Saturday and there is a bric-a-brac followed by a stroll to pick up our order from Burntisland’s bakery, which as the review says, ‘involves waiting in a queue outside the door’, such is the popularity of their products.
Bread picked up, (doughnuts safely stored), we ventured for a coastal drive up the Firth to find somewhere for lunch. Sadly, and for no obvious reason, this stretch of coastline appears devoid of cafe’s with views of the Forth, so we picked up a couple of sausage rolls and ventured down a lane to a place called West Wemyss , which turned out to a lovely spot with a rocky beach, and some clear signs of an industrial past.
From the website, https://www.undiscoveredscotland.co.uk/wemyss/westwemyss/index.html
The early origins of West Wemyss lay in its harbour and in industrial development. Coal was mined in the area from the 1430s, and by the 1560s at least one pit was working out under the River Forth. Scotland’s first glassworks was also set up near here in 1600. It is said that the village acquired a tolbooth as early as 1511, but most of the building you see today was erected by David, 3rd Earl of Wemyss, in the early 1700s. This served as a meeting place, and also housed cells for miscreants.
With a witch like easterly, I didn’t spend long walking around, but it is clearly a village to return to in the future.
