Just back after a couple of days up at the Pittenweem Art Festival, in Fife on the East Coast of Scotland. We stayed at a small fishing village called Crail, not far from Pittenweem. Well it has fishing boats, but whether it is a fishing village I'm not sure. A beautiful wee spot with narrow cobbled streets and small stone cottages,
However where fishing families walked the narrow streets squeezing a living from the dangerous life of fishing, you now find the odd Porsche sports car, BMW and Mercedes saloon car dotted around. Lots of the houses around the harbour have gone from housing hard working families to smartly decorated holiday homes for those with a bob or two to spare.
I'm all for a life of leisure in picturesque surroundings, but in this society it seems to be the preserve of that group with more money to play around with, than you and I have to live on.
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