Tentsmuir Point is one of the secret gems of Scotland.
Getting there isn’t easy – you have to drive away from the main roads into a little warren of single track roads that curve around for about 10 miles before you can get to it.
But when you do, you find an idyllic and peaceful spot indeed.
Coniferous […]

The town of Leven itself, east along the Firth of Forth from Kirkcaldy, looked interesting. On the roadmap it’s drawn with a long crescent of beach along a shallow bay.
As Kirkcaldy itself is a somewhat poor and appalling seaside destination, Leven itself could only offer better promise.
And, indeed, it does offer a long crescent sandy […]

There aren’t many beaches accessible from Central Scotland, but Burnt Island is one of them.
It’s not an island – but funnily enough, the sea lapping at the sand does look like it’s filled with black ash.
When we visited Burnt Island there was only a narrow stretch of sand along which this strange black ash […]

As you drive down the A910 from the A92, it’s hard not to be given the feeling that you’re about to discover one of Scotland’s treasures personally.
The road cuts through tree-lined hills and as it curves around past the old stone buildings on the outskirts of Kirkcaldy, and it’s hard not to feel excited as […]