23 May 2012 FIFE Wednesday

As Holyrood House is closed for Royalty reasons, we decided to visit St Andrews instead.  We crossed the Firth of Forth at Kincardine and detoured to the village of Kincross on Loch Leven for tea at what transpired to be the highlight of our trip thus far.  The tea room is part-housed in my most favourite building, built in 1866 as a Fisherman's Bar for the original harbour business.

A 10 minute boat ride on the infamous Willie Douglas - a man who freed Mary, Queen of Scots from Loch Leven Castle - to said Castle, set on a small island in a thoroughly tranquil setting.

 From there, straight on to St Andrews for lunch at 1 Golf Place and quickly, sneakily ran to the Old Bridge for photo op.



Fife Kingdom countryside offered sights of quaint fishing villages, such as Crail and Kilconquer where we stopped to drop in on an old friend from 12 years ago whose home backs on to a beautiful Loch.
Back home to Cambusbarron in Moray Shire over the magnificent Firth of Forth Bridge.