We left Easter Cottage at about 11:00am and skirted around Edinburgh until we got to the A1. We stopped at Haddington to buy some lunch and took it out to a view point called Trapain Law
From there we made our way to the turn off on the A1077 to Coldingham and Eyemouth. It was unrecognisable! Huge housing estates had been built up round it. Eventually we found the old part that I remembered and found Allanbank, our B & B quite by chance.
It is lovely! We are up on the second floor with lovely rooms. Archie and Marilyn our hosts were nice.
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| Breakfast |
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| Marilyn & Archie |
After sorting ourselves out and a rest we went for a walk down-town to find the Information Centre, some fish and chips and the harbour.
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| Victoria Road |
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Eyemouth United Congregational Church & Albert Street
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| Eyemouth Parish Church & Victoria Road |
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| The Roman Catholic Church on the other corner |
We went passed Jackson's Hotel, now a restaurant:
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Jackson's Hotel
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and passed my old school.
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| Front of the school |
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| Side of the school |
Mr. Dunnet was the headmaster in those days. All the boys were scared of him. I remember the boy Jackson who came from the hotel and Alec Scoogle whom I hated.
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| Penton Terrace |
From there we went down Penton terrace and got down to the harbour to look at all the fishing boats.
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| Fishing boats |
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| Fishing boats |
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| The little wee crab boats |
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| Eyemouth Beach |
We found Mackay's fish n chips shop and while I ordered 2 x Haddock and chips for 6.50 each, Mary-Ann went to the little Co-operative to buy two quarter bottles of wine.
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| Mackay's Fish n Chip shop |
Then we sat on the harbour-front and ate them in front of the watchful seagulls.
When we had finished we walked up to see if we could find the museum and found Giacopazzi's shop. I remember him riding his bicycle round with a cooler on it selling icecreams.
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| Giacopazzi's shop and van |
Round the corner at the square
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| Town Clock |
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| People gathering |
they were setting up for "Something Scottish" so we sat and watched.
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| The Eyemouth RBS Pipe Band |
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| The dancers lined up |
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| The rather grand Council Chambers opposite |
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A Highland sword dance in the Borders?
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We went down to find the house I used to live in on the extension of Victoria Road out into the country just passed the old railway bridge
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| Big Law Burn house - or as it was known locally "Baiglieburn" |
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| This is the driveway down to the house |
When it was all finished we went home for a bath! No dram!
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