Fife Fantasy
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Diana’s Virtual Tour of the Fife Coast ~ Crail ~ The Jewel of East Neuk
My first awareness of Crail was as a jigsaw puzzle, the harbour being so full of character with its wee fisherman’s cottages and boats bobbing in the water inside the protective harbour wall. When you first stumble across Crail you usually park in the village, with ample off the road parking, a neat tree lined…
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Pittenweem ~ The Fisherman’s Hub and other Special Attributes
Next along the Fife Coastal Path from St Monan’s is the fishing village of Pittenweem, the hub which catches and distributes fresh fish to all of Fife and beyond. There is a fish shops straight from the boats at the back of St Monan’s. We buy ours in Burntisland, but a van also brings fish…
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St Monan’s ~ One of the Gems of The Fife Coast
The folks of Edinburgh all know the secret of East Neuk, a coastal region in Fife where the estuary of The River Forth merges with The North Sea. Each village has it’s own character and features; St Monan’s being just one of those places. ‘Neuk is the Scots work for nook or corner,’ Wikipedia informs us,…
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Lower Largo to Elie ~ A Pause for Reflection on the Fife Coastal Path
The walk between Lower Largo and Elie is at first wild and wonderful; a long sandy rock strewn beach, a nature reserve, shell bay and the hill you see in the photo above, where we looked back and reflected on ‘life ~ past, present and future’ as we gazed back over the coastal path already…
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What’s in a name? The Walk Inn, West Wemyss
After visiting East Wemyss Caves (my last post ) one of my friends suggested popping in to The Walk Inn in West Wemyss. I cheered at her mention of the name because this cafe, once run by the community of West Wemyss, was a regular haunt for my husband and I during our first stay…
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A visit to Wemyss Caves
Continuing my tour of the Fife Coast I was pleased to see on Twitter last Friday that Wemyss Caves were having an open day. Rounding up two good friends we headed towards East Wemyss and a happy group of enthusiastic volunteers greeted us, handing us a leaflet of activities laid on to both inform and…
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Author Diana Jackson supports Kinghorn Community Library
Eventispress author Diana Jackson is busy collecting the proceeds for sales of The Healing Paths of Fife sold in Kinghorn in the last three months in aid of Kinghorn Lunch Club for the Over 60’s. (most well over she says 🙂 ) She is going to let us know how much was raised as soon as possible.…