Places to Visit
Dysart like many other towns and villages along the Fife coast had a small harbour for trading with Europe.
St Serfs Tower is open each year during
the Fife Open Doors programme.
For more information
www.fife.50megs.com/dysart2.htm
Just
up from St Serfs Tower is a museum at the birthplace of John MacDougal Stuart,
the first man to walk across Australia.
For more information
www.geocities.com/bluegumtrees/explorers2.html
Elie harbour is now a favourite
centre for water sports.
A nice safe beach area in the harbour
A jet-skier enjoying the open sea beside
the harbour
Looking across the bay from the harbour to Earlsferry and in the distance the headland leading on to Shell Bay
Crail harbour is a very popular
location for artists and photographers.
The old Crail Aerodrome is now the site for a GoKart circuit.
St Andrews beach has for many
years been a favourite location for kite flying, plenty of open space and a
good strong wind.
The fun has been increased by using the kites to pull
buggies as shown and also skate boards and surf boards.
Many years ago the
beach was used for motorcylce sand racing. Riders came from all over the
country.
Falkland Palace is now cared for
by The National Trust for Scotland
For more information
www.fife.50megs.com/falkland-palace2.htm
The River Tay
The Tay Road
Bridge sweeps down from Newport into Dundee.
Looking across the River Tay to Dundee
Looking across the River Tay from
Newburgh
Looking down the River Tay from Newburgh. In the distance is Dundee
The River Forth
The Forth rail
and road bridges. This view was taken from the Rosyth to Zeebrugge Ferry when
we had a weekend trip to Bruges
As you can see, it was normal British
holiday weather.
Looking up the River Forth from the Road
Bridge
HMS Ark Royal leaving Rosyth Dockyard after a major refit
A fine view of the Forth rail Bridge
from St Davids Harbour at Dalgety Bay
Looking up the River Forth from
Kirkcaldy to Inchcolm Island
Looking across the Kirkcaldy seafront. In the distance is Largo Law.
Over the years Fife has undergone huge changes.
The coalmining industry is now reduced to a few Opencast Sites, the railways
are restricted to a few Main Lines and the Fife Circle, and the Rosyth Naval
Base is no more. Other industries have also disappeared or are hugely reduced
in size.
This is the site of the main entrace to
HMS Cochrane, the Navy Base at Rosyth.
The Base has been closed down and the
land is being developed as an Industrial Estate.
In the background are the
Forth Bridges and standing proudly among the new buildings are the ruins of
Rosyth Castle.
The main entrance to HM Dockyard. The pedestrian bridge has been removed and many of the buildings demolished, but the workshops and dry docks still remain.
A lorry being driven on to the Rosyth -
Zeebrugge ferry
This was once the Rosyth Naval base where ships of the the
Royal Navy were based.
It is not so long ago since the Ark Royal would come
here for Navy Day and the Harrier Jump Jets would put on a display.
For many years the Navy Sports fields on
the Rosyth - Kincardine road were a familiar sight.
Like many other sports
facilities, they have now been built on.
The Eastern end of what was Methil
Docks. At one time Methil was a major coal exporting dock for the Fife
pits.
The white building is the New Bayview Football Stadium, the home
ground of East Fife.
The old Bayview Park is now a new housing
estate.
Lochore Meadows Country Park was created
from an area of old Pit Bings and other waste ground.
The water in the
low-lying parts was drained out and a new Loch was created. The whole area was
landscaped and new educational and leisure facilites added.
The Centre buildings are worth visiting
to see what the area was like before it was transformed from old Pit Bings and
other waste ground.
The park is well used for School outings. Just across from the Centre is a small area where pond and other wild-life can be seen
There is also a centre for water
sports - canoeing and wind-surfing
The old pit winding gear
Kirkcaldy Harbour, now only used by
small pleasure craft.
The old harbour buildings are either decaying or
demolished and new blocks of flats are being built near the harbour
entrance
For more information about Kirkcaldy
www.kirkcaldybook.co.uk
