unusual day

I had to drive over to Dunfermline today to have new tyres fitted to the car. The lease company's designated supplier doesn't have anything more local.

30 minutes there, and the same drive back. An hour for them to do the work. 2 hours lost from the day.

The good news is that I decided to walk around Pittencrieff Park to kill the time, get fresh air and a wee bit of gentle exercise. I thought I hadn't been there before, but realised after a while that I'd been in one of the buildings for a function many years ago.

It was looking great.

The Blip is Pittencrieff House, which is in the park. It dates from 1610. In 1902 it was bought by Andrew Carnegie, and gifted to the town (his birth place).

One of its former occupants was Brigadier General John Forbes. He led the British forces which defeated the French at Fort Duquesne in 1758. He renamed the town Fort Pitt, and later it became Pittsburgh.

Pittsburgh is where Carnegie established his steel company, which he sold in 1901 for $480m.