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Fife Coastal Path from Burntisland to Kinghorn
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The Coastal Path signs directed us along Kinghorn Road which wasn't very satisfactory as we prefered to stay beside the sea. This first underpass didn't seem to provide a route. | |
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Kinghorn 01 |
Arthur's Seat is visible through this underpass - plus the tide had gone out so the flat expanse of sand looked more inviting than the main road. |
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Looking back at Burntisland on our way to Kinghorn. | |
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The underpass we just came through. The main road to Kinghorn is just the other side of the railway embankment / sea wall. We'd noticed someone walking east ahead of us, so we guessed there must be a way along the shore as long as the tide was out. | |
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Obviously an official route couldn't be along here as an incoming tide could force people to try to cross a busy train line. | |
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Looking out to sea across the flat expanse of wet sand. Arthur's Seat, Salisbury Crags and the Pentland Hills are in view across the Firth of Forth. | |
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Zoomed in on Arthur's Seat and Salisbury Crags. | |
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Big rocks are piled up against the sea defences along the edge of the railway embankment. | |
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Kinghorn 08 |
Pettycur Bay Holiday Park overlooks this stretch of coast and is visible with the naked eye from Edinburgh. More information from their website. |
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The Leisure Centre photographed from the beach. | |
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Kinghorn 17 |
Wide open space at low tide. Both Forth Bridges are visible in the distance over 14km away. |
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The two walkers visible in Kinghorn 16 are zoomed in on in this shot and it can be seen that they're two women walking their dogs along the water's edge. | |
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Already zoomed to the maximum, I cropped the image to zoom in yet further. The dogs' legs have all but disappeared in the windblown sand. | |
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A train passes by the holiday park. | |
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Kinghorn Harbour lies across the bay. On the horizon North Berwick Law is visible. | |
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A closer look at the harbour mouth. The triangular shape of North Berwick Law is quite obvious. | |
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Down on the beach someone is flying a kite. A man in a wet suit is approaching on foot. | |
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Inchkeith Island is 4 km from Kinghorn and 6 km from Leith. | |
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A look back across the sand to Burntisland. | |
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The two walkers and their dogs are but a few pixels in size now, a speck in the distance. | |
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A train passes by Pettycur on the way to Edinburgh. | |
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These kites are large; they'll do more than just fly in the sky for fun... | |
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Meanwhile we're getting closer to Kinghorn having walked along the beach instead of following the official safe route. There was a rough path on a grassy patch over the rocks higher up. | |
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A last look over the waves to Edinburgh and the Pentland Hills. | |
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From the rocky shelf shown in Kinghorn 28 a view down to the flat sand shows men with kites making preparations... | |
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Looking across the bay to the harbour wall. The road up to the town and train station is beside a white house near the steps at the end of the beach. | |
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The rocks frame a kitesurfer hurtling across the silvery waves at tremendous speed. | |
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The Forth Bridge provides the backdrop for this picture of a kitesurfer. | |
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The sea was quite choppy with the brisk south west wind and the surfers kicked up a lot of spray as they crashed through some large waves. | |
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Muirhouse and Corstorphine Hill are the background for the kitesurfer in this picture. The flat topped hill in the distance is East Cairn Hill in the Pentlands. | |
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The kite surfers seemed to be at ease in the wind and were able to tack to and fro. | |
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Before walking up the road to the railway station a look back at the bay. | |
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The white house mentioned above in Kinghorn 31 boasts a decorative anchor. | |
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Signs point to public toilets and the town centre. | |
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DANGER - UNSAFE STRUCTURE - KEEP AWAY warns a notice on this pier. Meanwhile a resident attends to her washing. The opposite shore suffered in recent storms. High tides and rising sea levels must be a risk to some properties. | |
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The name of this street was partly why I photographed it. More information about Alexander the Third of Scotland from Wikipedia. | |
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To catch a train back to Edinburgh you should be on platform 1 at the sea side of the tracks. You have to go up the metal steps and down again even although you're not crossing the footbridge. The platform is only just wide enough for the bridge. | |
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The view in the opposite direction from the same spot on the bridge. | |
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Down on platform 1 waiting on a train back to Edinburgh. | |
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A last look to the far horizon and North Berwick Law. | |
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Our route home - along these tracks and over the Forth Bridge. |
The next part of the Fife Coastal Path will be Kinghorn to Kirkcaldy - no plans meantime...
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