Another good walk

The weekend starts here!

Well, mine has! That's my shadow taking in the wonderful view. Tilly and I had a blissful walk this afternoon. We and six others had the whole beach to ourselves. Magic!

This picture looks west towards North Berwick and the Bass Rock,

and this one looks back the other way in an easterly direction.

We walked around the headland and sat on a sandstone bench which looks out to sea and across the bay to Dunbar and Belhaven Beach. It is a place to sit, ponder and dream. The curlews were calling and an impressive selection of seabirds were busy on the rocks below.

The final stretch of our walk today was along a very different beach. I always enjoy the contrast between the vast expanse of sand of Ravensheugh and this other beach which is rocky, full of shells and tree-lined.

The daylight hours are definitely lengthening now. As I write it is 16.45 and the light is still good and the sky is duck-egg blue. A good start to the weekend!

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