Fife Coastal Path

Iagan MacNeil explores the history, geology, scenery - and Gaelic - from the Kincardine Bridge to Newburgh. The 117 mile-long route passes through industrial sites old and new, picturesque fishing towns in the East Neuk, St Andrews the home of golf, nature reserves and plenty of beautiful beaches. Iagan starts off at the Kincardine Bridge, passing the now-decommissioned Longannet Power Station and the artificial island created from the ash it produced. He wanders through the historic village of Culross, and talks to Mairi Kidd about the only known grave site of someone accused of witchcraft in Scotland. He also visits the lime kilns in the cliffs at Charlestown and find out the history of this once vital industry at the Scottish Lime Centre, where he takes part in a demonstration of how the lime was made.

Iagan MacNeil explores the history, geology, scenery - and Gaelic - from the Kincardine Bridge to Newburgh. The 117 mile-long route passes through industrial sites old and new, picturesque fishing towns in the East Neuk, St Andrews the home of golf, nature reserves and plenty of beautiful beaches. Iagan sees the magnificent Forth Bridges up close, visits the Carlingnose Nature Reserve, Inverkeithing, Dalgety Bay, Aberdour and its Silver Sands, Burntisland and Kirkcaldy. He enjoys the sunshine and gets a few tips from the Aberdour Shinty coach.

Iagan MacNeil explores the history, geology, scenery - and Gaelic - from the Kincardine Bridge to Newburgh. The 117 mile-long route passes through industrial sites old and new, picturesque fishing towns in the East Neuk, St Andrews the home of golf, nature reserves and plenty of beautiful beaches. Iagan visits the lovely towns of Dysart and West Wemyss, and finds out all about the ancient Pictish carvings in the Wemyss Caves. He crosses the Bawbee Bridge into Leven and visits the town’s Silverburn Park. Iagan also braves the Elie chain walk and finds out about Fife’s Gaelic connections past and present.

Iagan MacNeil explores the history, geology, scenery - and Gaelic - from the Kincardine Bridge to Newburgh. The 117 mile-long route passes through industrial sites old and new, picturesque fishing towns in the East Neuk, St Andrews the home of golf, nature reserves and plenty of beautiful beaches. Iagan visits the bonny and quintessentially Fife fishing villages of St Monans, Pittenweem, Anstruther, Cellardyke and Crail. He pans for garnets, goes fossil-hunting and visits the incredible Caiplie Caves.

Iagan MacNeil explores the history, geology, scenery – and Gaelic - from the Kincardine Bridge to Newburgh. The 117 mile-long route passes through industrial sites old and new, picturesque fishing towns in the East Neuk, St Andrews the home of golf, nature reserves and plenty of beautiful beaches. Iagan finds out why the area is synonymous with golf and sees the magnificent Rock and Spindle sea stack. He also finds out about the project to restore the sand dunes at the famous West Sands beach in St Andrews, plus looks at the Tay Bridges up close and visits Lindores Abbey and Distillery.