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The Fife Coastal Path

  • St Monan’s ~ One of the Gems of The Fife Coast

    On my virtual tour of Fife revisited, here is St Monan’s, one of the tiny but lovely fishing villages in East Neuk. The new edition of ‘The Healing Paths of Fife’ is available. All profits to Kirkcaldy Foodbank.

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  • A visit to Wemyss Caves

    As my virtual tour of Fife revisited continues, here are The Wemyss caves, which are extra special; celebrated by a festival every few years. The new edition of ‘The Healing Paths of Fife’ is available. All profits to Kirkcaldy Foodbank.

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  • An Armchair Visit to Fife on Social Media

    Podcasts and Website Here are two website which are packed with information and photos: https://fifecoastandcountrysidetrust.co.uk/walks/fife-pilgrim-way/ has much about the newly opened Fife Pilgrim Way from Cuross to St Andrews. There are helpful maps, hints and guides. It is a path I have yet to enjoy. http://www.walkfife.com/walk-fife-podcast/ This is the most exciting site I’ve found of…

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  • Excellent Books about The Fife Coastal Path

        If you are about to walk The Fife Coastal Path there are some excellent resources. For extensive background information I don’t think you can better Hamish Brown’s Along The Fife Coastal Path. I actually have an older version The Fife Coast by Hamish Brown, bought in a wonderful back street secondhand bookshop in Burntisland, long before…

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  • Diana’s Virtual Tour of Fife ~ The Coastal Path to St Andrews

    Ode to St Andrews On the cliff top majestic ruins enhance the blue skyline, a backdrop of the restless ocean and endless white sands. The cathedral’s greatness living on in the lives of countless pilgrims, a memory of centuries of worship and a legacy of spirituality. A tribute to God. And yet pilgrims also flock…

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  • Diana’s Virtual Tour of Fife ~ The story so far

    For each book I’ve written so far, a sense of ‘place’ has been vital to my writing. On each occasion I have wished to capture the essence of these locations by writing posts in the form of virtual tours. So far my virtual travels have explored Alderney, Guernsey, Southampton and Bedfordshire, but more recently I have…

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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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  • Selkies, Seals and Seafield Tower ~ Diana’s virtual tour of Fife continues

    If there is one chapter of my fantasy ~ memoir ‘The Healing Paths of Fife’ that has ended getting me into trouble it is the walk to Seafield Tower! It happens to be one of my favourite walks, it being closest to home, running along the Fife Coastal Path from just above Kinghorn Harbour, behind the…

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