Across the Water to Fife

Everyday when we walk to the end of our road we look across the Firth of Forth and can usually (when it isn't foggy or chucking it down with rain) see on the far side the shoreline of the Kingdom of Fife.  On Sunday we finally decided to visit the coastal town of Anstruther, which is almost directly opposite Dunbar.  The journey by road across the Forth Road Bridge is 82 miles, the journey straight across the water is just 16 miles.

After a couple of hours in the car we arrived in Anstruther and explored the small coastal town lined with colourful houses and a beautiful harbour full of working boats and pleasure craft.

We stayed for a few hours; had some 'award winning' chips from the local chippie, walked the narrow streets and along the harbour wall and generally took in the atmosphere of the place.  

We could see the East Lothian coast but it was covered in shadow and mist and we couldn't make out Dunbar.  However we could see the smoke from the cement works at White Sands.  We could also see Bass Rock and North Berwick Law (in the picture above) rising up from the coast line.

We then headed down the coast to Pittenweem for a quick stop before driving back to Edinburgh (I will do a blog post on this in the coming days).  A great day out and one I am sure we will repeat in the future at some point.

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