Exploring the Fife Coastal Path
Exploring the Fife Coastal Path

Author: Hamish Brown

Publisher: Birlinn

Published: 2021-08-03

Total Pages: 263

ISBN-13: 1788854489

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This is the ideal guide to the whole route, so rich in history and natural beauty. Designed to be used by walkers on the Path or visitors to any point along it, it introduces a wealth of castles, churches, harbors, monuments and red-roofed houses. Hamish Brown gives practical advice on all aspects of walking the Path, whether you are making a seven-day trip along its whole length or walking a short section on a Sunday afternoon. Revising his earlier guide to the route, he explores every part of the Fife coast, including the famous Forth bridges, the charming East Neuk fishing villages of Pittenweem, Elie and St Monans, as well as Anstruther, Crail and St Andrews. Along the way he provides a mass of fascinating information about people and places that can be read for pleasure and kept as the souvenir of a unique and unforgettable part of Scotland.

Fife Coastal Path
Fife Coastal Path

Author: Sandra Bardwell

Publisher:

Published: 2021-04-22

Total Pages: 80

ISBN-13: 9781913817008

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The Fife Coastal Path runs around the coastline of eastern Scotland for 117 miles (187 km) from Kincardine on the Forth to Newburgh on the Tay. Starting west of the famous Forth bridges, the route heads through former mining towns towards the villages of Fife's East Neuk (corner), with their rich tradition of smuggling and fishing. After rounding Fife Ness, the route follows the coastline through St Andrews, golf capital of the world and former religious centre of Scotland.Fife has long played an important part in Scottish history and the route passes many castles, towers and churches. There are splendid views along the coast and over the Firths of Forth and Tay, with great chances to sight seabirds, seals and dolphins. The villages have welcoming pubs, famous fish-and-chip shops and good B&Bs. Transport by train and bus makes for easy access throughout.The guidebook contains everything you need to plan and enjoy your holiday on foot, or on a bike where cycling is appropriate - details of each section showing distance, side-trips and food/drink stops; background on history, landscapes and wildlife; planning information for travel by bus, train, car and plane; lavishly illustrated, with 100 colour photographs; and detailed mapping of the entire route at 1:45,000.This second edition contains many route updates and is in an even lighter, more pocketable format. The book is rugged and printed on rainproof paper.

The Fife Pilgrim Way
The Fife Pilgrim Way

Author: Ian Bradley

Publisher: Birlinn

Published: 2019

Total Pages: 304

ISBN-13: 9781780275925

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Packed with history, vivid anecdote and nearly 100 colour illustration, this book brings to life the fascinating communities and the characters along the Pilgrim way in whose footsteps modern pilgrims are treading. Setting off with Celtic saints and St Margaret from Culross and North Queensferry, marching with miners through the West Fife coalfields, carrying on with Covenanters and Communists, and ending among the martyrs, relics and ghosts of the haunted city of St Andrews, this gripping narrative presents a journey through Scottish history, ancient and modern, with spiritual reflections along the way.

Isle of Man Coastal Path
Isle of Man Coastal Path

Author: Aileen Evans

Publisher: Cicerone Press Limited

Published: 2018-06-15

Total Pages: 237

ISBN-13: 1783626178

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Raad ny Foillan (The Way of the Gull) is a 98 mile footpath around the Isle of Man. The route description is set out as a circuit and split into stages, with the longest walk being 15.5 miles and the shortest being 7 miles. Any fast walkers may wish to complete two stages per day, while those progressing at a more leisurely pace may decide to amble along and take in the splendid attractions along the way. Two further walks described in this guidebook, the 23 mile Millennium Way, which follows the ancient route of the kings, from Ramsey to Castletown, and the 14 mile Herring Way, which takes a more traditional route from Peel to Castletown. Both these routes cross the hills of the island's interior and can be combined to make an interesting longer walk.

Forth to Farne Way
Forth to Farne Way

Author: JOHN. MEGARRY HENDERSON (JACQUETTA.)

