Fife Coastal Path Day 1

So we're back from our walking adventure, and over the next few days I'll be blogging about our travels along the Coastal Path.

With a short amount of time, we decided to pick the best section of the route: Kirkcaldy to St Andrews. Also this helped our plan of using public transport as we could get to both locations.

So the holiday started in a rather uninspiring location - Glenrothes bus station. The skies were grey, but looked set to clear.

Arriving in Kirkcaldy the weather was no better - North Sea fog covered the beach!

Fortunately the route was well signposted. So we were off.

Kirkcaldy is not very exciting so we quickly left the town behind. We didn't stop at the castle as we wanted to get moving and the visibility was poor.

Hugging the shoreline we followed the old boundary wall of Dysart House.

This then lead through a tunnel and out into Dysart harbour.

The blue sky was just beginning to break through.
Dysart is a pretty harbour now but has had a busy industrial past.

Leaving Dysart we passed clear signs of this heritage

Soon the coastal villages came thick and fast. Next up was Wemyss. Wemyss has undergone recent restoration. The village is now pristine.

We stopped here for a spot of lunch.

Wemyss is also known for the caves outside town.

Then the lowlight of the walk - the towns of Buckhaven and Methil. These are still industrial towns, whose fortunes were down to local coal mining. Now they are using the old docks for offshore renewable energies.

We sped on to our final point for the night: Lower Largo.

The village beckoned.

Lower Largo is a very pretty place. We had a meal at the Crusoe Hotel, a pint at the Railway Inn, then up the hill to our campsite for the night.

To be continued...........