For a little break from a month's intensive gardening and a change of scene we went across Scotland to the East Neuk Festival for the first time. The main attraction for us was Quatuor Ebene playing two of the late Beethoven quartets. Despite a late start (they missed their flight from Paris!) their performance was stunningly good. The next day they played Mozart and Ravel and gave as an encore their variation on a Beatles number - I hadn't realised quite how versatile these brilliant musicians are. For an introduction if you don't know them, see here.
This part of Fife with it's fishing villages and the lovely town of St Andrews is very picturesque....