Ramblers take on Fife coastal walk
St Leonard’s Ramblers followed the Fife Coastal Path along the length of Largo Bay last weekend.
On Saturday the high walkers started from the town of Leven, where the path stayed on the seaward side of the golf course.
They soon came across another golf course, Lundin Links, before reaching the seaside village of Lower Largo, where the low walkers started their walk.
The village is known as the birthplace of Alexander Selkirk.
He was a local boy who went off to sea and whose story was the basis for the novel by Daniel Defoe, Robinson Crusoe.
The statue of Selkirk, in his persona as Crusoe, still stands outside his birthplace.
From there, both sets of walkers followed the bay till it reached Shell Bay, where they both made a lunch stop.
Beyond the bay, the path wound round the headland and up and over Kincraig Point, which still has remnants of its role in the second world war as a gun battery emplacement.
Once down from the crag, the path skirted yet another golf course, took the walkers along the high street of Earlsferry and into Elie, where the walks finished.
The softness of the weather, and the profusion of wild flowers along the route, simply added to the day’s enjoyment.
The high walkers covered over nine miles on their walk while the low walkers conquered just over seven miles.
The club’s next walk is around Glamis Castle, and will finish with a tour of the castle.
Information about the club’s activities can be obtained by contacting the chairperson Kris Gromek on 07738 783431.