After a brief time in Derby which included 2 daily visits to Matlock, a country town about half an hour up the train line to visit the Derbyshire Archives, I adjourned to London for a few days. A family member had a birthday and some of us celebrated in the Chinese restaurant at the Shard. While I have been there […]
The next stop on the way was Derby home of some ancestors and also the home of a friend I made in China. She picked me up from my hotel soon after my arrival and gave me the grand walking tour of Derby. It didn’t seem like 4+ years since we’d seen each other and we […]
Edinburgh It seems like a very long time since I updated the blog. Don’t have the previous excuse of technical problems or a cold, just life. I visited the archives in Edinburgh during my stay in Inverkeithing. They’re very close with Edinburgh being seen from Inverkeithing on a clear day and park and ride arrangements […]
Culross Culross is a small village on the Firth of Forth west of Inverkeithing and reached via 2 buses. Its history is associated with a monastery from the 6th century, monks who mined coal and rescued a royal damsel in distress, a couple of saints, export of coal and salt, creation of iron griddles, import […]
Around Inverkeithing I saw quite a bit of the town but most of the photos come from the main street. I walked up one of the hills and the photo from there is my favourite panoramic shot of the harbour, better than those posted previously. It did help that the weather was much improved. At […]