Fife Fantasy
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Diana’s Virtual Tour of Fife ~ back home in Kinghorn
Returning home a moment from my virtual tour of Fife, here’s just a wee taster of a poem in The Healing Paths of Fife: Ode to Kinghorn You stole my heart the moment we met as I gazed down from the Braes. The warm sun captured in the palm of your hand even on the…
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Selkies, Seals and Seafield Tower ~ Diana’s virtual tour of Fife continues
If there is one chapter of my fantasy ~ memoir ‘The Healing Paths of Fife’ that has ended getting me into trouble it is the walk to Seafield Tower! It happens to be one of my favourite walks, it being closest to home, running along the Fife Coastal Path from just above Kinghorn Harbour, behind the…
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Diana’s Virtual Tour of The Kingdom of Fife ~ Dysart of Outlander Fame!
Dysart is one of the locations of the popular series Outlander, which I’ve only just started watching on DVD. It is my Tuesday evening treat when my husband is out at Rotary! We discovered Dysart fairly early on during our first stay in Kinghorn by following the sign to The Harbour Master’s House from the…
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Diana’s Virtual Tour of The Kingdom of Fife ~ Aberdour
The first glimpse I had of Silver Sands Bay at Aberdour was on a mobile phone. I was still down south, struggling with the running down of the college where I once loved to work before I even knew of the possibility of voluntary redundancy. Roger was enticing me to join him up here. He…
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Diana’s Virtual Tour of the Kingdom of Fife ~ Pettycur
We are fortunate that Pettycur Bay and harbour are only a few minutes away from where we live. In fact, we lived in a flat at Pettycur Bay back in 2013 with a view over towards The Forth Bridge. In days gone by it was from here that the ferry took the traveller over…
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North Queensferry ~ The Village of Three Bridges ~ Diana’s Virtual Tour of the Kingdom of Fife
The villages of three bridges, North Queensferry (and Queensferry ~ the better known tourist spot across the water) have always been the key places to view the famous Forth Rail Bridge. On our first visits there were only two bridges, including the 1960’s road bridge, but now of course you have the majestic Queensferry Crossing…
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Diana’s Virtual Tour of the Kingdom of Fife ~ Lower Largo
For each of my books I have written virtual tours of the places which have inspired me to write, and Fife is no exception. My tour will be in chronological order rather then geographical, as I discover, explore and come to love this region of the UK. I will begin in Lower Largo. I was…
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Paperback Book Launch ~ The Healing Paths of Fife
Although ‘The Healing Paths of Fife’ came out on kindle in April, it has only just been launched as a paperback to be available for order though any good bookshop. Available through: Waterstones Amazon UK …