Kingdom of Fife

St Andrew was the main stop in the tour to Fife and my first impression was the extent of its golfing influence. The first thing we did upon arrival was drive across the fairway of St Andrews Old Course. There is actually a public road access - you just have to make sure no one is about to take a swing before you drive across.

I went to visit St Andrews Cathedral, took lots of photos. Even though it is all in ruins, it is all very pretty. It is right on the coast line - perfect setting for a cathedral. Before it was destroyed it was the largest religious building in Britain.

There is only one tower left in the cathedral that is fully in tact - went up the tight spiral staircase all the way to the top and got a beautiful view of St Andrew. It's a good thing that the tower isn't very busy trying to fit two people going in opposite directions on that staircase would be scary.

St Andrews University is the University that Prince William attended, he went to the University and started studying Art History, somehow he managed to come out with a Geography dgree instead. I am not 100% sure but it seems as if the University is made up of various builings for different faculties. This is a pic of the back of one of them.

After seeing the cathedral and passing a University building I made my way to St Andrews Castle. Under the castle are old tunnels that were used for mining. I went a little way into the tunnel but decided not to go all the way cos they were closing for lunch and I was running out of time. The tunnel was very small though - I was on my haunches and as you can see in the pic my head was nearly touching the ceiling.

The next part of the tour was all the way to the East Neuk (nook) of Scotland to a small fishing village called Crail. Very quaint but just a little too small and out of the way for my liking.

Last but certainly not least is the Forth Rail Bridge. Every tour I have been on here in Scotland has mentioned how amazing this bridge is but somehow Bill was the first tour guide who managed to get through to me how special it is. It was built in the 1980's and contains 8 million

rivets compared to the Eiffel Tower which contains 2.5 million rivets. Even today it is a monster bridge so you can imagine that the fact that it was built in the 1980's just makes it even more amazing.