May 18 St Andrews

We were rudely awakened by Wendy at 7 am and after catching up with everyone back home we got ready for a bike ride on the National Cycleway which ran past the camp. However on getting the bikes down I discovered that Gaye's bike had a flat rear tyre. The bikes came with a tiny pump so I invested about 15 minutes in trying to blow the tyre up but there also seemed to be a problem with the pump so we gave in and went for a walk. It was another beautiful morning.
After breakfast and doing our chores we got away late morning and drove to St Andrews which was only about a 40 minute drive. We found our camp and decided to carry on towards St Andrews. However we were trying to find a carpark on the outskirts of town and that wasn't working for us. We were concerned about trying to navigate narrow streets and not being able to find a park. In hindsight I should have put my big boys pants on and just driven in as the streets were fine and there was parking around. However we retreated to the safety of the camp and checked in. After lunch we decided to walk into St Andrews which was a distance of about 2 miles. By the time we got there a sea fog had rolled in and it had got quite cold.
We had a wander around the ruins of the cathedral and the old castle and wandered some of the streets before having a cup of tea and catching a taxi back to the camp. A takeaway truck was cooking pizzas in the camp so that was dinner sorted.Read more