St Margaret's Elbow- via Crail and Fife Ness to St Andrews
A cycling route starting in Saint Monans, Scotland, United Kingdom.
Overview
About this route
This extension of St Margaret's Way continues along Fife Coastal path through ancient fishing villages along beaches and over rocks until the spires of St Andrews come into view over miles of rolling fairways. The path continues up through the harbour into the precincts of the ruined cathedral. Pubs etc along the way to Crail and great opportunities for wild camping. Cyclists may have to dismount at times.
Part of The Way of St Andrews - For other routes see http://www.thewayofstandrews.com
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- Duration
- 37.4 km
- Distance
- 174 m
- Ascent
- 159 m
- Descent
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- Avg. speed
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- Avg. speed
Route quality
Waytypes & surfaces along the route
Waytypes
Undefined
37.4 km
(100 %)
Surfaces
Undefined
37.4 km
(100 %)
Route highlights
Points of interest along the route
Point of interest after 10.6 km
The Dreel Burn. King James IV (1473-1513) disguised as a piper was carried over this burn by a "stout gaberlunzie" woman and rewarded with his purse. "Gaberlunzie" is a medieval Scots word for licensed beggar.
Point of interest after 25.8 km
As glaciers advanced during the last ice age over 10,000 years ago they chipped off boulders and carried them along sometimes hundreds of miles. When the ice melted the boulders, like these ones here, were simply dumped. Thanks to geoHeritage Fife for advice and image.
Point of interest after 28.2 km
Here the sandstone contains many little pits which form parallel rows about 20 cm apart. Some rows cross over each other .These pits represent the footprints of a millipede-type animal, about 1.5 m long, which lived about 330 million years ago. At that time it was probably the largest land animal. Thanks to geoHeritage Fife for advice and image.
Point of interest after 30.7 km
Peekie Bridge over Kenly Burn, with panel showing arms of Prior Hepburn, in office around 1500.
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