Fife coast- Crail to Leven     Fri 11th June afternoon

As my usual photo buddy is busy being a dad to a most beautiful little boy I dragged my friend Louise along on a wee photo trip instead. She wanted to meet up for lunch anyway so we agreed to have a wee picnic at the beach. Louise is a fantastic cook so I jumped at the chance of some of her homemade soup. After picking her up in Dundee we headed over the bridge and round the coast to the Firth of Forth. Our 1st stop was Crail where we sat like a couple of old women on a bench at the sea front drinking our soup from proper mugs. We were the envy of the passing pensioners. As we chatted and ate the tide slowly crept in and the old sea water paddling pool in front of us succumbed to high, cold water. As the clouds had blown over and it was getting a bit colder so we walked along the front then back to the car and on to Anstruther where we could maybe catch the sun again.

Lovely Beach at Leven

Anstruther was a lot brighter and we took a walk around the harbour after laughing at the prices of a fish supper at the renowned chippy. Being Veggie I have never had a fish supper from it but I am told although it is pricey it is very good.  Again there was no fancy photo work to be had and I worked in fine format on Aperture priority to control DOF, and got a few nice shots of the harbour with the picturesque village behind it. Anstruther (pronounced Ain-ster in fife) is a lovely little village set around the old harbour with its houses nudging each other for space and in a collection of coastal Scottish colours. After shooting the lighthouse at the end of the harbour we decided we deserved some ice cream and, although Louise tried to throw hers away in the enjoyment of them, we finished off some lovely cones at the harbour front before moving on to Leven.

Now Leven is a bit of an odd place and is really quite run down and the town centre has little to offer but the beach is lovely and the sun shone through the clouds for us as we walked along its golden sands. We passed the time taking photos and discussing Louise’s upcoming wedding and hen night, which I can’t share with you as is top secret girl stuff!!! Once my mother had phoned looking for her car I had borrowed, we headed back up the beach. Unfortunately The view back up the beach is not so pleasant as you are walking towards an industrial looking harbour and almost urban looking town, all grey with an edge of dirt and harshness to it. Then it was a drive back through the countryside to drop Louise off in Dundee then home to Perth for a slightly cheaper chippy. All in all a lovely day with good company and although I didn’t get loads of shots I’m sure I will return again.