Farewell 2020

St Monans - Photo © Anne-Marie Minhall

This time last year I was headed to Fife for Hogmanay with two of my dearest friends.

We were staying in St Monans in the East Neuk district.

There's a church there dating back to 875 where St Monan was buried. Not much is known about St M except that a shrine was established to him & also that David II King of Scotland made a pilgrimage there after being wounded in battle & surviving. To give thanks he ordered that a church be built on the site. The holy place has quite a history, too. It's believed that women accused of witchcraft were imprisoned in its roof before meeting a terrible end. Oh, & Johnny Cash played a concert there singing Christmas Carols after almost being killed by his pet ostrich. Andy Williams was there as well. This is a true tale.

There's a wonderful restaurant in St Monans where we had a feast - Craig Millar @ 16 West End;
See the menu

The owner & chef is also very entertaining on Twitter.

I hope to be back with my wonderful chums in 2021 & to revisit Craig Millar's. The food, service & wine are exquisite.

Here's to when we can all be together again.

St Monans

Amen to that.

Happy New Year.

AMM