Strathmiglo is a village in Fife, in which comedian Ronnie Corbett once had a home. We pass it on a regular basis. The road on which we do that, though, bypasses the main street but the way we come in passes a road named Cash Fues as the land there once belonged to the ancestors of country singer Johnny Cash.

One day last year we took the time to stop for a look round the village itself.

This is the tolbooth, built in 1734:-

View towards East Lomond – the second highest hill in Fife. (The highest is the West Lomond.)

There is a wonderful monkey puzzle tree (araucaria) just off the main street – with the kirk beyond:-

By the entrance to the kirk is a Pictish stone:-

A plaque on the wall beside it has a description:-

Now we’re in the seventies proper.

Al Stewart has one of those distinctive voices. You really couldn’t mistake him for anyone else. He almost doesn’t sing but more or less speaks instead. (Don’t knock it. Johnny Cash made a career out of not singing.)

Time Passages was one of the songs I considered for the title to this category. It was a hit in the US but not the UK. He got a lot of airplay in Britain but not many sales I think. Year Of The Cat was his only hit single over here.

This is a live version, pretty faithful to the record.

Al Stewart: Time Passages