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Fife Coastal Path through and around Aberdour

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	Aberdour 00 1280 x 840 442K	Having left the (prize-winning) railway station we emerged onto this road, the A921 to Burntisland. This is the view east away from Aberdour and towards Burntisland.
	Aberdour 00a 1280 x 933 594K	You can cross the tracks by the road bridge or foot bridge to the back of the station here, where there's access to Aberdour Castle.
	Aberdour 01 1280 x 850 375K	Historic Scotland has information about Aberdour Castle, pictured here.
	Aberdour 02 1280 x 850 401K	A slightly closer view of Aberdour Castle.
	Aberdour 03 1280 x 659 290K	The view from the courtyard showing the entrance on the left.
	Aberdour 04 1280 x 850 367K	From the High Street, Shore Road leads down to the sea...
	Aberdour 05 800 x 518 125K	On the way down to the beach we pass Seaside Place on the right.
	Aberdour 06 1280 x 842 300K	At the bottom of Shore Road a group of very young children are playing on the beach, carefully supervised by adults. Some beach maintenance is going on further to the right.
	Aberdour 07 1280 x 902 344K	Facing west from the same spot for a view of the harbour and the old wooden pier at the end of the peninsula.
	Aberdour 09 1280 x 792 240K	Edinburgh is 8 km across the Firth of Forth to the south. There's no mistaking the characteristic profile of Arthur's Seat and Edinburgh Castle.
	Aberdour 10 1280 x 729 272K	Leith's Western Harbour is 9.7 km away. Dotted faintly along the horizon are the masts of a windfarm. Technical info: Maximum zoom at 300mm equivalent to 450mm on a 35mm film SLR, about 9 or 10 times magnification over the more usual 'normal' focal length.
	Aberdour 11 1280 x 764 287K	Arthur's Seat and Salisbury Crags across the water.
	Aberdour 12 1280 x 700 285K	Edinburgh Castle seen across the sparkling waves. The two white-topped objects near the right edge of the picture are temporary protection for Edinburgh's Royal Observatory on Blackford Hill. More images of this here.
	Aberdour 15 1280 x 850 224K	The artificial ski slope 19 km away at Hillend on the Pentlands can be seen in this view.
	Aberdour 16 1280 x 850 249K	Panning to the right reveals Caerketton Hill and nearer the shore at Silverknowes is the tall block of flats called Martello Court.
	Aberdour 17 1280 x 850 292K	Inchcolm Island and Abbey. For more information see Boat Trips to Inchcolm Island in the Firth of Forth or Maid of the Forth.
	Aberdour 18 1280 x 877 259K	Maximum zoom in for a closer look at the abbey.
	Aberdour 19 1280 x 676 195K	Last of the long looks over the water meantime - Barnbougle Castle west of Cramond.
	Aberdour 21 1280 x 850 294K	A short walk along Shore Road takes you to Aberdour Harbour. Follow the path to the left to explore the wooded peninsula.
	Aberdour 22 811 x 1024 359K	The path starts to climb. There are benches and views from the clifftops.
	Aberdour 24 1280 x 850 457K	Looking back at the harbour and Shore Road.
	Aberdour 25 793 x 1080 440K	There are lots of paths and it's easy to miss these stone steps which lead up to the top of the cliffs for spectacular views.
	Aberdour 26 1280 x 850 649K	Dappled sunshine on the woodland floor.
	Aberdour 27 1280 x 850 541K	Some of the paths are like tunnels through the greenery.
	Aberdour 28 1280 x 794 417K	The signs point the way to Hawkcraig Point and Hawkcraig House - Room with a View.
	Aberdour 29 1280 x 850 336K	This old wooden pier was once used for docking when low tide prevented access to the harbour.
	Aberdour 30 1280 x 850 564K	Beyond this garden are these cliffs.
	Aberdour 31 1280 x 835 364K	From this very rocky shore there are clear views across the Firth of Forth to Edinburgh - and there are two climbers half way up the cliff face.
	Aberdour 32 1280 x 850 349K	The view over the rocky shore and wooden pier back to Aberdour.
	Aberdour 33 1280 x 880 407K	Forthview Hotel.
	Aberdour 34 1280 x 850 341K	Having retraced our steps back up the hill we found this path with views to Burntisland and an odd cylindrical construction further down the path.
	Aberdour 35 735 x 1024 244K	Closer inspection reveals a grille at the top and an access panel half way up.
	Aberdour 38 1280 x 850 312K	Down at the end of the rocky promontory. The Craigkelly TV transmitter mast stands on a hill (a remnant of the same volcano as Arthur's Seat) overlooking Burntisland 3 km to the east across the bay. (Edinburgh Geological Society website)
	Aberdour 39 1280 x 850 360K	Looking back to the near shore we can see Aberdour's famous Silver Sands not far away.
	Aberdour 41 1280 x 561 199K	On the way to Silver Sands more views across the Forth to Edinburgh's classic skyline. If you have a large widescreen monitor then there's a 1920 pixels wide version of this picture.
	Aberdour 42 1280 x 625 187K	Zoomed in for a look at Edinburgh's Salisbury Crags. The yachts are probably from a regatta at Cramond.
	Aberdour 43 1280 x 850 247K	Turning the camera in Burntisland's direction reveals two transmitter masts. Craigkelly is the pylon shaped one on top of the hill but there's another one in a field beside a big house...
	Aberdour 44 1280 x 938 336K	There's another big house nestling in the woods to the left of the Craigkelly transmitter. You can also see the railway line just above the shore. The path to Burntisland runs beside the train tracks.
	Aberdour 45 1280 x 635 179K	Burntisland's industry in recent times was partly the refining of bauxite (aluminium ore). More information about the town's history from Wikipedia.
	Aberdour 46 1280 x 850 377K	Getting closer to Silver Sands beach...
	Aberdour 47 1280 x 850 357K	Across to the left the path to Burntisland is coming into view. The railway line is behind the stone wall and the trees.
	Aberdour 48 1280 x 863 136K	A warning notice about the instability of the sand at low tide.
	Aberdour 49 1280 x 844 328K	They're understandably proud of their beaches here so anglers must dig for their fishing bait elsewhere.
	Aberdour 50a 1280 x 960 415K	The path out of Aberdour is smooth tarmac across neat lawns. A little stream has its own channel lined with blocks of stone.
	Aberdour 51 1280 x 850 384K	About to leave Aberdour and head along the path to Burntisland.