We are fortunate that Pettycur Bay and harbour are only a few minutes away from where we live. In fact, we lived in a flat at Pettycur Bay back in 2013 with a view over towards The Forth Bridge.
In days gone by it was from here that the ferry took the traveller over the water by ferry to Leith, Edinburgh.
It was at Pettycur that King Alexander III fell off the cliffs and died and a monument commemorates his life and death near to The Bay Hotel on Burntisland Road. (which over looks the bay and towards Edinburgh on the opposite coast)
Kinghorn’s own skiff, built by local boat builders and launched with aplomb, is called Yolande after the late king’s wife.
Witches were said to have met their deaths from the cliff top near the cemetery and on a dark day this is not hard to imagine as you walk up Pettycur Steps, part of The Fife Coastal Path.
For me, it is a wonderful place to walk and the stroll out to Black Rock and back can take well over an hour. Black Rock is also famous for The Black Rock Race where hundreds of runner make their way over to the rock and back. Some even venture at night time later in the year, using lamps on their heads to guide their way.
Diana Jackson 
Reblogged this on Diana Jackson's Muse, Views and Reviews and commented:
Pettycur is still as beautiful as ever, and whatever the season the skies never cease to amaze. We are privileged to live here so it is good to revisit my virtual tour of Fife post 6 years later.