Fife - Day 2

We left the campervan in its spot, and headed for a walk north on the Fife Coastal Path.

We passed the lighthouse and a ruined tower.

We passed the ruined castle and the church on the outskirts of St Monans.

At the harbour we passed the house that Scott and his family used to holiday in.

At the other side of town is a tidal swimming pool, a windmill and old salt pans.

Next is Pittenweem, with its own swimming pool.

On to Anstruther, where we bought a coffee and ate our lunch. Just beyond is tiny Cellardyke harbour.

There are some spectacular rock formations and caves on the way to Crail.

Eventually we arrived at the final town on our walk, Crail. We went to the harbour.

From Crail we caught the bus back to our starting point. Since it was school run time, we had to break our journey in Anstruther, so we took the opportunity to buy an ice cream.

Back at the van we left Elie, and drove to the Larick community camp site in Tayport, where we'd booked in for 2 nights.

Later we had spaghetti Bolognese for dinner.

Fife - Day 1

We packed up the campervan and left the house in early afternoon, going to visit mum at Bankview Care Home on the way. So we didn't really start heading for Fife until about 4.

We went to the car park at Ruby Bay in Elie. This is set up by Fife Coast and Countryside Trust to allow overnight parking for up to 7 campervans for a £10 fee, and has toilets and a chemical toilet disposal facility.

We actually got the last of the 7 spaces, so it obviously gets busy sometimes.

We met a friend, Stewart and his wife Janice, who were staying at a timeshare at Kilconquhar Castle, so we went for a pint at the Ship Inn.

After this we went back to the van and made our dinner, Red Thai Prawn Curry.

Cornwall - Day 10

The site entrance had a height barrier which is locked at night. We wanted to leave about 8.30am and assumed, wrongly, that it would have been opened well before then.

It actually took us quite a while to get hold of the site owner to let us out, so it was a bit of an annoying start.

For the final leg of our journey home there were a few holdups on the M6 and it rained most of the way, but after one stop at a service station we got home safely about 3pm.

Cornwall - Day 9

We had a long drive today. We left the site and headed up the M5 and M6, stopping at one service station for a break.

We'd booked in to Brook House Farm Certificated Site in the village of Bostock Green near Middlewich. This didn't have any toilets or showers though they did include electric hookup for £22.

We went for a walk in the evening to the River Weaver.

On the way back to the site we went for a pint in the Hayhurst Arms in the village. It was surprisingly busy with diners, we got moved to a back room to make space for them.

For dinner we made tuna and tomato pasta.

Cornwall - Day 8

We all packed up and left the cottage this morning, and we said goodbye to our friends.

We'd decided to avoid the worst of the Easter traffic and stay in Cornwall for another day. We drove to Newquay and first went to Fistral beach for a walk.

We then went to our site, the Camping and Caravanning Club site at Tregurrian. This turned out to be a few miles out of Newquay up the coast. It was quiet as the grass pitches were too wet so only the hard standing pitches were open.

Later we walked to Watergate Bay, where the tide was out and we could let Oscar off lead for a good run about.

For dinner in the evening we had beef chilli with rice, which we'd brought with us.