Nina's Blog - Thursday 23rd July 2026
Thursday 23rd July 2026, 14:41
Today has been unexpectedly excellent. I started by looking for a café within walking distance to the west of the Railway Rooms but there was nothing on either Google Maps or Open Street Map between Buckhaven and Kirkcaldy. That's 8.5 km away and I didn't feel like that long a walk today. So I decided to drive.
Managed to find a parking space in a side street and took a circuitous route to the Roots and Seeds café via the seafront. Of course when I arrived at the café I discovered that Open Street Map is out of date and it no longer exists. So I searched for museums instead and saw that there was one dedicated to Adam Smith. When I got there all I could see was a blue plaque commemorating his time in his mother's house at that place. So far so disappointing. Except, not really. I use these goals as a way of encouraging myself to walk, so the fact that the supposed goal turns out to not exist simply gives me a reason to walk further.
So I walked on in the direction of the Kirkcaldy Art Gallery. It took me past the small bar that I visited last year but it was closed. More or less opposite is B'Arty's bar which has a sandwich board outside advertising that it serves coffee so I went in there. Unfortunately the coffee is very much an afterthought and cake scarcely even that. Still I got an acceptable Americano and a really quite pleasant cellophane wrapped fruit slice.
That's enough text for one block.
Today has been unexpectedly excellent. I started by looking for a café within walking distance to the west of the Railway Rooms but there was nothing on either Google Maps or Open Street Map between Buckhaven and Kirkcaldy. That's 8.5 km away and I didn't feel like that long a walk today. So I decided to drive.
Managed to find a parking space in a side street and took a circuitous route to the Roots and Seeds café via the seafront. Of course when I arrived at the café I discovered that Open Street Map is out of date and it no longer exists. So I searched for museums instead and saw that there was one dedicated to Adam Smith. When I got there all I could see was a blue plaque commemorating his time in his mother's house at that place. So far so disappointing. Except, not really. I use these goals as a way of encouraging myself to walk, so the fact that the supposed goal turns out to not exist simply gives me a reason to walk further.
So I walked on in the direction of the Kirkcaldy Art Gallery. It took me past the small bar that I visited last year but it was closed. More or less opposite is B'Arty's bar which has a sandwich board outside advertising that it serves coffee so I went in there. Unfortunately the coffee is very much an afterthought and cake scarcely even that. Still I got an acceptable Americano and a really quite pleasant cellophane wrapped fruit slice.
That's enough text for one block.
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