Anstruther

They have held the Home Game festival in Anstruther for the past seven years, but decided it was time for an Away Game, and Eigg was the perfect destination.

Weird and wonderful: Scotland's Away Game music festival Luke Bainbridge 2010

"Yes, one trunk labelled Anstruther," Eleanor said very distinctly.

The Rebellion of Margaret Geraldine Mockler 1900

"Anstruther," he continued, mastering his emotion with an effort, "I am going to ask a further sacrifice from you as a condition of my consent to your marriage with Dolores -- a very necessary condition, or I would not make it.

A Queen's Error Henry Curties

An outing to Anstruther (eastneukoutdoors.co.uk) for kids' sea-kayaking or abseiling is topped off with a treat of fish (or lobster or venison) and chips at the award-winning Anstruther Fish Bar (anstrutherfishbar.co.uk).

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The festival is run by Fence, the label and collective based in the seaside town of Anstruther, Fife.

Weird and wonderful: Scotland's Away Game music festival Luke Bainbridge 2010

We relished our razor clams ( "spoots" in Scottish dialect) from Arisaig, cooked with the Spanish touch of chorizo; hand-dived Orkney scallops; roasted bone marrow with Devon snails and generously scattered Perthshire girolles; an unrecognizable circle of boned and rolled pig's head accompanied by roasted langoustine from Anstruther and a crunchy salad of shredded pig's ear; and the brilliantly conceived disk of foie-gras-cum-haggis, neeps and tatties.

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Lynch did bring caterers from Anstruther, but they were battling against the odds.

Weird and wonderful: Scotland's Away Game music festival Luke Bainbridge 2010

After Crail, the A917 hugs the east coast, traveling through the East Neuk of Fife, where one finds a string of ancient fishing villages from Anstruther, famous for its fish and chips; Pittenweem, known for its annual arts-and-crafts festival; and St. Monans, whose church, the Auld Kirk, has a sailing ship suspended from the ceiling, a nod to its maritime past.

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He moved to Anstruther, irrevocably seduced by its glamorous lifestyle of fishing boats, farm animals and wind-ravaged hedonism, and got involved in the running of the indie label Fence Records, founded by Kenny Anderson, AKA folk musician King Creosote.

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In July 1920, Anstruther Mackay reported from Palestine on Zionist aspirations.

Prophesying Palestine 2008