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From the accommodation, we took a taxi to Leuchars Train Station with Susie of Thistle Taxi. This woman is so down to Earth. She retired early (at 50…love it!) from health services some time ago and moved herself near St. Andrews (not in the town, which she considers too busy). She loves driving and hadContinue reading “To Edinburgh & Onward”

6.5km + 5.5km + 8km (3 days). Overcast; cloudy with sun; overcast. The trail between Crail & St. Andrews is apparently tougher than other parts of the trail, and there isn’t always a high tide option. We used a few days to explore St. Andrews, and Dad was under the weather on the 3rd dayContinue reading “Days in St. Andrews”

8.5km. Overcast. Windy. Anstruther was an entrepreneur and politician in the late 1770s, and partnered in the salt pans pictured below. Salt played an important role in Scottish exports then, and in the early 1600s, salt was Scotland’s third largest export after wool and fish. The salt water was boiled with coal-burning energy to retrieveContinue reading “Day 7 Walking St. Monan’s – Anstruther”

8km. Sunny with clouds. Windy. Our walk was at high tide, but we were still able to not walk along the high tide route, which is along the road. We were able to speak with a few locals in Elie (pronounced Eee-lee) who helped us with deciding to take the coastal route, and at leastContinue reading “Day 6 Walking: Elie – St. Monan’s”

5km. Overcast to sunny with clouds. We tidied up and moved homes today. We left Kirkcaldy at 11, and caught the x61 all the way to St. Andrews. We thought it was express, but it made a lot of stops. Once we arrived, we had a look around the home. It’s lovely! As I wasContinue reading “Moving Day”

8km. Sunny with a few clouds. We took the bus to Leven and made our way easily to the sea. The high tide was @11:51am (4.75m), but it was beautiful, calm weather, so we didn’t need to take the inland trail, and instead, were able to walk the whole day on the beach. While onContinue reading “Day 5 Walking: Leven – Lower Largo”

7km. I had sensations of heaven this day. The temperatures and sun light, as well as the sea breeze made for a perfect day. We caught a bus to Wemyss, and found the trail. We saw MacDuff Castle and Wemyss caves. There was one small error in the trail book (p.40) today, where one wantsContinue reading “Day 4 Walking: West Wemyss – Buckhaven”

10km. Beautiful and sunny. There was a beautiful sky this day. The walk was calm and slow. I really wanna come back to this trail. There was a castle we passed between Kirkcaldy and Dysart that I would love to explore. As a part of the castle, there were many stone structures at the beach…wereContinue reading “Day 3 Walking: Kirkcaldy – Dysart”

12km This was a long day. We started by accidentally jumping on the express train to Edinburgh. We meant to catch the train to Burntisland, but didn’t think to ask the attendant before we got on the train. All was fine though, and it was no problem to get off before the bridge, at Inverkeithing,Continue reading “Day 2 Walking: Burntisland – Kirkaldy”

May 22. 9km. Cloudy with blue skies. We took the bus to Dysart to get the trail map and guidebook at the Harbourmaster’s House. Then we headed to Aberdour (bus back to Kirkcaldy, then the train to Aberdour). We noticed how much better this trail is marked than the Ayrshire. And the trail is moreContinue reading “Day 1 Walking: Aberdour – Burntisland”