Resuming the walk from where we left off last week at Aberdour train station, we made our way down the coast to Kinghorn via Burntisland. On the way we passed a
monument to Alexander III, last Celtic king of Scotland. In 1286 the 44 year old king died in a fall from horseback in the dark traveling to visit the queen, at our destination for the day, Kinghorn. He was later buried in Dunfermline Abbey.
There's a theory that Alexander was desperate for a bit of royal nookie and that it was this that caused him to ride like a bat out of hell in the dark, become separated from his escort and make like an Italian footballer over the edge. The queen must have been some kind of woman.
Although there's no cliff at this spot, there is a steep embankment and it's thought his horse lost its footing sending him to his doom.
As an aside Alexander was coronated on Moot Hill, Scone. But that's a moot point.
As you can see from the above picuture, 15 miles into the walk, we're not flagging yet.
Todays leg of the Fife Coastal Path was cut short due to the onset of showers. Not that you'd think so looking at the sea blue sky in the picture of the first of two ruined castles (Seafield Tower) we encountered.
