Sandcastle Cottage: Walking

Five things to do on a lazy day in Crail

Stretch – breathe – relax – read – wander – oh, you want more? Waking up on the first morning of a holiday at Sandcastle Cottage with days stretching lazily before you is one of the best feelings ever.  A … Continue reading

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Wild and Windy Coast

On a late November weekend, it was ‘hold on to your hats’ weather along the Fife Coastal Path to Roome Bay.

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Walking the Fife Coastal Path

If you’re starting your walk along the Fife Coastal path at Sandcastle Cottage, this is one of the first sights you’ll see: the 16th Century Do’ocot at Roome Bay.

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This time, Chocolate!

If you followed our year end walk on 31 December 2010, you’ll see that we ended the walk in Anstruther having a portion of chips at the Famous Anstruther Fish Bar. Today we decided to fortify ourselves at the Cocoa … Continue reading

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Ne’er Day walk round Fife Ness, Crail

We managed a 7-mile circular walk from Sandcastle Cottage to Fife Ness today. Starting from Sandcastle Cottage, up Kirk Wynd and through Denburn Wood, then following the path to the right past the cemetery extension and the caravan park and … Continue reading

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Chips or Chocolate?

Setting off in a westerly direction from Sandcastle Cottage in Crail along the coastal path gives a dilemma – should the goal of the walk be to reach the famous Anstruther Fish Bar or the chocolate heaven of the Cocoa … Continue reading

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Missed Attenborough’s Journey?

Here’s a link to the BBC iPlayer episode of Attenborough’s JourneyIf you’d like to see a snippet of how Crail features in the new series of David Attenborough’s First Life, then you’ll find the Scottish feature at about 45 minutes … Continue reading

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St Andrews Pilgrimage – New Walking Guide

Thanks to the folks at Informed Edinburgh, I’ve just been reading about of a walking route which follows the trail of ancient pilgrimages from Edinburgh to St Andrews. A book by Cameron Black called ‘The Saint Andrew’s Way – Restoration … Continue reading

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