I always have a free Thursday and Friday in the middle of February and this year we booked a hotel in Dundee for a couple of nights....

For I ken mysel' by the queer-like smell That the next stop's Kirkcaddy! The final two lines in Mary Campbell Smith's poem "The Boy in...

Our friend Caroline recently moved to the village of Blackburn, a few miles beyond the Aberdeen urban area. We were invited up for a...

Although primarily a train man, I'm interested in all forms of transport. I have been a regular bus user my whole life and currently...

The Moray Firth cuts a large wedge into northeast Scotland. It's southern flank is a coastline we haven't explored to any great extent...

I read an article about the annual exhibition staged by Burntisland Heritage Trust. This year's topic was the shipbuilding heritage of...

Scotland officially has eight cities. My home town of Dunfermline received the royal charter last year. There is no agreed definition of...

Last summer I had an excellent time in London, combining two of my favourite activities - walking and museum visits. I covered around 17...

The City of Dunfermline boasts the original Carnegie Library. This fine Victorian building was extended a few years ago and a new museum...

I always have the first Monday in June off work and we decided to book a long weekend up in the Highlands. After searching Air B&B, we...

I had a free Friday and Nicole was heading up to Dundee for her university course. As I've done on several occasions, I hitched a lift...

The London-born photographer Joseph Mackenzie (1929-2015) became well known in Scotland for capturing urban images during times of great...

One of Fife's most successful artists in recent times is Jack Vettriano. Born in St Andrews (as Jack Hoggan, 1951), he was raised in the...

The traditional county town of Angus is Forfar. I've been there many times for football matches and Nicole and I have passed through on...

I'm now a regular attender of the special exhibitions hosted by the National Museum of Scotland in Chambers Street, Edinburgh. Each event...

The Carnegie Library in Dunfermline has a community gallery, housed within the old entrance hall, which features changing exhibitions....

With the death of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth dominating the media, I had completely forgotten to look at the local Doors Open programme...

I spent a whole day in Glasgow's Kelvingrove Museum a few months ago, poking into all areas of the permanent collection. A return visit...

To the north of Stirling stands a hill known as Abbey Craig. The monument at the top is dedicated to national hero William Wallace and...

I try to visit as many town museums as I can. They tend to be full of stories and stuffed with all manner of fascinating objects. I had a...