Fife Coastal Path Elie to Crail 11.5 miles

Please read the description carefully before signing up. Distance 11.5 miles. Average pace 2.5 miles per hour.

Description from All trails: ☀️☀️☀️This beautiful coastal walk takes you from Elie to Crail along the Fife Coastal Path. This means the route should, for the most part, be fairly well waymarked. That said, there are a couple of detours from the FCP, including to the Elie Ness Lighthouse Lady's Tower.
The lighthouse, now maintained by the Elie Ness Historical Society and Forth Ports, was opened in 1908 to help protect sailors from the rocky cliffs below. It is a beautiful spot which offers great views of the surrounding coastline.

The Lady's Tower was built in the late 1700s as a place to rest for Lady Janet Anstruther after one of her regular swims. To maintain the lady's modesty, a servant would ring a bell in Elie to let the locals know when she
was swimming so they would know not to walk along the headland where they might spot her.
There are some steeper and rougher sections of trail where care should be taken, and some muddy stretches which require waterproof footwear. The coast also offers little protection from the elements, so it's a good idea to carry warm and waterproof layers. There are also some sections of walking along beaches which can be submerged at high tide. There are inland options available at these points, so please check tide times before your walk.☀️☀️☀️

Please bring good walking shoes with grip, weather appropriate clothing, sufficient water and lunch. We will stop once for lunch and once for snack/coffee.

We will start promptly, so please let us know if you're held up or unable to walk by messaging the MU site.
Please only sign up if you are actually planning to go on the walk. If some unforeseen event prevents you from attending, please update your status to 'not going' so others may join in. Thanks, H.

Health and Safety on Walks:
Walking can pose a danger of personal injury, and all participants should be aware of and accept these risks and be responsible for their own actions, involvement and enjoyment.
Participants are also responsible for ensuring that their walking gear is suitable for the nature of the walk and the prevailing weather conditions (which participants are responsible for checking) and for bringing adequate food and water supplies.
By signing up for this walk you are confirming that you have fully read, understood and accepted the foregoing and the following caveats, including that all participants join this walk of their own