Millions of snowdrops lined much of the route that a friend and I walked from Inverkeithing to Aberdour.  The sound of courting eider ducks and other birds travelled across the calm water while the woods were full of song birds establishing their territories and seeking mates.
 
It seemed so peaceful at St Bridget's Kirk but the presence of a Mort House revealed a hidden past of terror and skullduggery. Any graveyard within reach of Edinburgh’s medical school was frequently targeted by grave robbers like Burke and Hare  So the Mort House was built at St Bridget’s where relatives could sit at night and keep a watch out for people who would dig up newly buried bodies and sell them to medical students to study
 
St Bridget’s Kirk was built in the 1100s to serve the local community of Dalgety with monks rowing across from the Abbey on Inchcolm island to take services, and it continued as the parish church until 1830, by which time most of the people had moved further north and another church was built.  It is a fascinating building with four aisles added to accommodate leading families and the most interesting is the two-storeyed 400 year old Seton Aisle.  The ground floor has the burial vault with the Laird’s Loft above, where the family could sit during worship with an adjoining room to which they could retire eat and relax during the long day of services. With a fire, panelled walls and windows overlooking the lovely view towards Edinburgh across the sea it must have been a pleasant place. (extra)
 
There are some wonderful carved gravestones one of which dates back to 1665 but some are older and several have carvings showing the occupations of the deceased.