Yes it's true. Many a time I have looked from my office window in Edinburgh - straight out across the Forth - to see glorious sunshine. Whilst Edinburgh sits under a dark cloud, the Kingdom shows clear skies.
Yet again, here I am now in Perth, but as I head home south down the M90 every evening I look east, and the likelihood is that the clouds will be breaking and blue skies will be coming through.
I guess it makes sense. It's on the East coast, known to be far drier than the West. There are few hills of any size, and it's far enough south to be protected from the harsher North Sea climate coming from the Arctic, and surprisingly it's still in line with Denmark. I had expected it to be up around Oslo!
Anyway, Fife proves to be a blessing. When the rest of Scotland feels distinctly un-summery, drive east for half an hour and it's like living in the South East of England again. Last Saturday, whilst the rest of the country was somewhat gloomy, St. Andrews was hot hot hot! The beaches were packed, there was not a spare outside table to be had at a cafe or pub anywhere.
So what were my impressions of St Andrews? Elitist, snobbish, yes St Andrews is certainly those things. But, it has great people-watching potential, and many an hour can be lost wandering around town ; the town is one of the few in Scotland which seems untouched by bad 20th Century town planning, or by hurled houses and as with all of Fife, the seafood is to die for.
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