Aberdour, Scotland is part of Fife. More accurately, Aberdour is a scenic and historic village on the south coast of Fife. It’s on the north shore, looking south to the island of Inchcolm and its Abbey, and to Leith and Edinburgh beyond. According to the 2011 census, the village has a population of 1,633.

*Beautiful beach day in Scotland. The weather was spectacular.*

I joked with Sabina that she’s in on one of the best kept secrets of real-estate. You see, due to the increases in global warming, places like Fife and in particular Kinghorn where she lives and Fife where she likes to travel for even sandier beaches are only going to go up in value.

Sure, when she first bought it was a bit chilly most of the year, but weeks like the one I was having would only increase over time. As temperatures rise, the cooler parts of the world will increase in demand and suddenly real-estate in beach towns like Fife will be in high demand. Sabina and her family just bought in early.

*View as you approach the sandy beach in Aberdour (part of Fife).*

While the family thought the water was a bit cold, in comparison to the Irish Sea, I thought the water was just fine. If my friend Sean Griffin (from Greystones) was with me, we would have gone for a proper swim and stayed in without the need for a sauna. The temperature in Scotland was much warmer than what he and I had experienced in the Irish Sea in Greystones afterall.

*We hiked to a nearby beach for comparison and decided to pick some berries along the way.*

*Raspberries are in season (and Blackberries will be out next month)*

What’s wild about these beaches is that the hikes are amazing nature trails in and of themselves. You go from one spectacular beach to another and what separates them is a totally beautiful hike — often with wild delicious berries to hold you over while you’re hiking. Yum!

*Almost there. Look at the view. All those boats. So picturesque.*

What’s beautiful about the beaches in Fife, Scotland is all the contrast of the white sand with the rich deep green and grey stone and dotted backgrounds of the rest of the wild nature. So much lush background pushing up against the beach. Yes, there is sand like any beach, but beyond that is lush greenery. Everything is so alive.

*Hight tide (pictured here) or low tide, the beaches in Scotland are beautiful.*

*Low tide offer access to better winds for, say, flying kites.*

*And sharing one last selfie on the beach as we say goodbye to each other*

Truly, the time has a way of both slowing down and speeding up. In some ways, I felt like I had been in Scotland for quite some time; like I belonged with this incredible family living in this incredible slice of heaven on earth. In other ways, we were just getting acclimated to each other and deepening our relationship.

I truly enjoyed my time with this incredible family unit: Sabina, Julia, Keito and older brother Michał (who was in visiting from the Channel Islands where he is an actuary for EY).

Aberdour, Scotland (July 10, 2025)

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