The coastal path from Anstruther to Crail offers good chances to see iconic Scottish birds.

Hygge that Danish feeling of well being and along comes that!

Ironic, that a sign advertising to Take Pride in your Beach, should end up as litter on another.

Cellardyke, Fife, Scotland

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This shows the castle's main doorway, visible in the previous drawing, and all that remains of the late 16th century stair-tower above it. As well as upwards, the stair led down to the vaulted ground floor of the main block, which contained the kitchen. The enormous 'walk in' fireplace occupied the entire north end of the kitchen and you could actually walk through the fireplace and out through a doorway that led to the round tower! M&R describe the kitchen as "a fine vaulted apartment, lighted by windows on either side. Its large arched fireplace just referred to is similarly lighted by windows on both sides."

I was passing Pettycur Caravan Park on the Fife Coastal Path, in the Kingdom of Fife when I saw this and and immediately thought of you.

The breakwater appears to have been built in the second half of the 19th century - it first appears on the 1894 survey, possibly related to the adjacent Tyrie Bleach Works. In it's broken-tooth form, it's now rather picturesque.

A rather unusual pill box.

This shop isn't empty, it's full of dreams

Balmerino Abbey

Part of a gentle syncline/anticline pair near the playground and Castle Walk..

Not far from the famous stumps and tracks.

For anyone interested in fossils, the Devonian and Carboniferous Periods, paleoecology, or the history of geology in Scotland, I recommend "Fossils Alive!: New Walks in an Old Field" by N. H. Trewin. Find it on Amazon or ABE.

Above the shoreline towards the eastern end of Kirkcaldy stand the ruins of Ravenscraig Castle. The Fife Coastal Path runs across the foot of the crags then across the beach to the tower on the far right although at high tide walkers have to divert up above the castle then drop back to sea level through Ravenscraig Park then onward to Dysart.

Yesterday they were dredging Dysart Harbour at extreme low tide. This involved driving a mechanical digger from the beach right into the main harbour basin. They then scooped up harbour mud and filled lorries which then seemingly drove out to the open sea. This shot shows the excavator down in the harbour-basin, scooping up mud. You can see the bedrock on which the harbour walls sit. Dysart Harbour was historically a sandstone quarry which provided ashlar sandstone blocks for Ravenscraig Castle (a royal castle) just around the corner. After the French masons had built the castle and St Serf's Tower, the canny locals constructed a harbour around the un-natural depression by the sea!

The poor old iPhone was struggling with the light levels so this pic has been twiddled and tweaked more than most. I still like the slightly surreal effect.

This late eighteenth century windmill and nearby saltpans are halfway between St Monans and Pittenweem, on the Fife Coastal Path. The restored windmill is the last remaining windmill in Fife

The coastal path from Anstruther to Crail offers good chances to see iconic Scottish birds.

Took this in pano mode with my new DJI Mavic Mini 4 Pro - its awsome. I love this small beach, I keep coming to this during sunrises and dawns. I listen to the sounds of the sea birds, coldness in the air, smell of the sea and peacefulness.

I had a 8 ND filter on the lens, as its very useful for sunrise or sun sets, shot in RAW.

The breakwater appears to have been built in the second half of the 19th century - it first appears on the 1894 survey, possibly related to the adjacent Tyrie Bleach Works. In it's broken-tooth form, it's now rather picturesque.

Rosyth, Scotland

Spotted on the Fife Coastal Path near Crail.