After a quick stop in town, we finally started cycling toward the Black Sea! Well, first for the Firth of Forth. Baby steps. We averaged about 18km/h through the relatively flat landscape and reached the hotel Kingswood outside Burntisland in about 5.5h (4h moving time), traveling 70km and climbing about 400m.
The roads were narrow, but the Scottish drivers were very courteous and gave us plenty of space when passing, or waited for us to climb the top until they could see if passing was safe. Much appreciated.
In Elie, we left the main coastal road (A917) to follow a dirt road to Lower Largo. We had to get off the bikes several times due to sand (near beach) or closed and locked gates.
Foods during the ride were a muffin from breakfast, a tiny steak pie in the Railway Inn in Lower Largo and two chocolate chip cookies and a great apple/cherry crumble from a roadside stand near Elie.
The hotel Kingswood is where Liz’ grandparents stayed seventy years ago! But it must have undergone a lot of work, because their review of the hotel (moldy, cold, bad food) would certainly not apply anymore today.
The 1948 Tour 
What an exciting journey and how exciting that the hotel is still there! Safe travels!
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