Falkland Palace....
10th September 2022 (Saturday) 09.00 ....It’s a lovely , bright and
sunny, autumnal morning. I haven’t been out on the bike, but Iain and I are going to Falkland Palace (NTS) for a change of scene. The forecast is good for the whole day... in fact it could be warm in the afternoon.
20.30 Iain and I had a brilliant day for going to
Falkland Palace; I actually found it too
warm inside, but a rest in the Chapel (Jim and I recorded the Chapel about 10
years ago) revived me and soon cooled off in the passageway with the tapestries
on the wall. We’ve been to Falkland
Palace before but find something new on each visit.
On the way to the garden we passed through the shop where we bought a much needed ice cream; I really enjoyed that. Iain went off to take photos of the garden while sat and thought about how important Falkland Palace had been in Scottish history. One of
the Guides came from an Earlsferry family; Bennett. I think she said that Patricia (Pat) was the only one of the family living in The Ferry now. When I am browsing Kinneuchar Kirk records, looking for Maggie’s ancestors, I often come across the name Bennett... he was one of the Kinneuchar kirk elders; this in the 1750’s. It’s a small world right enough.
We
enjoyed our outing to Falkland Palace;
and I look forward to going back there again with Alice..... though she
and Izzy might already have done the Palace.
It
has been a bonnie day today; probably a little bit too warm for me, but
then again I was probably a little bit over dressed. To be honest I didn’t expect it to be as warm
as it was today; the car thermometer was
showing 22C on the way home. That was
inland... in the Howe o’ Fife in fact.
Nae
‘plan’ for tomorrow; Iain goes back to
Auchnagatt after lunch so we might have a
You can see why I'm better at the other end of a camera!
walk to the beach after breakfast. The forecast for KY9 is not bad; ‘light cloud and a gentle breeze’ with rain
coming in later in the afternoon/evening.
