Aberdeen to Kinghorn

Walk 25

Walkers, Richard Porter, Bernie Porter, Stuart Page, Phil Wilson, Roderick Hung, Lee Wiggins, Phil Harris, Hamish Morton & Kevin Devereux.


September 2017. 150 miles


Aberdeen to Portleven


8th September 2017

Am Sunny , PM showers

What no Porter on the train !?

Terrestrial rain at Manchester-what's new !?

Posh breakfast at Aberdeen Wetherspoons.

Who forgot the sandwiches at Morrisons?

Late rendezvous with Mr Harris .

Mad Scottish Joker donates £10

Roderick's futile waterproof trouser purchase! You need to wear them ...doh!

Aberdeen fish packers

Paul's extra mileage offset

Roderick's burger craving averted by the food hygiene brigade from Beryl's burger bar

Kevin's epic emergency stopping driving skills averts certain disaster

Lee's Californian encounter

Lactose intolerance!

Haute cuisine lunch from McColls prepared in the minibus

Hurricane Lactose

Hit the jackpot at Talbooth fish restaurant in Stonehaven thanks to the 'current' F&B director

A very warm welcome to the very late Mr Paige after an unfortunate mastication mishap!


Portleven to Montrose Viaduct

9th September


Fine weather all day

Paul's Continental breakfast extravaganza thanks to Leslie and Roderick who kindly donate £20

Walked out of the highlands to the lowlands

Auntie Betties memorable IRN brew ice cream

Best community toilet in Scotland

Warm up mountain climb especially for our Kev as usual in Flip flops

Stonehavens unfinished war memorial

Amazing Dunnottar castle with accompanying bag pipe serenade if only peace prevailed

G&l gourmet burger van - lemon & ginger tea

Sculpture wood

Chez Keveroo deliver hot fesh & cheps with condiments !

Keveroo provides live Sky sport football which was not appreciated !

Tea at the Anchor inn at Johnshaven - no soya in Scotland !

Short cut through the cabbage quagmire rejected

St Cyrus nature reserve

A great day for the Spurs in the footballs greatest city

Park hotel Montrose - Sarah's & Blairs wedding

Teflon Lee's F&B's apprenticeship woes

Roos leap restaurant surprise!


Montrose to Arbroath

10th September


Weather : Showers !

Early start for some !

Walking north Mr mapagator to a bridge too far

Crossed the runway at Montrose air station

Montrose Fc statistics by our Bern

Back to hotel for dairy free breakfast

Kev returns to bed or to watch the mighty Spurs !

Longest spoilt sandwich order in history - thanks Kev!

Wet weather gear on and off , on and off etc etc

Lunan beach cafe trumps Keveroo

Auchmethie community art festival , 17 venue , 45 artists - 2 mile mileage offset !

Auchmethie running water from 1973

Harley's only no Jap crap

Angus coastal path to Arbroath

Wild sunflower go on and on

Diversion to the beach uncomfortable for some

Phil(Mr Rush) & Lee 30 minutes ahead to meet Kev

Some weather forecasters decided to finish the walk others decided to take advantage of the free shower !

Fawlty towers hotel tour

What no hot water for Phil & Stuart ?

Old boat house restaurant - great end to the day - thanks Stuart F&B !


Arbroath to Dundee


Weather bright & sunny

Town house hotel with no hot water

Stuart fresh fish business venture

Arbroath beach FC !

Beach walk to East Haven

East Haven community toilets

Free soft drinks and snacks courtesy of Mary

Lunch at Frankies Carnoustie

Self-service soya for you know who

Simpsons golf shop 1883

Paul's Open reach BT disaster

Carnoustie ladies golf club

The endless Country population game!

Afternoon tea at Broughty ferry in the sunshine

Denied access to the port authority coastal path!

A92 Tay estuary diesel walk

Spoilt ramblers chaos at Tay bridge

Amazing incredible unbelievable Tay bridge crossing

Captain Scotts boat Discovery moored in Dundee quay

Assistant F&B under review

Dinner at Malmaison

Dundee to Boarhills


Weather : fine & sunny

Dundee city tour including Captains Scotts 1901 RSS Discovery.

Desperate Dans statue & headquarters of DC comics

Team photo on the Tay bridge.

Sunbather of the year 1946 -2017

Tentsmuir forest long walk

Fish Icehouse

Longest morning walk ever - Stuart hunger pains

RAF Leuchars - 3 transport planes take off for Caribbean

Swamp walk

3 Apache helicopters

Stuart military police regiment in Leuchers

St Andrews for lunch at Bibi's

No wifi because the students abuse it

Bi bi from Erdington

Cafe where Will met Kate for coffee !

Should we stay or should we go !

Lee & Roderick organise gala dinners

Braveheart anatomical history lesson

Bernie parking porter helps damsels in distress

Old Swilcan bridge on the famous 18th

Proper coastal park

University of St Andrews gay pride march

Stuart's Snickers boost

Cash for kids walkers

Bernie in the bog again

Mr Rush ups the pace

Birdie rock

Watch out for high tide on the path

End of walk RAF fly past

Boarhills to Pittenweem


Weather light drizzle

Kev Dev sat nav malfunction

Beautiful river walk

Spectacular beach / seashore walk

Kingsbarn golf club tv camera preparation

Constantines cave

Gold widow from West Virginia

Break from the rain in the golf refuge hut

Crail harbour tea room and gallery with tartan blankets overlooking Isle of May .

RP delighted in the warm dairy-free lemon poppyseed cake

Stuart unfortunate rock slip

Iconic Scottish historical fishing village -

Amstruther

Stuart's sniffs out Scottish chippy

Holiday toys in phone box

'Mortgage' protection around graves to thwart body snatchers

Kev Devs pre match anxiety

Spectacular Road hole restaurant at the old course hotel

What no Kev Dev - Spurs v Dortmund


Pittenweem to East Wemyss


Weather fine and sunny

Rooftop photo shoot at the old course hotel

Runny honey from the yummy mummy

Ardgowan hotel famous for the polish inventor of the mine detector during the Second World War

Guess the mileage

Boot welly garden

St Monan church

Low tide route

Elie deli

Sands Of Elie and amazing selection cakes and dairy free breads !

Epic climb to the ww 2 gun battery

18 century st Monans salt

Glenrothes described as an open prison camp !

Another river crossing led by Captain Wilson

Long beach walk against the wind to lower largo

Lower largo shop for free ice cream and donation

7500 to Robinson Crusoe island !

Another long beach walk to see our Kev

Luncheon at the 3 sisters Amusement cafe !

East Fife football club

Buckhaven historical net manufacturing & coal mining town

Methil wind turbine assembly

Walking through The Methil projects

Tragic boat accident memorial

Ross Kemp look alike

Cockinese rhyming slang for our Roderick

East Wemyss to Kinghorn


Weather fine

West Wemyss mosaic

Dysart famous for Poldark , HQ fife coastal path and our lunch .

First rock tunnel for the ramblers

Bernie backtrack 5 miles for toilet !

Kirkcaldy-home of Gordon Brown and Jockey Wilson

Great views of Edinburgh and the new bridge acros the Firth of Forth

Raith Rovers FC

Finish at Pettycure bay at Kinghorn - 143 miles