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Walking part of the Fife Coastal Path

November 26th, 2006

We managed a night away around Easter time.  Having had a great time walking in Slovenia in the summer of 2005, we’ve tried to do a little more of it in 2006.

Fife has a coastal path which stretches through towards the east.  We stayed in Aberdour, with its picture postcard station and castle.  Heading along the coast towards Burntisland, we followed the train route, and enjoyed great views back across the Firth of Forth to Edinburgh.  Burntisland is directly opposite Granton, the nearest stretch of coast on the Edinburgh side to our home.

We also came close to Inchcolm Island, one of the islands in the Firth which includes the remains of an abbey. In its day, the abbey was known as the Iona of the east. The island was also where our friends Rachel and David got married, so it was good to be able to see it again.

It’s nice to revisit the walk if I’m going on work trips to St Andrews or further up the east coast.  Perhaps we’ll get a chance to see more of the coastal path next year.

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