Shona and Mike head for the Fife Coastal Path



 



I was going to waffle on about the statistics, now that word is easier to type than say I can tell you. It would have been statistics on how many miles we have walked and what our average for January was, but I'll not bore you with that. 

However, to continue our training Shona and I discussed various walks we could undertake and what came to mind was the "Fife Coastal Path".  It is a walking route that begins at Kincardine on Forth and ends at either St Andrews or Dundee depending on what guide book is chosen. It is a walk that can be done as a whole over five days but it equally lends itself to be done in sections over a number of weeks, even months if you choose as there are good transport links all along the route. 

An ex colleague of mine actually completed it over some months along with a few friends, if  anyone is reading this blog please feel free to share the details with the Scotrail Team in Fife. Also if there are any of my old team at Kirkcaldy they will know who I am referring to.

Setting off we caught the bus from Forth Valley Hospital and travelled over to Kincardine and left there around 10 am on Monday and headed east towards Culross. It was dry but overcast but oh was it "blowin' a hooley" thankfully though it was catching us from behind.

As we approached Culross we saw something on the rocks, then I remembered there had been an item in the news about a beached whale but seeing this magnificent, 17 metre (56 feet), Fin whale lying motionless on the rocks made me feel quite sad. The fin, or finback, whale is the second longest after the blue whale. 

As I pondered how this great creature had come to the end of it's life the words found in Matthews Gospel chapter 10 verses 29 - 31:

Are not two sparrows sold for a penny? Yet not one of them will fall to the ground outside your Father's care. And even the very hairs of your head are all numbered. So don't be afraid; you are worth more than many sparrows. 

The more I pondered these verses the more I realised that if the Father knows about a small sparrow falling to the ground there would be no doubt about His knowledge of this great whale on the rocks at Culross. 

Having paused near to where the whale lay for a few moments, we thought now might be a good time to stop off for coffee and cake. One thing we like as much as walking is going in for coffee and cake and today we were not to be disappointed. We found the "Biscuit Cafe" and can highly recommend a visit to anyone visiting Culross.

When suitably refreshed we set off again and walked as far as Inverkeithing and according to our FITBITs  we walked 17 miles. Turns out our weather was considerably drier than that in Falkirk. Would be nice if we could get dry weather throughout the Lands End to John O'Groats challenge. 


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