Murmuration

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Fife Coastal Path part 2

This was the best photo but not really typical of the day, which was mostly along the coast, from Norman's Law to Newport on Tay.About 11 miles.
A lovely walk if a little (well, a lot actually) muddy in parts.Good views of the Tay bridges and also the remaining stumps of the original Tay Rail Bridge which collapsed just after Christmas in the 1870's taking a train and all its passengers with it - mostly young people it seems. There's a memorial with their names and ages overlooking the bridge, very sad (see extras) The event was immortalised by William McGonagall in his (dreadful)poem The Tay Bridge Disaster
Our walk ended at the viewpoint overlooking the road bridge where, as fate would have it, there is a kiosk selling greasy burgers and onions. Did we succumb? Well, it would have been rude not to...

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