Puffins, puffins, and more puffins. Stay tuned tomorrow.
With our lovely Dutch friends visiting, we decided (after a late breakfast and even later tea with Ian from Crail) to go to the Isle of May. As we hadn't booked, however, we predictably didn't get onto the ferry. Not wanting to waste a perfectly nice day, we continued through Anstruther and took the Fife Coastal Path to Pittenweem.
The fishing industry is more active here than in either Anstruther (or Cellardyke, which mainly consists of young boys casting lures off of the pier). I was struck by how neat the harbour is keep. Even the lobster traps are carefully stacked.
We took the steep Cove Wynd up, passing by St. Fillian's Cave. Once home to one of the early father of the Christian church in Scotland, St. Fillian's cave was used more notoriously as a hiding spot for smugglers in post-Reformation Scotland.
Like the Caiplie Caves, St. Fillian's sandstone bears the hallmarks of wind and water erosion.
After an hour of walking and a steep hill, we ducked into the Cocoa Tree for a well-deserved hot chocolate and cake. Although, after spending far too long trying to figure out surprisingly simple wooden puzzles, I felt like I'd earned another hot chocolate or, at the very least, a very big piece of cake. Instead, we headed back downhill to the harbour to walk out on the pier...
... before heading back to Anstruther alongside the local golf course.
In the distance, you can see the Isle of May, which was our next destination.
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