Sandcastle Cottage: Crail

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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Visit to the Honeypot Cafe

Before we put wi-fi internet access into Sandcastle Cottage, our guests used to have to wander along to the Honeypot Café to use their wi-fi network.  Although you can now surf the net to your heart’s content in the cottage, … Continue reading

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Last Minute Self Catering near St Andrews – Fife Coast

Last chance to book! If you haven’t yet booked your summer holidays we now have only one special offer remaining – the last week available until October 2011 – don’t leave it too late. …update – the chance has gone. … Continue reading

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Sandcastle building in Crail

This year the East Neuk Festival is bringing sand sculpture to Crail once again as part of the wider East Neuk Festival  which is on in venues throughout the East Neuk from 29 June – 3 July 2011. BBC Scotland’s … Continue reading

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Twitter and the Crail Food Festival 2011

We’ve been rather neglecting our blogging for Sandcastle Cottage as we’ve been busy supporting the first ever Crail Food Festival 2011. [View the story "Crail Food Festival Harbour Event 19 June 2011" on Storify]

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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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Crail – a little video of Crail Harbour

Video taken on iPhone4 camera in October 2010 – Hope it will encourage you to take a look at Sandcastle Cottage for your next holiday by the sea.

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Crail – a photographer’s paradise

It is such a pleasure to me to receive photographs from guests who have spent time at Sandcastle Cottage in Crail. And even more so when I see a beautiful image like this one. A February morning, just before dawn … Continue reading

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