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Fossilised Carboniferous Age Tree Trunk on Crail Beach
After yesterday’s 9 mile hike along the Fife Coastal Path from The Forth Rail Bridge to Aberdour, I ended up will a slightly sore calf muscle, so our plan to walk today's Coastal Path section from Pittenweem to Crail was abandoned. Instead we went to Crail where we had a coffee at our favourite Crail Harbour Gallery and Tearoom (one that Larry211 may not have sniffed-out?) Then I climbed the rocks on the beach , looking at some fascinating geology, whilst Mags sensibly stayed on the sand (in places the rocks are steeply bedded and slippery with seaweed). This shot shows a beautiful fossil tree-stump about three feet wide at top and about five feet wide at its base. There are giant centipede tracks on the rock faces but I didn't sniff them out today. We did come back with some nice 340 million year old, Carboniferous plant impressions.Then we went on to Elie’s beautiful Main Beach, where Kirkcaldy Photographic Society had visited earlier in the year. (we visit Loch Leven and castle next Sunday when visitors are welcome to join us). www.kirkcaldyphotographicsociety.co.uk
Fossilised Carboniferous Age Tree Trunk on Crail Beach
After yesterday’s 9 mile hike along the Fife Coastal Path from The Forth Rail Bridge to Aberdour, I ended up will a slightly sore calf muscle, so our plan to walk today's Coastal Path section from Pittenweem to Crail was abandoned. Instead we went to Crail where we had a coffee at our favourite Crail Harbour Gallery and Tearoom (one that Larry211 may not have sniffed-out?) Then I climbed the rocks on the beach , looking at some fascinating geology, whilst Mags sensibly stayed on the sand (in places the rocks are steeply bedded and slippery with seaweed). This shot shows a beautiful fossil tree-stump about three feet wide at top and about five feet wide at its base. There are giant centipede tracks on the rock faces but I didn't sniff them out today. We did come back with some nice 340 million year old, Carboniferous plant impressions.Then we went on to Elie’s beautiful Main Beach, where Kirkcaldy Photographic Society had visited earlier in the year. (we visit Loch Leven and castle next Sunday when visitors are welcome to join us). www.kirkcaldyphotographicsociety.co.uk