Caiplie House Goings On

Late August, through September really is a great time of year to come to Fife. The weather always seems nice and settled and the mad crowds of the height of summer have gone.

No better time to walk the Fife Coastal Path or chase a wee white ball around one of the amazing links courses in the area. They live side by side with the path running alongside many of the great courses from Leven to St Andrews.

This photo is a perfect example, taken from  the Elie/Earlsferry course looking over the path to the chain walk a via ferrata which was listed as the best walk in Great Britain by The Telegraph!

If this is not attractive enough Helen has put together a couple of great packages to enhance your walking or golf holiday:

Walkers: Dinner, bed and breakfast, packed lunch with drink  from only £45 per person (2 sharing  a twin or double)

Golfers:  Steak supper, bed and breakfast, drink and snack pack  from only £42 per person per night (2 sharing a standard en-suite twin or double, min two nights) from  only £52 in a single!

email specialoffer@caipliehouse.co.uk or call to book 01333 450564

It is that time of year again Etape Caledonia and I have convinced a pal to ride with me this year. Jim has taken it a bit seriously and it seems we are racing!! We are raising money for the event charity Marie Curie.
Please go to our team page and donate…..it will help us get round. Thanks. I will keep you posted on how the race goes

Crail is not all about golf, walking and pictures of the harbour! I love the diversity of our visitors. It is always nice to see the ‘Rally Boys’ with their Border or Easter Ross accents. I pretend I understand their chat about engines and chassis! I have trouble finding a dipstick let alone a manifold.
In terms of looks though I always fancied an Escort, back in the early eighties when the mark 3 started to make its mark it was the dream car. Nowadays I think the mark 2 has the most class. The Triumph looks pretty good in this clip too.
Cheers for your support guys.

I know you are going to visit Crail again so I reckon I can recommend a seaside resort elsewhere in Scotland without jeopardising the business!

Millport ‘doon the watter’

We were visiting to celebrate Father’s 70th birthday. He grew up on Cumbrae so there are plenty memories for everybody.
Father worked as a temp. green-keeper on the golf course so it is always a popular place to visit. What a great course! It is a good challenge and great fun with dykes and ladders and bells to amuse you if the golf isn’t going so well.

With the views over Bute and Arran it has to be one of the most scenic courses anywhere.

We didn’t actually get out on the bikes but it was a joy to see so many cycling round the island with the obligatory stop for ice cream at Fintry Bay.

Our last morning on the beach was topped by a visit of The Waverley, she looked great

Go To Millport…. golf, cycle and eat ice cream!

With only five weeks until my early summer event, The Etape Caledonia I am starting to pick up the training a little bit. What a glorious weekend for getting out on the bike that was. Every time I am out I am amazed at how lovely NE Fife is for cycling. There are so many great back roads with very little traffic, rolling hills amongst rich farm land.

OK so it is a bit of a mission finding hills to match the Perthshire hills we will be racing on in May but with a bit of planning you can build a few climbs into most training runs.
I was pretty please with my 43 miles on Saturday, pretty close to the minimum required 13mph!
I will try and get out with the Crail boys during the week to practice my peleton skills!