Steeler Nation in Scotland

Could there be a better way to begin the day than by enjoying breakfast in this lovely conservatory at The Roods?

Well, actually, there could be:

Being greeted by a fellow member of the Steeler Nation.  Something tells me that we just may see Pat tomorrow wearing a different shirt, but we'll have to wait to see.

As I mentioned, the proprietors here are really quite entertaining which makes the time spent inside rather enjoyable.

I did venture out to try to see the town today, but it was pouring buckets and I got very wet.

But, here's a glimpse at what could be out there to see:

A house built in 1666 by John Henderson still stands on Church Street, one of the few original buildings in Inverkeithing.

Through the rain mist you can see a large vessel on the Firth of Forth.

Very near here is the construction for the new Forth Bridge.  There are two men staying here at the Roods who work at night working on the project.

As most towns here have, a mercat cross stands in the main part of town.  This is a common statue in what would have been "trade" towns.

The first good closeup of a Mercat cross that I have been able to get. Thanks to the clouds, I could zoom in and not have the background light wash out the white unicorn.

There is a war memorial behind the Scottish Church.  It pays tribute to the men of Inverkeithing who died in World War I as well as World War II.  The names are inscribed on metal plates.

 This cannon stands in front of the Civic Center in town.  Someone apparently found it in their background, buried, while they were doing some excavating, and they donated it to the town.

The Cannon dates from 1780 - 1810.

While walking about, I wandered into the Civic Center, hoping to find the local museum.  When I asked  about it, the woman said that one could only tour the museum by appointment, so I crossed that off of the list of things to do in Inverkeithing. Actually, that was the only thing on the list!

But, while inside the center, I spotted this huge picture of the town:

So, I  thought I'd try to recreate it, but it wasn't that easy to do in the pouring rain.  Plus there was no horse and carriage handy.  But, here goes:

The church is a practicing Church of Scotland.  It is the original building, built in the 14th century.  A plaque on the building states that it is on the site where St. Erat preached in the 400's.

By this time, I was really soaked, so I gave up the self-guided tour of the area and headed to the B&B where I then hung my coat to dry.  It was still wet as of last evening, so I wore my cape into Edinburgh for dinner.

Marty and I caught the train and walked to a French restaurant where he had been on one of his business dinners.  The staff annoyed me, as they pretended not to understand me and they spoke with very thick French accents so that you couldn't understand them.  They were young girls, so I found it very hard to believe that they didn't have better English speaking skills.

I had reserved a table online for 7:00 p.m., and Marty and I laughed when we walked in and we were the only two in the restaurant.  A few more people showed up, but we really did have the place to ourselves.

 Marty chose this HUGE French beer to have with his dinner.  Needless to say, we took advantage of the train travel.

As I mentioned yesterday, Isobel is quite into the Halloween decorating, although she was very quick to take everything down as if the event never happened.  But let me just entertain  you with video from two of her querky items.

Yep!  It certainly has been fun!