Glenrothes to Berwick upon Tweed – Coastal Road Trip

Day 29 – Glenrothes to Berwick upon Tweed

We started today by heading back east to the coast at Crail, as we’d run out of sunlight yesterday evening after leaving St Andrews. From Crail we then looped back west along the coast, crossing the Firth of Forth before continuing along the coastline to Berwick upon Tweed.

Photo of the day

Coastal Road Trip, North Berwick, Telescope, Bass Rock — A telescope at North Berwick.

Crail

Coastal Road Trip, Crail, Harbour — A quiet Sunday morning on Crail seafront.

Pittenweem

Coastal Road Trip, Pittenweem, Harbour, Fishing Boats — Fishing boats gathered in Pittenweem Harbour.

Elie Ness

Coastal Road Trip, Elie Ness Lighthouse — A modern lighthouse on the headland at Elie Ness.

Lower Largo

Coastal Road Trip, Lower Largo, Alexander Selkirk Statue, Robinson Crusoe — A statue of Alexander Selkirk mounted on a house in Lower Largo, the inspiration behind Robinson Crusoe.

Coastal Road Trip, Lower Largo, Colourful Bollards — Colourful bollards on the Lower Largo seafront.

Dysart

Coastal Road Trip, Dysart Harbour, Kirkcaldy — Just outside Kirkcaldy, the quaint Dysart.

Coastal Road Trip, Dysart Harbour, Kirkcaldy, Sea Beams, Donald Urquhart, 9 vertical oak beams, blue, sea different light, — And an interesting coastal art installation by Donald Urquart just by the harbour. The 9 huge vertical beams painted to represent the colour of the sea under different light.

Aberdour Castle

Coastal Road Trip, Aberdour Castle, Julian, Jarno — Yep, no idea either, but we seemed to be enjoying ourselves at Historic Scotland’s Aberdour Castle.

Coastal Road Trip, Aberdove Castle, Beehive shaped Doocot, Dovecote, Pigeon, Dove, House — We weren’t sure what this building was on the terraced gardens that lead down to the castle orchard. Anyway, it turned out to be an unusual beehive shaped doocot.

Coastal Road Trip, Aberdove Castle, Beehive shaped Doocot, Dovecote, Pigeon, Dove, House, Inside — And inside the doocot, looking to the sky.

Firth of Forth Bridges

Coastal Road Trip, Firth of Forth, Crossing, Forth Road Bridge — Crossing over the Forth Road Bridge. It was really busy, with lots of police and tourists around, then we realised it was the opening week of the new Queensferry Crossing bridge.

Coastal Road Trip, Firth of Forth, Forth Road Bridge, Queensferry Crossing bridge — From South Queensferry, looking back to the Forth Road Bridge, and the new Queensferry Crossing behind.

Coastal Road Trip, Firth of Forth, Queensferry Crossing bridge, Pedestrians — The Queen would be visiting to officially open the new bridge tomorrow. In the meantime the bridge was open for pedestrians to cross.

Coastal Road Trip, Firth of Forth, Forth Rail Bridge — And the equally impressive Forth Rail Bridge sitting opposite the other two bridges. OK, enough bridges for the day…

Royal Yacht Britannia

Coastal Road Trip, Royal Yacht Britannia — As we skirted around the north of Edinburgh we decided to make a stop at the Royal Yacht Britannia, one of the highlights of our day.

Coastal Road Trip, Royal Yacht Britannia, Dining Room — In service from 1954 to 1997, and now kept as a museum piece. A fascinating insight into the royal life on the seas.

Coastal Road Trip, Royal Yacht Britannia, Rolls Royce — The Royal Roller kept on board for visits to local Kings and Queens.

Coastal Road Trip, Royal Yacht Britannia, Verge Inn, Royal pub, Corgi, Julian, Jarno, Beer — Having a royal beer in the royal pub with the royal corgi. Love the bar name 😉

Coastal Road Trip, Royal Yacht Britannia, Games, Operation, Monopoly, Cluedo, Scrabble, — So The Queen likes a game of Operation! Good for her.

Coastal Road Trip, Royal Yacht Britannia, Washing Machines, Corgi, Launderette — Royal washing machines in the royal launderette.

North Berwick

Coastal Road Trip, North Berwick, Law — North Berwick in the shadow of the Law hill. A lovely little town and harbour.

Coastal Road Trip, North Berwick, Coloured doors, Storage, Harbour — Colourful doors in the harbour boatyard.

Coastal Road Trip, North Berwick, Telescope, Bass Rock — A handy telescope to view Bass Rock, 3 miles out to sea in the outer part of the Firth of Forth.

Bass Rock

Coastal Road Trip, Bass Rock, Lighthouse — White from bird life. Thousands of gannets visit the island every year, and as many as 150,000 in high season! Poor lighthouse, bet that needs repainting quite a bit!

Coastal Road Trip, Bass Rock, Lighthouse — We tried to zoom in, this is about as close as we could get. You can just about make out the thousands of gannets hogging every bit of the island and circling in the sky.

Tantallon Castle

Coastal Road Trip, Tantallon Castle, Field — The red sandstone Tantallon Castle, as we drove east out of North Berwick.

Torness

Coastal Road Trip, Torness Nuclear Power Station — Another regular along our trip, every few days passing a coastal power station. This time Torness Nuclear Power Station, peeping over the blurred fields as we drove past along the A1 to the Scottish border and Berwick upon Tweed.

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