I'm cycling over to a friend in Lundin Links on Saturday.
I was thinking out to Inverkeithing, follow NCN signed route, but instead of turning up the hill to the back of Dunfermline, carrying straight on the main road to Crossgates. I think the "Nippie Sweetie" Audax went that way and seemed fine. At Crossgates was going to turn right and head along B925 for Auchtertool as far as Kirkcaldy. I then thought I'd give the coastal path along the esplanade a shot, for a bit of a laugh.
I was going to avoid the direct route of A915 and A955 east from Kirkcaldy. I assume the coastal path is un-navigable by road bike east of Kirkcaldy through the Wemysses?
Instead I was going to head north out of Kirkcaldy on the B9130 which is marked on OSM as Route 766 - and turn off briefly at Thornton to photograph some old colliery porn at Rothes. From thereforeward back roads through Coaltown and then Milton of Balgonie. There's no way to approach Leven from the East by the looks of it and avoid an A-road, so I would take the short downhill section of A911 to Windygates and then stay on the Windygates Road all the way to Leven.
Looks like I might be able to go along coast from Level to Lundin Links on Coastal Path as it cuts through the golf course, so might give that a shot.
Anyone suggest any alternatives? I'll be carrying a decent amount of stuff (full change of clothes and shoes, overnight stuff, presents etc.,) so no intension of going along route 1 over Cleish Hill.
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