The Robert Nairn (JD Wetherspoon), Kirkcaldy

The Robert Nairn is an L-shaped Wetherspoons with open plan seating across the front, high tables left and standard tables right, and more standard tables up the split-level right-hand side to the rear. The counter across the rear wall to the left supports six hand pumps, but Only Doom Bar, Broughton Ales’ Merlin’s Ale and William Bros Brewing’s Birds & Bees were available on cask. There’s a bit of wood panelling and a few bookshelves as well as a large sculpture that stands on seating partitions at the front of the pub. To be honest I was more interested to know if there was a dartboard in the dart case on the wall, alas I got distracted and forget to look before I left. There’s also a large television that was switched off, so the aging crowd had to make do with their own conversation. This isn’t somewhere I’d go out of my way to visit, but it’s always handy to have a Spoons in town.

Nice enough Wetherspoons with various seating areas

Formerly the Trustee Savings Bank, this 'spoons conversion unfortunately shows no sign of this heritage within the more interesting façade. Apart from a rather curious bronze statue, only standard furniture and decor throughout the 'L'-shaped layout of seating / dining areas. Astoundingly, just one clip on the six handpumps, offering Redcastle Red Lady (£1.99), although on enquiry it turned out that two other real ales were available but "the clips are in the office" (although they were subsequently put in place).

I had something of a flying visit to this one as I had to stagger here from the station and back for the next train an hour later. It's set in an old stone built building and is a fairly large L shaped square room with the bar at the rear and smaller areas behind the bar to the right and on the immediate right as you enter. There are only six hand pumps which had GK Old Speckled Hen, Doom Bore, Stewart's Solas & Black Jack and Wooha Wheat & IPA but one of the Wooha beers was marked as a 500ml bottle. This is a reasonable choice for a Lloyds. I spotted the Normandy cider from the cider festival that I hadn't yet tried so went for that (£2.85). I didn't have time to notice if there were lots of uncleared tables. Assuming this is a Lloyds it's one of the better ones and I thought it was OK.