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Fife Coastal Path from Dalgety Bay to Oil Terminal

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Dalgety Bay 00
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Dalgety Bay's appearance is in stark contrast to the preceding working town of Inverkeithing. Some of it looks like it was rendered by a computer graphics program.
Dalgety Bay 01
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A look back at the path and the houses on Spinnaker Way and Halyard Rise. The sea wasn't quite so calm recently (April 2010) and a lot of debris and rubbish (especially plastic bottles) was thrown onto promenades.
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"ALL DOG WALKERS MUST BAG and BIN THEIR DOG'S MESS from GRASS AREAS, THE PATH and GRAVEL VERGES into BINS PROVIDED
COASTAL PATHWAY IS A FIFE COUNCIL DOG WARDEN MONITORED WALKWAY" [sic] Says it all, really.
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A look along to the other end of the bay from Downing Point. Inchcolm Island is to the right of the oil terminal.
Dalgety Bay 04
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Downing Point. A good place to stop for a picnic before quite a long walk past bungalows and boats.
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One of the few older buildings in this area. Once round the point at the right, the coast cuts back on itself and there's a bit of a detour round a flat area with trees on the left.
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St Bridget's Kirk. The official path seems to leave the coast here - but the walk along the water's edge looked too interesting...
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Photographed from the top of the beach.
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Looking back along the rocky beach. The going gets a bit rough here; boots are advised - there is no real path.
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A wider view showing the Forth Bridge and the road bridge beside it.
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It gets more interesting here because it's just nature: woods on the left, sea on the right.
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Clambering over rocks and ducking under branches is needed at high tide.
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A big, heavy piece of driftwood, maybe from a pier. It shows signs of having been burnt.
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A good place to stop for a while is this little pier which has a tiny disused harbour at its end.
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Beyond the pier the path ahead looks uncertain past the old wartime building and the oil terminal.
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The little harbour and the Forth bridges in the background.
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Looking back along the pier.
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Too close to shore to be used for tying up oil tankers.
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'BW HUGIN - OSLO' it says on the stern of the ship.
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Zoomed in on the structure to get an idea of its scale. It's big.
Inchcolm 00
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For more information see Boat Trips to Inchcolm Island in the Firth of Forth or Maid of the Forth.
Inchcolm 01
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A view across the Forth to East Lothian. A boat has docked in the little harbour on the right.
Inchkeith 00
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Inchkeith is the larger island with the lighthouse on top. It's 11.26km away in this telephoto picture.
Inchcolm 02
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As well as Inchcolm, this picture shows Edinburgh in the distance and the damaged steps at the little harbour.
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Looking back at the land - where the official path is somewhere behind those trees. There is a narrow path through the gorse which takes you a bit further.
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Unfortunately there's no point in continuing along this beach. There is high security electric fencing and CCTV around the oil terminal. Our route from here continues on the next page.

The next part of the walk is Oil Terminal to Aberdour on page 4
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