On one of the good days last summer we travelled along the Fife coast and stopped off at Elie and strolled part of the way towards Earlsferry.

We’d never noticed this old doorway before:-

Then we moved along to St Monans, about which I have posted before. Its prominent kirk is said to be the most painted church in Scotland:-

Flowers and rocks:-

Another unusual feature for a Fife village is the Windmill:-

Rocks:-

In the first of the rocks pictures above there is a straight line which actually marks the edge of an outdoor swimming pool (for which there is a sign saying swim only at your own risk. A couple of hardy souls were doing just that.)

Swimming pool:-

St Monans (sometimes spelled St Monance) is a seaside village in the East Neuk of Fife.

Its church, standing as it does prominently above the village and visible from the main A 917 road between Pittenweem and Elie, must be one of the most painted in Scotland certainly in Fife.

Church from village:-

From access road:-

From graveyard:-

Isle of May from St Monans:-

Rocks at St Monans:-

Panorama of village and sea:-

On the left is the Coaltown of Wemyss War Memorial which is the one I missed when I photographed the other Wemyss War Memorials back in March.

It’s set into the wall of the Miner’s Institute.

The more striking Methil War Memorial is below. It’s set on a greensward which is not what I normally asssociate with Methil but is a fitting site. It was quite rainy the day of the photograph which gives a bit of a reflection.

A bit further along the coast is the burgh of Elie and Earlsferry, whose War Memorial is set into the external corner of the churchyard at the sharp turn at one end of the High Street and is pictured last. The church tower can be seen in the background.

Methil War Memorial

Elie and Earlsferry War Memorial