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Newest Review: ... National Trust organise visits for schools, dressing up and playing the games children would have done many years is all part of the learning process for them. We later saw them having their picnic in the Orchard, back in school uniform they seemed more boisterous! HISTORY Falkland still retains its medieval burgh layout and has many houses over 300 years old. There is the Hunting Lodge which is now a traditional family run inn. We enjoyed lunch in the pretty beer garden at the rear after our tour of the Palace and gardens! They have 3 bedrooms either overlooking the palace or the Lomond hills if you want to stay there and absorb the at... more

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Villages & Resorts in Fife: Step back in time! (1684 words)
by - written on 25/06/05 (Very useful, 108 readings)
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I have lived in Scotland so long now that I feel Scottish and am very loyal to this wonderful country. We get visitors travelling up from the Deep South! Of England I mean and like to take them to visit various tourist attractions. When they have been several times we have to put our thinking caps on to find somewhere not too far to drive but interesting to visit and take into account it could be wet too! We had been into Edinburgh and explored Britannia the one day so decided to head north a little and enter the Kingdom of Fife. DESTINATION Falkland, yes there is a place called Falkland in Scotland! You are forgiven if you’ve never heard of ... Read the complete review

The East Neuk (628 words)
by - written on 18/04/02 (Very useful, 99 readings)
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For those of you not familiar with Fife, the East Neuk is almost certainly the most quaint part of it; if not the whole of Scotland. It consists of a series of wee towns: Elie/Earlsferry, St Monans, Pittenween, Anstruther, Cellardyke, Kilrenny and Crail; each with a population of between 500 - 3000. The "industry" of the East Neuk has traditionally been fishing, but with new European rules and regulations this has taken a battering in recent years. Along with the closure of boatbuilding in St Monans, this has left the East Neuk in quite a bizarre situation; no real industry except tourism, while locals seem to do what they can to keep ... Read the complete review