The Courier referendum roadshow’s penultimate week ended with visits to Colinsburgh and St Monans on Friday.
If the people we met are anything to go by, Scotland’s independence debate is a far more reasonable affair than it might sometimes seem online or on TV.
Perhaps they were in a particularly good mood because of the beautiful sunny weather, but the voters we met were as keen to consider opposing views as they were to defend their own.
Colinsburgh woman Susan Grant is voting Yes but says she “respects” those who are backing No.
But she feels confident that the country would soon come together if it opted for independence.
“Like a pebble thrown into a pond, the tensions will all soon smoothe over,” she says.
Susan hopes people will consider the long-term future of the country.
“I’m looking beyond Alex Salmond and SNP,” she says. “They might not even be in power after independence.”
She thinks an independent Scotland will be a fairer place.
“There will be less of a gap between rich and poor,” she says. “It will be more socially aware.”
Zander Anderson, 47, from Anstruther, will be voting Yes, but thinks this part of the world will favour No because of “uncertainty”.
He’s sympathetic to people’s concerns, but thinks there is more to be gained from taking charge of our own affairs.
“There is a lot to say for staying together and pooling resources, but most of those resources seem to go down south at the moment,” he said.
“But whatever happens I don’t see any problems after the vote. People will agree to move on.”
David Blurton, 45, is originally from down south but moved to Scotland 10 years ago.
He’s backing the Union, because he feels the countries of the UK have achieved so much together.
“We built the world,” he says. “We forget what we did together just 100 years ago.
“If it wasn’t for the English and Scots fighting together, we would be speaking with German accents.”
But he can see why others are favouring Yes.
“The Union is what we’ve been used to for the last 300 years, but that’s not to say it’s necessarily the best for the next 300.”
And as he tried to get over the disappointment of England’s World Cup defeat against Uruguay the previous evening, he shared his theory as to why Roy Hogson’s men have struggled so badly in Brazil.
“If England were to win it you’d have it all over the TV and Scots would be so fed up they’d definitely vote Yes.
“So I think England are throwing the World Cup so you’ll vote No!”
The final week of the roadshow starts on Monday in Inverkeithing and North Queensferry.