Touring: Fife and Forth Villages, but not in a shed....

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As per title I fancied a mini tour. My mate James who Ringway and Dieselman have met suggested an easter Jolly. We decided to meet at the Forth Bridge at 930am. I aimed the shed towards there and with the traffic so light I got this MPG

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Bugger all traffic at this time on the road made an easily and relaxing drive, something the shed lends itself to well.

We took a picture or few of the bridge. I bracketed mine and also messed around with B&W

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We decided not to take the Mercedes but to take his Golf, which is a MK V GTi. I have posted about this car before, but several things I like about it. One, its fast. Everyone loves a fast car. Its very comfortable. Bar the sharpest of bumps, its really not much firmer than the shed. The seats are great, not being leather, but I have beefed up since last being in the car so I felt a bit squeezed in. Interior wise, its very spacious upfront. Cabin materials are much lower rent, but its a hatchback, not a luxury car.

Its DSG box works well, in the long run, maybe not, but its fast changing and smooth. Its everything 7g isn't in that regard.

However, its quite a large car and having driven it, its not that much more adept at fitting in small gaps that my car won't fit....

However, we aimed for a little villiage called Culross.

There were a few interesting sights.

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Nice. Just admit it

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After a hearty lunch of a beef and haggis pie which was fantastic and worth the trip for itself he aimed the golf for the Kingdom of Fife. The scenery here is a little flat but the roads are a hoot and at one time a motorbike failed to keep up with the GTi driven in relative anger. It corners quite well but having driven it previously its a tad inert for me and I prefer the feel of a back wheel drive car but its very capable and at the same time pretty comfy. I did say the roads are great, lots of sweeping tight roads, brilliant fun.

A few of Pittenweem harbour.

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And to prove Scots folks are hardier than anyone else, fancy living here

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A house on the ****ing sea. Quite a sight.

The scenery doesn't have the impact of the Western coast in which I normally can be found at big speeds blasting around, music on loud, car almost on the edge of grip but change is good.

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Talking of edge of grip. I proper blasted it on the way back, went into a damp corner a bit fast, put the power on a bit early and the shed let go, nice slide with maybe a 20 degree angle, was great, and as you steered into it, you could feel all wheels braking at different points in time to straighten the car up, in a far more accomplished manner than I could do. What a fantastic system.

The shed is in for more paint work, its peeling off the passanger side door edges and is down to the bare metal in one section. Clearly this is not acceptable and its in for a repair again. Clearly its comfort as I have posted re a BMW 320d and GTi Golf isn't all that its cracked up to be, nor is the paint on its body work, but the ESP system works a treat and unlike a FWD can be coaxed to play and have a laugh. Which I did.
 
PS, mods, posted in wrong area, have PM'd to have thread moved. Sorry. Rgds Steve. Edit, I thought i posted in the news. My eye sight is going....sorry for confusion.
 
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However, we aimed for a little villiage called Culross.

There were a few interesting sights.



Nice. Just admit it

Yes it is, a lovely little 17th century Brough, very quaint and a decent pub.
 
Here is the who album if you are interested...

I can't see Roger Daltrey anywhere, possibly because it's Private.
 
Has someone stolen the scaffolding off the Forth bridge...there's always scaffolding...
 
Has someone stolen the scaffolding off the Forth bridge...there's always scaffolding...

The permament paint job/coating job finished a couple of months back.

It's lookiing very good these days.
 
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The permament paint job/coating job finished a couple of months back.

It's lookiing very good these days.

Agreed. Although at some stage it will need done. Aside you can see road works to deal with the new road bridge

Camera fodder the pie was the best I think I had.
 
Agreed. Although at some stage it will need done. Aside you can see road works to deal with the new road bridge

Camera fodder the pie was the best I think I had.

The B+W version of the shot with the Triumph (TR3?) works for me.

My visits to Culross are usually to get shots of passing steam excursions. This month 46115 Scots Guardsman will be doing two passes on the 28th - and 61994 The Great Marquess should be passing on the 22nd.
 
The B+W version of the shot with the Triumph (TR3?) works for me.

My visits to Culross are usually to get shots of passing steam excursions. This month 46115 Scots Guardsman will be doing two passes on the 28th - and 61994 The Great Marquess should be passing on the 22nd.
I spied the railway line, I wondered if that was a major route?

Will, try the facebook link, should see the lot on that
 
I spied the railway line, I wondered if that was a major route?

It's basically a freight route. Culross had a station that was closed (in the 20s or 30s ISTR).

With Longannet mine closed in 2002 it was being used to carry coal from Hunterston via the Forth Bridge.

Then the Stirling-Alloa-Kincardine line was reopened linking to Longannet from the west. So the coal trains go via that link now instead of the long way round.

There is the odd freight diversion eastwards plus some very occasional Network Rail test and inspection trains plus maybe 4 to 6 passenger charter excursions per year.

If you want to take a steam train on the mainline then SRPS Forth Circle tours are a relatively cheap way to do it. And they also take this rarely used scenic route. SRPS Forth Circle Steam Railtour : 28 April 2012
 
I assumed the coal trains were to feed the power station, is that not correct.
 
I assumed the coal trains were to feed the power station, is that not correct.

My ambiguity. I used Longannet for both the mine and the power station.

The mine is closed. It used to convey coal directly to the adjacent power station. The trains do the job instead these days - hauling coal from the terminal at Hunterston.
 

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