People and Places

The Scottish Vintage Bus Museum at Lathalmond. The museum is housed in the old Naval Stores buildings and the open space is often used for Vintage Car and Traction Engine displays. For more information about the museum see www.busweb.co.uk/svbm/index.htm
A few pictures of Bruges. We had a trip there on the new Rosyth to Zeebrugge ferry.
My Grandfather, Finlay Brown, started passenger bus services in 1925. By 1931 services were Windygates to Leven, Windygates to Kinkcaldy and Leven to Cupar.
A few pictures taken from a helicopter trip over Edinburgh and the Forth Bridges which I enjoyed a few years ago.
Alastair has joined the Edinburgh University Ballooning Club. Here is a link to the web site where you can see their photographs www.smartgroups.com/groups/saltire To see how a balloon is launched click here.
The Falkirk Wheel, the world's first and only rotating boatlift For more information see www.thefalkirkwheel.co.uk
The Museum of Flight at East Fortune Airfield is home to a collection of aircraft, some old and some not so old. The newest addition is one of the Concords. For more information see www.nms.ac.uk/flight
The Bass Rock, a small island in the Firth of Forth, seen here from North Berwick is home to thousands of seabirds. Cameras have been set up on the island and the pictures can be viewed from the Scottish Seabird Centre. For more information see www.seabird.org
The buildings in the New lanark World Heritage Site have been carefully restored and many of the old mill buildings are now exhibitions areas. For more information about New Lanark World Heritage Sitewww.newlanark.org
Fife has always had involvement with Motorsport. From early days of Motorcycle, sand racing on the beach at St Andrews and road racing at Beveridge Park in Kirkcaldy, to Go-Kart racing at the old Crail Aerodrome.
There has been Stock Car Racing at Central Park, the home ground of Cowdenbeath FC since 1963. Last year, 2003, the Racewall at Cowdenbeath was the venue for the Saloon Stockcar World Championship. An excellent race with the lead frequently changing and lots of good hard racing. It was only in the last few laps that the eventual winner hit the front. For more information about Stock Car Racing see www.briscaf2.com
Knockhill Racetrack, out in the hills to the north of Dunfermline, is now a major British Racing venue. As well as the usual range of car, bike and kart racing, stock cars use a small part of the circuit around the fearsome hairpin corner. For more information see www.knockhill.co.uk