This morning one of our mothers emailed us a link to the Fife Coastal Walk, so I thought I should add this exciting photograph of St. Andrews taken from the section of the walk nearest our home (which, ironically, is the section she found to link). Our house is roughly thirty feet or so from the path (I may exaggerate slightly, but not much), or at least from the entrance to it. My goal a year ago was to hike the entire path from end to end (a little over ninety miles, I think), but I ended up merely hiking the eight mile stretch nearest St. Andrews many times over (it was hard to get much farther without busses and other complicated mechanisms). This year, we've brought our camping gear and might be able to manage some longer weekend excursions.
At any rate, we spent our Saturday morning shopping in town and then took a stroll on the Coastal Walk in a southern direction, but headed back quickly as the Swing Dance Society was hosting a barbecue on the beach. Our evening included eating good Scottish beef burgers, watching an undergraduate try to cycle on the beach (photo below), and dancing on the sand at the edge of the North Sea as the sun set. As always, the most fun occasions never get photographed, so I have no images of this wonderfully romantic incident--but it was magical.
The cyclist:
Today we attended church in Holy Trinity Church, located in the town center. The church is famous for having hosted John Knox in its pulpit. I took this photo of the outside of the church last December, so it's a little less grey and misty in these sunny September days.
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