Back From Art And All That.

          Well we are back from Pittenweem Arts Festival, it was non-stop and very cold, but for my partner, Stasia, it was well worth doing. Pittenweem is a small fishing village on the east coast of Scotland, the East Neuk of Fife, (neuk, Scots word for corner) and for the last 34 years has run what is the largest arts festival in Scotland. A beautiful little place and one of the few Scottish fishing villages that still has fishing boats coming and going, and their catch going into trucks for the towns and cities.

 

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Where Have All The Fishermen Gone?

      

       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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