Inchkeith Island

by **Guest** » 04 Sep 2004, 15:56

Froglette called me earlier today, to let me know she had just landed safely on Inchkeith Island, where she, our son and their fellow shipmates were to spend the afternoon before returning to Burntisland. The trip was part of Scottish Archaeology Month.

Inchkeith has a and is now the property of Sir Tom Farmer. I mentioned this to a friend, who suggested that perhaps Froglette could have put up a few CATS posters while she was there. But why stop there? We could charter a boat and occupy the island!

In 1497, victims of the plague in Edinburgh were isolated on Inchkeith, so a witty headline for this occupation might be 'A plague upon your superstore, Sir Tom!'

Disclaimer - the foregoing message is intended as a joke. Portobello Online does not advocate the grossly irresponsible and certainly illegal occupation of territories belonging to Sir Tom Farmer, who would never knowingly threaten the livelihood of local traders, nor seek to undermine our community in the interest of profit.

by **Porty** » 04 Sep 2004, 16:50

Didn't realise he owned Inchkeith. Its not many people that make a fortune from inflation.

by **ecm** » 04 Sep 2004, 17:08

by **Porty** » 04 Sep 2004, 17:13

by **ali** » 04 Sep 2004, 19:09

who's the smiley poet now, then???

by **Porty** » 04 Sep 2004, 19:18

by **Guest** » 05 Sep 2004, 16:17

Photos from the trip to Inchkeith, courtesy of Lindsay

View the whole set at:
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v431/bobjefferson/

by **ecm** » 05 Sep 2004, 16:25

Great pics. I'd really like to visit Inchkeith.
There are ferry trips available to Inchcolm Island from Newhaven and South Queensferry that I meant to take advantage of during the school hols but it never worked out.
I take it the trips to Inchkeith aren't so readily available?

by **Guest** » 05 Sep 2004, 17:20

Marya, that was Inchmickery, which I have just learned was used as a location for 'Complicity', a film based on the Iain Banks novel of the same name.

ecm - there are no excursions to Inchkeith. Apparently hundreds of people applied for tickets for this event but there were only 2 trips and the boat only held a dozen people. If they get permission, the organisers hope to hold a similar event next year.

by **ecm** » 05 Sep 2004, 17:34

I can see why the trips might be so popular. There's something quite mysterious and compelling about these Forth islands.
The one I would really like to visit is the Isle of May which depending on the weather is sometimes visible from Porty. It has no less than 3 lighthouses on it and if I wasn't such a terrible sailor I'd make the trip from Anstruther sometime.
It's not that I suffer from sea-sickness, I just get quite terrified if I lose sight of land. That wouldn't happen on trips to these islands so I think I'd be OK.
We sailed from Rosyth to Zeebrugge last year on the Superfast ferry it was the longest 18 hours of my life. And could I get drunk enough to calm down?
Could I buggery!

by **Guest** » 05 Sep 2004, 18:18

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