Highland Fling. Kilts. Clans. Tartans. Fair Isle Shetland

                                                                     Highland Fling

Kiltmaker

Shetland Isles hat

http://www.stewart-christie.com/ Edinburgh

Scottish clans

Food. Farm shop Dunfermline - Bankhead

vegetable farm

10 miles from holiday cottage on the A985 to Kincardine
Check for seasonal opening

 multi coloured small turnips

3 coloured carrots

and golden beetroot

 red and green curly kale

Dunfermline Cafe and Arts

Cafe and Arts at old Fire station

6 miles from holiday cottage

 Cafe - lovely coffee, chocolate and cake.

Brunch and lunch.

Good service.

Pleasant, relaxing atmosphere.

 The original firemans pole

The fire engines have moved elsewhere.

Arts and crafts display

 Clean toilets

Food - RestaurantSweet Chestnut Pub Duloch Dunfermline

Food at fife leisure park
Sweet Chestnut Duloch Dunfermline

(Next to cinema).

3 miles from Holiday cottage.

Reasonably priced carvery

Food - Restaurant. South Queensferry - Forth bridges. Hawes Inn

South Queensferry

Hawes Inn

historic pub serves food and real ale.

4 miles from the holiday cottage

Historic Forth Rail bridge
You can see this from the holiday cottage front windows.


2 companies operate boat trips on the Forth.

This one is Maid of the Forth, you can get off at Inchcolm Island,
 have a picnic and catch one of the sailings back when you are ready.
maid of the forth boat tour

An informative commentary about the sea life.

Forth boat tours

                                                              Hawes Inn garden

                                                                     Lifeboat station

Edinburgh bus tour Walk tour. Tram

Edinburgh Trams

From airport (or Ingleston)  to city centre 

                                                           Edinburgh open top bus tours
                                             A great way to acclimatise and learn about a city

Glasgow - Clyde side motor museum. Peoples palace

One hour from  holiday cottage near Edinburgh

via Kincardine bridge

Riverside transport museum and Tall ship

to S.S.E.C

http://www.thehydro.com/the-hydro/about-the-sse-hydro.aspx

The Hydro

 Multi storey car park

Peoples palace and winter gardens

Edinburgh fringe festival

10 miles from holiday cottage

Edinburgh Scottish parliament tour, Royal mile

Scottish parliament tour

Designed by Enrich Mirralles

Building information and inspiration

Oak strips

                                       
                                               Chairs in debating chamber (looking like heads)

reception

Edinburgh and Fife - Autumn and Winter events

Edinbug
Winter events in Edinburgh

Events in Fife

Autumn events in Edinburgh

winter in the holiday cottage garden

summer in the Forth estuary

Charles Rennie Mackintosh House for an art lover -Spring garden

Reasons to book a holiday cottage in Autumn:

Plenty places open to visit until October.

Introducing Edinburgh

bedandbreakfastworldblog September 10, 2010 at 8:00 am

Although Edinburgh receives most of its visitors either during August for the month of festivals or in December for the famous Hogmanay festivities, locals will tell you that the best time to visit their city is in September or October, when the autumn days are bright and crisp, and the darkening evenings lend a mysterious atmosphere to the medieval turrets and rugged scenery.

Edinburgh holds a rather precarious position atop a landscape of rocky hills and cliffs, but the views from the top make it well worth the climb. While navigating the twisting alleys and narrow stone steps of the medieval city, any corner you turn may bring you unexpectedly to a vista of green hills, blue seas or rusty rock face.

Despite overflowing with history and culture, Edinburgh is a modern, dynamic capital. Among the beautiful old buildings you can find haute couture, gourmet cuisine and world-class entertainment. The 4 universities contribute a total of over 100,000 students to the city’s population and there is an almost-tangible air of vibrancy and creativity at any time of year.

Whether gazing out from the battlements of Edinburgh Castle, walking in the shadows of the Royal Mile’s towering spires or scurrying through the vaults on an underground ghost tour, the atmosphere of the city is always uniquely Edinburgh.