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Kinghorn Fife Pettycur Beach
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{Scotland} Kinghorn & Pettycur Beach

Our quest to visit as many beaches as possible via public transport from Edinburgh took us out to Kinghorn in Fife the other week. Kinghorn has been on my travel bucket list for a while, and despite the hazy weather

3 August 2021
Belhaven Bay Beach
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{Scotland} Belhaven Beach & the Bridge to Nowhere

We are blessed to live with easy reach of the beach here in Edinburgh, with beach after beach stretching along the East Lothian and Fife coasts to either side of us. Although we don't have a car, there are quite

20 July 2021
John Muir's Birthplace Museum
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{Scotland} John Muir’s Birthplace Museum

Last week we were on holiday in Dunbar and of course, wherever we go on holiday we always scout out the local museums. Dunbar is a small town on the East Coast of Scotland, and home to the John Muir

19 July 2021
Free Printable Burns Night Activity Pack
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Burns Night Free Printable Activity Pack

With Burns Night just around the corner - the day that Scotland celebrates its national nard, Robert Burns (a.k.a. Rabbie Burns) - I thought it would be fun to put together an activity pack for the kids with some themed

21 January 2021
St Andrews Castle
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{Scotland} St Andrews Castle & Cathedral with Kids

Happy Museum Monday. We’re back this week to share another of our recent cultural day trips with you. This week, we’re sharing last month’s visit to St Andrew’s to celebrate our wedding anniversary. We had booked in to visit St Andrew’s

19 October 2020
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{Scotland} Jupiter Artland Sculpture Park

Museum Monday has been on a bit of a break since the beginning lockdown in Spring, with most cultural institutions closed and all travel plans put on hold. But as things slowly started to open up again, we embarked on

28 September 2020
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{Edinburgh} The Scottish Portrait Gallery with Kids

Happy Museum Monday! We are blessed with having some great family-friendly museums and galleries here in Edinburgh, and most of them offer free entry too. During our recent half-term break, we attended a great art workshop at the Scottish National

24 February 2020
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{Edinburgh} Tyrannosaurs at the National Museum of Scotland

Happy Museum Monday! We've got a great treat to share with you today. This past weekend, Mr Fox and I visited the new TYRANNOSAURS exhibition at the National Museum of Scotland. It was created by the Australian Museum, and has

27 January 2020
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{Scotland} In the Footsteps of Mary Queen of Scots

Happy Museum Monday! Following on from last week's post about the local history museum in Linlithgow, I wanted to share our visit to Linlithgow Palace during the same trip. Linlithgow Palace was the birthplace of several monarchs, most famous of all

4 November 2019
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{Scotland} Local History at Linlithgow Museum

Happy Museum Monday! We've got another Scottish recommendation for you today. Over the October half term break, we had a little mini break in Linlithgow which is just one train stop away from Edinburgh. It's famous for being the birthplace

28 October 2019
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{Scotland} Halloween Cruise to Narrowboat Farm

We're slowly working our way around various pumpkin patches in Scotland. Two years ago, we visited Craigie's Farm in South Queensferry, last year we checked out Killduff Farm in East Lothian, and this year we headed over to West Lothian

21 October 2019
Travel

{Scotland} The Carnegie Library & Galleries

Happy Museum Monday! A couple of weeks ago I shared our visit to the fantastic Andrew Carnegie Birthplace Museum in Dunfermline, here in Scotland. Well, it's not the only museum Dunfermline has to offer, as we also popped in to

7 October 2019
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