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David Attenborough’s First Life in Crail

Susan McNaughton Activities, Blog, Crail January 24, 2025January 15, 2026 2 Comments

In October 2010 fossil hunting David Attenborough visited Crail with a film crew as part of his First Life Series. He was looking for fossils and Crail’s own carboniferous tree trunk. This tree trunk can be found in the rocks at West Braes at low tide

Crail Circular Walk

Susan McNaughton Blog, Crail, Walking January 9, 2025January 15, 2026 0 Comment

Crail Circular Walk is an attractive short, easy, 3 mile walk which takes you through Denburn Wood. You will pass the accommodation blocks for the old airfield, Wormiston House, the Hammer Inn (home of the Scottish Countryman) and back to Crail.

Visit Crail

Susan McNaughton Blog, Days Out, Golf, Sandcastle Cottage, Self-Catering, Shops, Walking November 15, 2024March 26, 2026Things to Do 0 Comment

Visit Crail. Here are just a few ideas of what you can do whilst holidaying at Sandcastle Cottage Crail in the East Neuk of Fife. For more ideas of what there is to see and do visit our website at www.2crail.com

Elie to Anstruther – Section 5

Susan McNaughton Activities, Blog, Eating Out, Fife Coastal Path, Walking July 20, 2024January 16, 2026Anstruther, East Neuk, Elie, Fife Coastal Path, Pittenweem, St Monans 0 Comment

Elie to Anstruther – A summer coastal walk on the Fife Coastal Path with lunch at St Monans

Elie to Anstruther, our walk on the East Neuk section of the Fife Coastal Path. On a glorious summer’s day in August, we headed to Elie for a stroll on the Fife Coastal Path with the idea that we would arrive in St Monans just in time for lunch at the East Pier Smokehouse.

Small Gardens of Crail

Susan McNaughton Activities, Blog, Crail July 9, 2024January 16, 2026Crail, Small Gardens 0 Comment

Small Gardens – some with amazing views

Small Gardens of Crail is an event which happens in the village every year in July. It’s an opportunity for the locals to open their small gardens to the public and raise money for charity under Scotland’s Gardens Scheme. It’s also a great day out. A chance to walk round the village and see some hidden gems.

Family Tree Research – Crail Property

Susan McNaughton Blog, History, Sandcastle Cottage January 19, 2024January 16, 2026Crail, East Neuk, Family History, Family Tree 10 Comments

Finding members of your family tree have lived in Crail, Fife in Scotland might just lead you to take a trip to visit the village to find out more.

Falkland – The Home of Scottish Kings

Susan McNaughton Blog, Days Out, History April 15, 2022January 16, 2026 0 Comment

Falkland is a historic royal burgh, with a royal palace at its heart. It is rich in history and architecture and the setting for television dramas Outlander and Silent Witness.

25 things to do in the East Neuk of Fife

Susan McNaughton Activities, Beaches, Blog, Cycling, Eating Out, Events, Family Holidays, Fife, Good Food in Fife, Photography, Sandcastle Cottage, Self-Catering, Shopping, Walking July 7, 2020January 16, 2026Activities, Crail, Fife, Holidays 6 Comments

Here are 25 things we have done as a family whilst on holiday at Sandcastle Cottage. There is definitely something for everyone on a holiday in the East Neuk of Fife and St Andrews.

Self Catering Cottage near St Andrews

Susan McNaughton Blog, Crail, Family Holidays, Sandcastle Cottage, Self-Catering, Shopping, Shops May 1, 2019February 4, 2026Crail, Short-Breaks 0 Comment

Self Catering in the village of Crail only 10 miles from St Andrews offers a unique way of shopping which has all but disappeared in many towns and cities in the UK.

Nature on the Fife Coastal Path – Section 5

Susan McNaughton Activities, Anstruther, Birdwatching, Blog, Crail, Fife Coastal Path, Walking August 21, 2017January 17, 2026Birdwatching, Walking, Wild Crail 0 Comment

A Nature Walk from Anstruther to Cambo Estate

Time to get back to nature on the Fife Coastal Path! Skies were a little greyer than of late when we set out on our walk from Anstruther to Cambo Estate via Crail and Fife Ness.