A beautiful morning and a chance to get out and do some walking.
We walked down to the Eyemouth harbour and the beginning of the track. We found a tame gull that let us get to within a metre of it,
and later on a visitor pointed over to the other side of the harbour side and there was a seal! Mind you we saw a sign a bit further along the harbour wall that said, "Feed the seals".
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| A seal looking for his fish |
At about 10:30 we were down onto the harbour beach with the track up on the far side.
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| The beginning of the track is away over on the other side |
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| The rocks |
We got a fairly steady shower of rain as we walked across, but it eventually faded away and up the steps we went to the top beside the big new caravan park. Over by the cliff top there were a couple of old cannons pointing towards France and Napoleon! Here the rain bucketed down and we nearly turned back we got so wet.
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| This is where we got wet. Cannons looking for Napoleon! |
As the rain ended we looked up at the sky and it was looking hopeful so we decided to press on.
It was quite a long walk and went up hill and down. At one point we saw a lot of "craws" perched on a stone wall feeding on the farmers wheat I think.
The day was beautiful and the sea calm and blue. As Dougie would say, "It was just sublime!" ( Para Handy by Neil Munroe)
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| Little bay on the way |
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| Mary-Ann stepping up |
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| Footpath down - only for fishermen! |
Eventually we got to Coldingham Sands at about 1:00pm, after about two hours of walking I might tell you, so found a spot to sit down and eat our lunch.
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| First view of Coldingham Sands |
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| On the beach |
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| The Sands, beach huts and the hotel |
There were yellow and red flags out for lifeguards, but I didn't see a guard. The water was as still as could be and lots of people and dogs dabbling their toes in the water.
We went up to the little seaside cafe so that Mary-Ann could buy an ice-cream and I could get a coffee. The young man serving in there was really helpful about directions for the bus as we had decided that we weren't going to risk walking back. He recommended that we go on the St.Abbs after all as it was actually closer than Coldingham where we were, and then proceeded to chat away in a really friendly manner. A woman who was sitting nearby overheard us saying that we didn't want to risk the weather and walk back came and offered us a ride instead of the bus!
We thanked her, but said that we wanted to walk on to St. Abbs. There were a lot of steps to walk up, much to Mary-Ann's dismay but we made it!
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| At the top |
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| Which way? |
We walked along passes a big white house ...
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| The White House! |
... with a commanding view out over the harbour and little cottages in the town
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| St. Abbs cottage |
... till we found the bus stop - and the little tiny midges.
In the evening, after dinner, we went for a walk down the Eye Water ...
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| The Eye Water |
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| The pathway |
... to Gunsgreen on the other side of the harbour and on the way found a family of swans!
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| A family of swans at the mouth of the Eye Water |
We crossed the footbridge over the stream to make our way down to Gunsgreen ...
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| Gunsgreen entrance |
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Gunsgreen frontage - John Adams was the architect
We climbed up above it towards this unusual private house ... |
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Someone's private home!
On the way back home for a cup of tea we found the RNIB Lifeboat ... |
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| The Royal Navy Life Boat |
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