We’ve lived in Kirkcaldy for 26 years now but this is the first time that we’ve taken a close look at the harbour, we’ve always visited the more picturesque Dysart harbour before. But the Kirkcaldy one has been in the local news recently because they’ve dredged it so that larger ships can use it again. In fact I saw a barge aiming for the harbour just the other day, typically though I didn’t have my camera with me. The barges are taking grain to the flour mill which is the massive white building which you can see. For years the grain was taken there by lorries but amazingly someone decided that it would be much more sensible to use the harbour for deliveries again. A great decision because I’m all for fewer lorries clogging up the roads and polluting the place.

In the photo above there’s quite a mixture of buildings. The white tower which is just in view at the top is part of the Art Deco design fire station, you can see photos of it here. The building in the middle is an 18th century one which was just a shell when we first moved here but thankfully someone took on the massive task of refurbishing it to its former glory and it’s now a family house again.

This inner harbour is home to wee boats, and the modern buildings which are on the edge of the harbour were built about ten years ago when all docklands and quays in the UK seemed to be getting ‘regenerated’.