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Harry
Henniker CIRCULAR
ROUTE ROUND NORTH FIFE
Distance:
Distances Circular route on map 64 miles.
Newport on Tay to Auchtermuchty: 21 miles.
Auchtermuchty to Kettlehill: 8 miles.
Kettlehill to St. Andrews:16 miles
St Andrews to Newport on Tay: 19 miles
Map: OS Landranger, sheet 59 ( we recomed
you get the OS map out and use the map below as a guide)
Start and finish: Any point on map. If
having a day out say from Edinburgh or Glasgow and travelling
by car. Head for St. Andrews (St. Andrews is about 1 hour
by car from Edinburgh, slightly longer from Glasgow) and
leave the car in one of car parks - there is a large car
park down at the sands.
Terrain: Undulating with a couple of
very steep hills - see map (no rugh tracks all can be
cycled on a road bike)
Refreshments: Several hotels in Falkland
all doing bar lunches, also a couple of tea rooms. There's
also a choice of places in Auchtermuchty and Newburgh.
Probably the best pub in Newburgh is the one you'll see
with tables outside in the main street. There's a pub
in Gauldry, but the choice of food is limited - choice
of food shops pubs and tea rooms in Newport however. There
are shops in Leuchars and Guardbridge, which might be
handy if you are planning a picnic at Kinshaldy beach
in Tentsmuir forest (a lovely quiet beach). St Andrews
has lots of eating establishments and pubs, Littlejohns
Restaurant is recommended but there are plenty of others.
There's a pub in Pitscottie, but the choice is greater
in Ceres. Despite the name there is no inn at Chance Inn.
Accommodation
Good independent
hostel in Falkland (01337-857710).
Plenty of B&Bs
and hotels in St Andrews (tourist info 01334-472021).
For accommodation
in Fife generally phone Fife Tourist Board (01592-750066).
Fife has a
growing network of cycle routes. Around Dunfermline and
Kirkcaldy these are mostly utilitarian in character, but
further east, between Falkland and St. Andrews they pass
through quiet rural scenery.
Further information about cycling in Fife is
available from: Fife Millenium Cycleways Fife House North
Street Glenrothes KY7 5LT 01592-413043
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