Autumn Adventures

Another day on the trail...........the Fife Coastal Trail that is. This time from Culross heading east to North Queensferry. A longer walk than I planned but good in terms of weather. Then another September day "across the water" took me to Loch Leven (which I have been planning on walking for ages now).

Loch Leven (according to Wikipedia) is a fresh water loch located immediately to the east of Kinross. The loch is about 6 km (3.7 mi) at its longest. Prior to the canalisation of the River Leven, and the partial draining of the loch in 1826–36, Loch Leven was considerably larger. The drop in water level by 1.4 m (4 ft 7 in) reduced the loch to 75% of its former size, and exposed several small islands, as well as greatly increasing the size of the existing ones.

There are seven islands on the loch, the largest being St Serf's Inch. Lochleven Castle, where Mary, Queen of Scots was imprisoned in 1567, lies on one of these islands. Loch Leven is also a national nature reserve.

October was extremely busy as LAMP show rehearsals took over much of my free time. I got out most days of the holiday week, though, regardless the weather!! I figured if I couldn't get myself out the door for such worthy causes as Alzheimers and MND, then really I had to sort myself out! Plenty autumnal scenery, wind, rain and soggy paths lining my way.

To finish this post, here is a lovely photo I took while walking along the bank of the Union Canal somewhere to the East of Linlithgow. Beautiful, isn't it?...........