Inspiration
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The True Story of Harriet Hopkins (1871) daughter of Jane Hopkins (Renier)
Harriet is the protagonist of RIDUNA. Here’s her true story as far as we know it but in a nutshell: Harriet Hopkins (known as Jane in Guernsey and subsequently) was my great grandmother. She lived on Alderney but moved to Guernsey between 1881 and 1890 and subsequently married my grandfather Thomas Jackson in 1890 on…
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Islands of Inspiration (3) ~ Iona
I first visited the Scottish western island of Iona, off the coast of Mull, in my 30’s on a pilgrimage with Aylesbury, St Mary’s. It was an incredible Easter experience and we stayed at the Abbey for a week ~ the likes of which I have never enjoyed since. See my original post in my…
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Nellie Rault was murdered 100 years ago ~ An Inspiration
The unsolved murder of a Jersey lass, Nellie Rault, one hundred years ago, inspired my first murder mystery, Murder Now and Then. viewbook.at/MurderNowandThen Here is Nellie Rault’s full story compiled and carefully researched by Liz Walton from the Great War Channel Island Study Group. The mystery also inspired the Luton Paranormal Society to investigate it!…
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Pittenweem ~ The Fisherman’s Hub and other Special Attributes
Next along the Fife Coastal Path from St Monan’s is the fishing village of Pittenweem, the hub which catches and distributes fresh fish to all of Fife and beyond. There is a fish shops straight from the boats at the back of St Monan’s. We buy ours in Burntisland, but a van also brings fish…
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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 ~ 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…