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  • The Healing Paths of Fife ~ in Aid of Kirkcaldy Foodbank

    Why Does The Kirkcaldy Foodbank Need Our Help? I love living in Scotland, particularly in Fife, and yet I am increasingly aware of the inequalities in this region and have volunteered to make up food parcels for Kirkcaldy Foodbank for well over two years now. What I find most astounding is that the need is…

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  • £405.43 Raised for local charities

    The running total raised by profits of my paperback The Healing Paths of Fife is now over £400!! Charities benefiting have included Kinghorn Community Library, Kinghorn Lunchclub and the Kinghorn Playparks scheme. More recently nearly £100 has been raised for The Kirkcaldy Foodbank which covers the area as far as Burntisland to provide much needed food…

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  • Good News! Money Raised for Local Charities

    I’ve been selling my book ‘The Healing Paths of Fife’ in the past year in local shops with profits going to local charities, including: Kinghorn Community Library Kinghorn Play Parks The Friday Lunch Club (for the elderly) I would like to thank these Kinghorn establishments for their support: The Sea Witch, (a place for that…

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  • The Last Post ~ on Fife for a wee while anyway!

    Before ‘virtually’ leaving Fife and its coastal path for a while to return to Bedfordshire (virtually of course) for a very special centenary and some exciting news related to my writing, I would like to share with you some of the wonderful blogs about my adopted home, the Kingdom of Fife.   The first is…

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  • Diana’s Virtual Tour of Fife ~ The Coastal Path to St Andrews

    Ode to St Andrews On the cliff top majestic ruins enhance the blue skyline, a backdrop of the restless ocean and endless white sands. The cathedral’s greatness living on in the lives of countless pilgrims, a memory of centuries of worship and a legacy of spirituality. A tribute to God. And yet pilgrims also flock…

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  • Diana’s virtual tour of The Fife Coast ~ Kingsbarns to St Andrews

    Ambling along grassy slopes, pausing to glance back at a craggy coastline  ~ alone. Climbing well worn rocky steps clinging to cliff face. Awaiting the safety of the out going tide to reveal a tiny cove and sandy shore. Ancient rocks guiding the way, a wooden bridge, a wooded glen,  cows munching betwixt stepping stones,…

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  • Diana’s Virtual Tour of Fife ~ The story so far

    For each book I’ve written so far, a sense of ‘place’ has been vital to my writing. On each occasion I have wished to capture the essence of these locations by writing posts in the form of virtual tours. So far my virtual travels have explored Alderney, Guernsey, Southampton and Bedfordshire, but more recently I have…

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  • Diana’s Virtual Tour of the Fife Coast ~ Kirkcaldy

      I’m going to back track along the coast from East Neuk to Kirkcaldy, (pronounced without the ‘l’) which has a long promenade and sandy bay taking you over a mile. It stretches between Seafield Tower and the seals all the way to Ravanscraig Castle and the coastal walk beside the park to Dysart Harbour.…

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