Sole to Soul

 ssssssssss.... the sound of my feet hitting the bath water. Yes, our dogs were barking this afternoon! I had to wonder when Margaret said the walk would be 5 miles through woodlands in Kirkcaldy how she could find a 5 miler within the town. But she did indeed. We met up at Beveridge Park car park and proceeded across the grass to the highest part of the park, as we walked, kicking the conkers lying around at the 'avenue' of horse chestnut trees with which we are all familiar. Such a beautiful warm day, the trees now turning to their autumnal palette and dropping their leaves like a carpet for us to trample on. There's nothing quite like the smell of a woodland walk to make you b r e a t h e deeply and feel healthy. The walk took us along the edge of the park, past the Mill Dam and Raith Lake. I don't remember there being 'inclines' before. And having to clamber over fallen trees made me realise that I'm not as fit as a flea any more. The others were like mo...

  Today is the first of Sole to Soul's weekday walks. Seven ladies and a wee dug that Mary was fostering met up at the overflow carpark at the crem and travelled in 2 cars to Birnie Loch, near Collessie. There are two lochs that sit together, Birnie and Gaddon Lochs and an easy flat pathway can take you around both. The lochs, although they looked attractive were covered in green algae which is dangerous to pets and humans, so we decided not to have a dip after all.  The weather today was gorgeous. A glorious blue sky and strong sun gave everyone the 'feel-good' factor.  However, walking through woodland, leaves beginning to scatter over the ground and smelling pine signified that Mother Autumn was just around the corner.  Rona remarked how we are only starting to hear the birds singing again now that summer is past, so we stood  for a moment to let these beautiful sounds nourish our souls. We stopped for a photo opportunity when we happened upon Ma, Pa and the ...

                             Our first outing with the new walking group, only we're using the old blogsite temporarily. Fifteen of us set off from Langtoun Church after the morning service heading for Markinch in cars. We parked at the railway station and took off up the High Street towards the prominent church at the top of the brae. This is now part of a four church union call Heart of Fife Parish Church. We gently progressed uphill via Kirk Wynd till we reached Manse Road, followed by Northall Road. Under the railway bridge, we were now on the country walk. Just there, Markinch Heritage Group had kindly created a map of the Historical Trail and left some leaflets to take with us.  We knew the start of this walk was a bit steep; a good thing some of us brought our walking poles. There were one or two stops to catch our breath on the way up and we pretended the stops were to take in the beautiful views acr...