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

Meikleour hedge

Meikleour hedge

Between Perth and Blairgowrie. 

Just an hour from the holiday cottage.

 24.11.2013 - still retaining it's autumn colour

Inverkeithing Shops and Buildings

1 mile from holiday cottage

(mostly on a good path if you are walking)

Bakers, butcher, grocer, small supermarket, fish shop and wet fish shop,

 pizza and Chinese carry-out, cafe, pubs, bank, dentist, doctor, hairdresser, etc.

See details on more shops on 

Friary Gardens

 History museum

Dr. Livingstone's birthplace

Iron Bridge Preston Crescent to harbour

Inverkeithing harbour

Carnegie and famous Scots people places and things

http://www.carnegiebirthplace.com/index.html
Andrew Carnegie updates

Literary Edinburgh

http://http//smittenbybritain.com/2010/04/my-bonnie-scotland.html
Bonnie Scotland.

Athens of the North - Calton Hill Edinburgh




http://scotland.stv.tv/greatest-scot/
Johnny Cash visits Falkland

Visit nearby:-
Charles Rennie Mackintosh - Glasgow School of Art
Andrew Carnegie - Dunfermline Birth place and Pittencrief Park
John Muir - Country Park
John Logie Baird
Adam Smith
Sir Walter Scot - Scot monument Princes Street Edinburgh
Robert Louis Stevenson
JM. Barrie (Peter Pan) - Kirremuir
Forth Road Bridge
Hills and Glens

Castles and palaces - Edinburgh and Stirling castle. Linlithgow and Falkland palace.
Famous Scots things:- Kilts
Higland dancing
Highland games



Famous Scots food and drink:-
Haggis
Clutie Dumpling
Crannachan
Porridge oats
WhiskyLiterary EdinburghLiterary Edinburgh

Films using Scottish locations:-
The Good Lands - Fife Miners- behind scenes
Good - lands local cast
Local Hero
Sky Walker
Film locations - Visit Scotland full list

Oban gateway to the Scottish Islands

Oban Caledonian MacBrayne ferries to the Islands, including Mull

http://www.oban.org.uk/

As the cottage is 10 miles north of Edinburgh a day trip takes about 3 hours each way.

Scenic, sometimes snow capped mountains.

Road sign in Gaelic:-

Viaduct at Glen Ogle is worth looking out for.

Old fashioned corrugated garage just after the viaduct on the way up.

The pier has a marvellous fish stall with langoustines, dressed crab, own smoked salmon ( tasters) lobster tails, prawn sandwiches etc.