This is the fifth year running we have visited Jan and Craigs family run Caravan and Camping Site on the slopes of Largo Law in the East Neuk of Fife. The reason for our regular visits to this one acre site, which caters for Pods, Caravans, Motorhomes and Campervans, is that its quiet, peaceful and very clean and well organised. This years visit was accompanied by some good weather, which as visitors to this part of the world know makes all the difference to your stay.
As this area is now very familiar we tend to cover some of the same ground that we have trod previously. So our first walk was down to Lower Largo and because of the grand weather we sat an enjoyed ice cream in the lovely warm sunshine.
The following day our revisit to Blacketyside Farm Shop for lunch to sample their beef burgers and strawberry flavoured ice cream sundae. To get to the farm shop, whose speciality is strawberry’s, it is better to take the long way round via the beach towards Leven and cut across the golf course to Silverburn Park and up passed the old flax mill which they are currently renovating.
You can't possibly visit this area without a visit to St Andrews. A X58 bus, half a mile from the entrance of the campsite, will take you to the bus garage at St Andrews in 25 minutes. Always worth a visit for the book shops and to stock up on a years supply Highland Soap along.
St Andrews, is a beautiful town named after Saint Andrew the Apostle, whose relics are said to have been taken there in 732. St Andrew has been celebrated in Scotland for over a thousand years, However, it wasn't until 1320, when Scotland's independence was declared with the signing of The Declaration of Arbroath, that he officially became Scotland's patron saint.
The town itself grew around its cathedral built in 1158, which was the headquarters of the Scottish church in Medieval times. In 1559, during the Reformation, it was ransacked by supporters of John Knox and left to ruin. The site itself had been used for Christian worship since the 8th century.
The town is famously home to the University of Scotland and is Scotland’s oldest university, founded by Bishop Kennedy in 1411, as well as being the seat of the Royal and Ancient Golf Club which was founded in 1754 and attracts many of today’s visitors.
The following morning we decided on something a little more adventurous. So, we took the 95 bus into Elie with the intention of walking the 11 miles back to the camp site along the Fife Coastal Path.
After receiving its royal charter from James VI in 1589 Elie subsequently developed as an important centre of commerce, boat building, fishing and weaving. Its harbour, built in the 16th century, is now a haven for yachts and small craft. Also today Elie is a centre for golfing, bowling, tennis, sailing and windsurfing.
Our walk was a little harder than anticipated. After Earlsferry, one has to climb the steep path across Grangehill and Kingraig, descending down into Shell Bay and the massive caravan park on its border. After this its at least flat, eventually walking alone the beach round Largo Bay . A beautiful walk with some great views back to Elie and out across the Firth of Forth.
As just reward, the following day we walked down to Lower Largo for a lunch at the Crusoe and on to the Aurrie for hot chocolate and cake.
A warm and sunny day made our final day a real pleasure, relaxing and reading outside our Motorhome, plucking up the courage to return to Kirkcudbright the following morning, but to be honest would rather stay at Woodlands. Booked up for two weeks next year.
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