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McManus Galleries
I lived in Dundee from 1993 to 1995. Scary to think that's now more than a quarter of a century ago. I try to get up to the old city at...
Walking With Brian
Jan 11, 20229 min read
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Summerlee Museum
The Lanarkshire town of Coatbridge has a proud industrial heritage and the area was once dominated by foundries and coal mines. The...
Walking With Brian
Jan 10, 20225 min read
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Fife Pilgrim Way
Many people come from miles around to walk the Fife Coastal Path - a 117 mile route running from Kincardine to Newburgh. In 2019, a new...
Walking With Brian
Dec 20, 202134 min read
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Korean War Memorial
I'll often say I was motivated to visit a certain location by spotting it on Google Maps. In this case I had randomly been scrolling...
Walking With Brian
Dec 6, 20213 min read
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West Fife Woodlands Way
There are two famous long distance walking trails through the Kingdom of Fife. The Coastal Path winds for 117 miles around the peninsula...
Walking With Brian
Nov 30, 20218 min read
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Kirklands House & Garden
The West Fife village of Saline lies just five miles from our home. There is a pleasant walk through the wooded steep-sided glen that...
Walking With Brian
Nov 30, 20213 min read
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Stirling Circuit
Let's get one thing straight. Scotland has four cities: Edinburgh, Glasgow, Dundee and Aberdeen. Ok, Perth at a push. We all know it has...
Walking With Brian
Nov 12, 20218 min read
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Sunday Wanderings
With Nicole working all day Sunday for the foreseeable future, I began assembling a list of destinations I could comfortably visit during...
Walking With Brian
Nov 10, 20219 min read
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Craiglockhart Hills
The city of Edinburgh is built around seven hills: Calton, Castle, Arthur's Seat, Corstorphine, Blackford, Craiglockhart and Braid. Today...
Walking With Brian
Nov 9, 202111 min read
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Doors Open Days 2021
In recent years I've marked the autumn Doors Open days in the diary. They take place over various weekends in September and each local...
Walking With Brian
Nov 3, 202113 min read
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Loanhead & Penicuik
I hadn't done a railway walk in a while and a couple of paths had been filed away in a mental drawer. Midlothian was hit just as hard as...
Walking With Brian
Aug 10, 202115 min read
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Bishop and Hill of Tarvit
Spring was in the air and I had a free Sunday. It was warm(ish) and dry outside. What better way to restore some fitness than by tackling...
Walking With Brian
Mar 24, 20217 min read
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Buffalo Bill
In 1904, the legendary American showman Buffalo Bill embarked upon a comprehensive tour of 29 Scottish venues. Multiple dates were staged...
Walking With Brian
Mar 12, 20217 min read
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Dumfries & Galloway
The October holidays came around and a trip to Germany was still off limits. We plumped for five days down in the southwest of Scotland....
Walking With Brian
Oct 26, 202021 min read
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Fife Witches Remembered
I have previously written extensively about the sad case of Lilias Adie, the Torryburn resident accused of practising witchcraft in the...
Walking With Brian
Oct 15, 20205 min read
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Castle to Castle
Two weeks off work and a few days left to my own devices while Nicole worked upstairs in the home office behind the clothes horse. We had...
Walking With Brian
Oct 15, 20205 min read
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Clackmannan and coal mines
As a resident of West Fife, my wanderings often take me into the neighbouring county of Clackmannanshire. Known affectionately as the Wee...
Walking With Brian
Aug 3, 20209 min read
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Stonehaven
Today's outing was a drive up to Stonehaven on the northeast coast, approximately halfway between Montrose and Aberdeen. I hadn't visited...
Walking With Brian
Jul 22, 20204 min read
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Dalzell Estate
We always enjoy visiting a new RSPB reserve. Baron's Haugh is located just outside Motherwell and is bounded by the River Clyde. The...
Walking With Brian
Jul 22, 20206 min read
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Easing back into urbex
Lockdown had finally been relaxed to the point where it was permissible to travel more than five miles for leisure purposes. Although I...
Walking With Brian
Jul 9, 20209 min read
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