Our second day of walking was to be one of our longest - from Rosyth to just past Burntisland. Unfortunately the Musketeers were down a man - Anne was not feeling at all well, so she opted to stay back and accompany our bags by taxi to our next stop. So Merr, Karen and I set off. The first part of the walk took us to the area where the three bridges cross over the Firth of Forth: the Forth Rail Bridge, The Forth Road Bridge and the Queensferry Crossing Bridge. They are each unique in their design and each one equally as impressive as the other. We had many opportunities to view them from different vantage points, including the Rail Bridge from right below it, where we also saw Britain’s smallest lighthouse.
We had a wide variety of scenery on this leg - along beautiful forest paths, beside the coast above long sandy beaches, through residential areas, beside green pastures dotted with sheep, beside a lush golf course, along high cliffs where we saw a climber preparing to descend to the beach below, a tranquil waterfall flowing right beside the path. It was a wonderful feast for the eyes!
Fortunately as we wandered the path just before we got to Inverkeithing, who should appear but Anne! She was feeling better so had the taxi driver drop her in Inverkeithing and then she backtracked along the path till she met up with us! We made a stop at St. Bridget’s Chapel, a remarkably well preserved ruin with many interesting graves in the graveyard beside it. A well-deserved mid afternoon break at Aberdour at the lovely wee Cafe 16 for some delicious treats and a coffee. Turns out the owner is married to a woman from Calgary, and had been there several times. We finally reached our destination, the Kingswood Inn a ways past Burntisland after some 9 hours on the path! We were very tired puppies so were happy to just be able to have our dinner right in the hotel.