass, and the family…

The Holocaust Memorial, Berlin (21 Apr 2007)

My father’s parents came to the UK as Jewish refugees just before World War 1, and I found visiting this memorial very moving. I thought about what had happened…

Balvaird Castle (16 Dec 2006)

Strictly speaking this is in Perth and Kinross, being just over the boundary between Perth & Kinross, and Fife.  To me it guards what I believe used to be…

St Andrews Castle (01 Nov 2006)

St Andrews is rightly very well known.  It has the oldest University in Scotland (1413), it’s the self-proclaimed Home of Golf, it’s history goes back to the mid-1100’s, it has…

Leeds City Station (24 Oct 2006)

I have enjoyed railways for many years, and had watched the redevelopment of Leeds City Station with great interest.  I moved to Fife just as they were finishing…

PPG Plaza, Pittsburgh (22 May 2006)

The PPG Plaza is the most amazing building – a sort of gothic creation in black glass!  I first saw when we popped out from a tunnel under…

Crail Harbour (25 Dec 2003)

East Fife is a wonderful part of the world, with beautiful beaches, rocky headlands and villages with harbours.  Crail is one of the most picturesque, and I always love…