Day Trip to St Andrews A Day to Remember

Susan McNaughton Blog, Days Out, St Andrews April 2, 2025April 2, 2025Activities, Golf, photography, shopping, Short-Breaks, Things to Do 0 Comment

There is lots to see and do on a day trip to St Andrews. Many of our guests are ex St Andrews students or have holidayed there as a child. Some of our visitors from parts of the UK and overseas are making their first trip to the area. However many are returning guests who have fallen in love with the area and enjoy a relaxing carefree holiday.

Dysart to Leven on the Fife Coastal Path

Susan McNaughton Blog, Fife Coastal Path, Walking July 17, 2023January 22, 2025Activities, Fife Coastal Path, Short-Breaks, Walking 0 Comment

Section 3 – 4 Fife Coastal Path

We had business at Sandcastle Cottage in Crail in the morning, so did not start our walk on the Fife Coastal Path from Dysart until early afternoon on a June day. Read more

Kingsbarns and Boarhills Beach

Susan McNaughton Birdwatching, Blog, Photography, Sandcastle Cottage, Walking February 13, 2022January 23, 2025Activities, Things to Do, Walking 0 Comment

This easy circular walk from Kingsbarns to Boarhills Beach and back along the Pitmilly Burn, will take you approximately 2.5 hours. The walk follows part of the Fife Coastal Path from Crail to St Andrews. The return is back across attractive countryside around the village of Kingsbarns.

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 7, 2025Activities, 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.

Fife Coastal Path – Tayport to Balmerino

Susan McNaughton Blog, Fife Coastal Path, Walking September 5, 2017January 25, 2025Activities, Fife Coastal Path, Things to Do, Walking 0 Comment

Mile 95 – Mile 103.5 on the Fife Coastal Path (Sections 7-8)

Fife Coastal Path Tayport to Balmerino offers the walker some superb views across the Tay Estuary towards Broughty Ferry and Dundee. Much of the path follows the old railway line between Tayport and Dundee which closed in 1966 shortly before the opening of the Tay Road Bridge. This is a relatively easy walk. You don’t need boots or stout walking shoes as much of the walk is on tarmac pavements or cycle paths. The only part that is not is the part between Wormit and Balmerino. Read more

Burntisland to Dysart

Susan McNaughton Activities, Blog, Fife Coastal Path, Walking June 10, 2016April 14, 2025Activities, Fife Coastal Path, Harbour, Walking 0 Comment

Walking the Fife Coastal Path Section 3 (Burntisland to Buckhaven)

We’ve been making a good pace in our 2016 quest to walk the Fife Coastal Path, starting at Kincardine and walking all the way round to Newburgh (117 miles). Read more