{"id":62,"date":"2007-09-23T22:13:15","date_gmt":"2007-09-23T22:13:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.dur.ac.uk\/paul.hodgkinson\/wordpress\/index.php\/2007\/09\/st-monans\/"},"modified":"2023-03-09T13:37:07","modified_gmt":"2023-03-09T13:37:07","slug":"st-monans","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ph-images.webspace.durham.ac.uk\/index.php\/2007\/09\/st-monans\/","title":{"rendered":"St Monans"},"content":{"rendered":"

A set of pictures from a mini-sabbatical in mid-August staying with a friend in St Monans, Fife (Scotland).<\/p>\n

\"Coldstream\"<\/a><\/p>\n

River Tweed at Coldstream – a convenient stop on the way up north from Durham to Edinburgh. Following the A1 all the way round the coast is actually a slightly quicker route, but the A697 via Wooler and Coldstream is a more interesting drive.<\/p>\n

\"ColdstreamMemorial\"<\/a><\/p>\n

War memorial in Coldstream. Note the two names added to the bottom right of the main plaque; the Johnston’s were brothers who had both been killed in World War I but whose names had apparently been accidentally omitted<\/a> when the monument was erected.<\/p>\n

\"StMonansMainStreet\"<\/a>
\n\"StMonansCottages\"<\/a>
\n\"StMonansRoseSt\"<\/a>
\n\"StMonansSeaFront\"<\/a><\/p>\n

Views of St Monans. Originally a fishing village (amongst many others on the Fife coast), the fishing fell into rapid decline with the disappearance of the herring shoals.<\/p>\n

\"StMonansWindmill\"<\/a><\/p>\n

Restored 18th century windmill used for the production of salt<\/a>.<\/p>\n

\"StMonansSea\"<\/a> \"StMonansRainbow\"<\/a><\/p>\n

The weather was a bit hit and miss, but at least gave this splendid late evening rainbow (a double rainbow is just visible).<\/p>\n

\"StAndrewsCathedral\"<\/a><\/p>\n

The ruins of the cathedral at St Andrews<\/a>. The cathedral was sacked in the Protestant Reformation (after a particularly rousing sermon from John Knox<\/a> in 1559) and subsequently fell into ruin.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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