We caught an early morning black taxi to the airport to pick up our rental car and are glad not to be driving through the city as it’s a convoluted route and the streets are really narrow. Really disappointing car rental process and the ‘surprise’ extra insurance fees.
Our drive up to Fife is pretty cool. First stop is the Kelpie installation in Grangemouth – controversial, but very special from our point of view. Close by is the Falmouth Wheel, an engineering marvel to say the least. The ride up to Stirling castle was quite ‘hairy’ – narrow, curvy, REALLY high stone curbs. The castle itself is awesome and it’s clear why the site was chosen as it commands access to the central lands. Off in the distance is the Wallace Memorial. Although we didn’t visit, it’s a striking view.
A short, foggy drive away is our lodging in Crail, along the Fife coast. Crail is a beautiful, small coastal village. Our B&B, the ‘Honeypot Guesthouse’ is great – Graham, our host, is a fountain of info. Ten steps from our lodging is the ‘Golf Inn’, a historic (and the only) pub in Crail. The founders of the Crail Golfing Society met there in 1786 to form the club (the 7th oldest golfing club in the world). Golf Inn is a small and very friendly pub – we met some caddies who service the St. Andrews courses up the road and the town bookie!
