Burntisland back streets, trains, churches and an upside down wind surfing enthusiast!

Hello Hello Hivians

Do you focus on the main streets when you go visit a town. Well in this article we are going along the back streets of Burntisland in the Kingdom of Fife in Scotland 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 to the 1500s!

These are all taken in the last week of December, so although it is Winter it was dry and actually quite mild, nevertheless ...

Wrap up warm and let's go!

While we go I shall drop some funfacts about Burtisland...

FunFact ... Burtisland has the 13th oldest golf course in the world!

It is not really surprising as Burntisland is in the Kingdom of Fife in Scotland where gold was invented.

Here we have the High Street of a typical small Scottish coastal town, population approx 7 and a bit thousand!

Did you see the blue sky, it is almost as blue as the sap on the map below, a screenshot from my pinmapple account.

So we are going to get off the High Street. One gret thing about Burntisland High Street is that it is thriving! They have award winning butcher, fishmonger greengrocer and a whole host of other shops.

The steeple is on an old church, which has been repurposed into some sheltered housing with a resident warden.

However, we are going the back streets and then means hanging a right now.

We actualy have come up closer to the train station and funnily enough there are two churches behind this picture.

Do you see tree on the left with the crazy hair do, blame it on the wind, but if you look just below the branches you can see...

... a funky looking older building on the hill. I bet they get some view.

Thankfully I brought my camera so was able to zoom in, and as you can see later on, I was rather glad that I had!

Here is the first of the two churches that I mentioned.

Many people actually have no idea of the significance of this church at all. I never did to be honest.

Burntisland parish church was built in 1592! I did say we were going back in time to the 1500s after all.

It was one of if not the first church that was built in Scotland after the Scottish Reformation.

It is Category A listed for its architectural and historical importance. The building itself is square, how funky is that!

The Scottish Reformation was the process by which Scotland broke with the Papacy and developed a predominantly Calvinist national Kirk (church), which was strongly Presbyterian in its outlook. It was part of the wider European Protestant Reformation that took place from the 16th century.

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I just love the gates, love the old ship, it reminds me of the BBC children's TV program Blue Peter.

But they were closed!

I have never been inside but one day I will get there.

In the meantime I tried to take you to see the back of it.

Standing guard though was this cute wee make blackbird.

I asked him what he was looking at...

See for yourself was his reply!

The view over the Firth of Forth.

I tried to be nosey and see what was being lifted on and off the tug boat but the trees were in the way.

Pallets pallets and more pallets, I think the company is called Scott's but there are so many pallets, all wooden of course which is a big plus!

The headland is where we are going to get around to next, well eventually that is!

To get there we had to go back past the front of the churches!

Don't you just love older architecture. The history associated with it I find fascinating.

Of course the local NEDS disagree and daub shite all over it!

We are parallel with the High Street now, and this used to an old primary school building. Now I think it is a block of apartments. The other side will have a great view of the sea!

There is a small hall that is next to that building.

It is used by one group.

The clue is in the picture, can you guess what group uses the hall?

Now we are going past the Links Park, not really a park but just a heap of green, although in the summer they have a the carnies or carnival with street rides for a couple of months!

We are nearly there, can you see those rocks, see the waves crashing on them, yes it was windy!

That island actually is in the bay, and when it is low tide you can walk out there, that was a godsend during lockdown I can tell you!

There I thought I would show the boy in the Firth of Forth for reference, it was kind of choppy out there!

The seagulls did have a problem, but then again they rarely do.

This was them floating in towards the Bay of Burntisland, look how peaceful it looks.

That then is the back walk to the Bay, and of course there is another church in the distance. The water was calm as it is secluded.

One great thing about the East coast of Scotland is that many of the train tracks are right beside the sea so you tend to have a great view (in the light of course).

Oh look what we have here in the water!

He actually was motoring along at one point, and the board comes up out of the water.

He was okay of course, but I thought it would make for a good picture with him doomed in front of the cemetery!

There we have our wee tour of Burntisland back streets, trains, churches and an upside down water enthusiast!

This post is also my first walk of 2024 for #wednesdaywalk which was started by the wonderful @tattoodjay.

Thanks for visiting and enjoy the rest of your day!