Publisher:

Published: 2020-12

Total Pages: 72

ISBN-13: 9781898481966

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This inspiring 70-mile pilgrim route starts from North Berwick on the Firth of Forth near Edinburgh, and continues via Whitekirk's 12th century church to Dunbar. It follows the North Sea coastline to the stunning scenery of St Abb's Head and visits Coldingham Priory, perhaps Scotland's most important Benedictine monastery. Enjoy impressive cliffs and dramatic sea stacks between visits to historic fishing villages. Cross the border and enter Berwick with its ramparts, walls and bridges across the River Tweed. The route culminates with a barefoot crossing of the Holy Island sands to Lindisfarne, where St Aidan founded a monastery in AD 635.Most people will complete the route within 5 to 8 days, staying in friendly B&Bs along the route, but it can also be done in several shorter expeditions using train and bus. This 72-page guidebook contains all you need to plan and enjoy the Forth to Farne Way:route detail in sections, with distance, terrain and refreshmentswhere to find food and accommodationbackground on the spiritual dimension, geology and wildlifeplanning information for travel by train, bus, car or plane16 pages with detailed route mapping at 1:30,000in full colour, with 80 photographsrucksack-friendly and on rainproof paper.

Kingdom of Fife
Kingdom of Fife

Author: Dan Bailey

Publisher: Pocket Mountains S.

Published: 2008-06

Total Pages: 96

ISBN-13: 9780955454837

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Ranging from lochside nature trails to short, exhilarating routes up into the Lomond and Ochil Hills to the best stretches of the Fife Coastal Trail and circuits around historic towns and villages, the 40 walks in this book are all you need to really discover Fife.

The Caiplie Caves
The Caiplie Caves

Author: Karen Solie

Publisher: Picador

Published: 2019-05-28

Total Pages: 137

ISBN-13: 1760786764

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‘Introducing Karen Solie, I would adapt what Joseph Brodsky said some thirty years ago of the great Les Murray [. . .] – she is the one by whom the language lives’. – Michael Hofmann, LRB The Canadian Karen Solie is rapidly establishing a reputation as one of the most important poets at work today. Her fifth book of poetry, The Caiplie Caves, is a profound and timely consideration of the nature of crisis: at its heart is the figure of St Ethernan, a seventh-century Irish missionary to Scotland who retreated to the caves of the Fife coast in order to decide whether to establish a priory on May Island or pursue a life of solitude. His decision would have been informed by realities of war, misinformation and power; Solie imagines this crisis also complicated by grief, confusion – and a faith placed under extreme duress. Woven through Ethernan’s story are poems that orbit the caves’ geographical location, and range through the recurring violences of history and myth, of personal and public record. In poems of the utmost lyric subtlety and argumentative strength, Solie addresses how we might distinguish self-delusion from belief, belief from knowledge – and how, in the frailty of our responses, we can find the courage to move forward.

The Fife Coast
The Fife Coast

Author: Hamish Brown

Publisher: Mainstream Publishing Company

Published: 1994

Total Pages: 226

ISBN-13: 9781851586080

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The Fife Coast has long been a popular area for walkers. Hamish Brown, writer, traveller and climber, has compiled a fascinating book of walks which take the reader from the Forth Bridge along the Castles Coast (by Aberdour, Ravenscraig, Wemyss and many more) and then into the East Neuk. The book is divided into sections and can be used as a town guide or, better, to allow the reader to walk either the complete route or to sample the delights of a particular spot. It is packed with information and pictures that illustrate an area full of historical charm and natural beauty.

Walking on the Isle of Arran
Walking on the Isle of Arran

Author: Paddy Dillon

Publisher: Cicerone Press

Published: 2011-10-05

Total Pages: 256

ISBN-13: 9781852844783

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The 45 walks selected in this guidebook show the variety of the Isle of Arran off Scotland's west coast - from its mountain ranges, moorlands and forests to its coastline and dramatic cliffs - as well as its rich historical heritage. Also includes walks on Holy Isle. Many routes overlap to make up longer walks throughout the island.