From spaghetti shoes to lions to picnics taking a walk in Beveridge Park

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From spaghetti shoes to lions to picnics taking a walk in Beveridge Park

Hello Hello Hivians

Today we are going for a walk in the park as we were coming back from town yesterday!

The town in question being the town where we live in Scotland....

And yes the observant amongst you will know that it is Kirkcaldy!

Or more commonly known as the lang toun.

Actually we had just scoffed this little lot...

Fluff me they were delicious .... Point for correctly guessing the two types of cake ... I know @beeeee loves one of them!

So it was time to head home and it was such a gorgeous day that we thought, fluff it, let's grab a sandwich and eat it in the park.

I won't bore you with the details of walking into the shop and choosing a cheese and onion sandwich and a chicken sandwich and a bag of cheddar and red onions crisps, just to say that was bought for lunch.

We walked in through one of the entrances and lo and behold the metal wall that had been erected to protect the building you see whilst it was being renovated had been removed overnight.

I think they have done a great job. It was the old gatekeepers lodge and is well over a 100 years old.

I do love the red paint ~ it just goes so well with the stone... Agreed?

I think it is being repurposed as a wee kids nursery, as schools are back after summer this week, then that would make sense as to why they have just finished renovating it.

I swear the change in council has meant there is more money being spent on the parks department. The flowers last year were pretty crap, this year they even sunflowers.

Oh look the tractor is probably a grass cutter.

He will be going back to their little base which is not that far away up the road.

The building is not finished as you can tell by some of the worker's cars still being present.

It does give me a chance to show off their handiwork in the flower beds though!

They even gave the Beveridge lions a make up.

I tell you what, I hope I look that good when I am 150 years of age!

They are a pair and guard the entrance to the park!

Yeah I am impressed, it seemed to take about a year for them to renovate the building, seems they worked at a snails pace!

But the end result seems worth it!

But we have a lunch to eat ... so let's back on track!

Being a park, there a load of trees and some of them have these fungae growing from them. I can never remember their name but they look so cool!

Next up is spaghetti shoe alley. At least I call it that!

If you look to the right, you will see a skate park for the youngster...

Well they delight in throwing shoes up into the trees.

Do you see them?

Fluffing loads of them, plus bicycle tyres too!

But we are here...

Sit yourself down!

This is our view for lunch.

A pretty enough view, and when we started there were only a couple of seagulls perched on the structure.

My cheese and onion sandwich ... tasty!

A half eaten crisp...

Surprisingly tasty too, I am not a crisp fan, or do you say chips?

I am stopping the walk here for one reason...

As I was eating my crisp I felt and here a fluffing commotion ...

A big bastard seagull had swooped down and landed on Mrs T's head before taking off and stealing the sandwich from Mrs T's hand.

What a fluffing bawbag!

Suffice to say, filming stopped and we went home....

This is also a post to participate in the #wednesdaywalk initiative from the wonderful @tattoodjay

Thanks for visiting and enjoy the rest of your day!


All images and ramblings are from me, the mad Scotsman TengoLoTodo and pictures were taken with my Canon HS70 Powershot Bridge camera.
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I know @beeeee loves one of them!

Ofcourse!! Always a team red velvet cake☺️
Those are lots of shoes, do they throw it up the tree cause of something? For instance throwing a coin into the fountain for good luck, could it be related?

Team Red Velvet Cake for the win. Actually they were both delicious. The icing really was perfect.

No significance just little shits being little shits!

Red velvet and carrot? I'm down with the red velvet, but I don't care for carrot cake.

Yep you got them, ah I do like a good carrot cake, this was moist and had awesome icing.

Lovely photographs - very interesting place - and love the motto Do what you love and do it often

Ah yes a motto I pinched from a coffee shop many years ago hehe

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Oh dear, Mrs. T must have been quite startled, cheeky seagull!
The old gatekeepers lodge looks really lovely, I agree the red paint complements the stone.
The flowers are so pretty, thank goodness your parks dept is spending money on sprucing up the parks. We have a government of national unity so are hoping things change, will take time though.
As for the cake, my guess is carrot and a red velvet cake? Looks good!
Awesome walk Ed.

Oh dear, Mrs. T must have been quite startled

Shocked more like it, almost caught the thing too.

Cakes you nailed it! They were tasty Lizzie!

I would have jumped out my skin! Those are 2 of my favourite cakes, no way that I'd not recognize them.
Changing the subject, can you believe we've gone from 33° to 18° overnight, the weirdest weather here!

such a beautiful area, i dont know what type of cakes those are but they looks tasty

Thanks for joining the Wednesday walk

Have a great day

Thanks Jay, yeah a nice walk,cakes were carrot cake and red velvet cake.

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I also love cake…

Why do they throw the shoes up there? Does it mean something?

We call them chips. Reminds me I haven’t had one in a while now. I personally love Pringles. Or maybe cause it’s the only good one I’ve had in this country

I never thought Fungae could look like that. It looks cool…

That little nursery is beautiful. Come to Nigeria and you’d see how that part of the sector is neglected

I also love cake…

And what is your favourite?

The shoes, why ... because little shits will be little shits!

Yeah Pringles are like Doritos, big and thck and what I now call American chips, not really like crisps which are lighter fluffier and tastier in my little opinion.

Yeah fungae have all sorts of shapes and sizes, no idea if it is edible.

I am sure not just nursery sector that is neglected. In my day it was only paid nurseries now there are free to attend ones I believe. Wonderful comment, thank you 😁

I love sponge and velvet cake… chocolate too. I haven’t tried cheese cake yet.

Chocolate I know. Ah cheesecake I actually only like with raspberries or blackberries. Let me see one day if I can have some for you.

Ha!!! What a way to live off me… I’m the perfect excuse 🤣

Yes well you know I need excuses.

What a beautiful spot to spend a few hours. The cake didn't look half bad either. I never turn down some yummy cake!

I hope I look that good when I'm 70! lol

Why do they toss shoes in that poor tree?

Yeah crazy to think it is only a five minute walk away.
Little shits being little shits grabbing shows off other kids and it is not just that tree, there are quite a few around there with shoes and bicycle tires!

Unwanted litter everywhere.....

Some great things to see at this park well definitely not the one seagull ,haha. What a lunch and experience spoiler!

Take care nice walk!

Hehe yes it's all part of life lol

The renovation is superb and that red paints brings out so much beauty... I think the time spent is well worth it!
I love cakes but I indulge myself not much in them, for health reasons.
The spaghetti shoe alley.... you know I was wondering how that name came to be...then aha, I saw all those shoes hanging from that tree. Is there a history behind it?
That seagull got guts...or maybe it found the sandwich irresistible from the heights... 😁