By the time I have walked about four miles, my toes are screaming at me - it's the arthritis, you see. One of the joys of being that little bit older than I was. However, for a long time, I have been keen to walk along the beaches, and follow the coastal path, between Gullane and North Berwick. So, having worked out the tide times, I decided today was the day, and off we went. Below is our starting point, the bay at Gullane. It's a lovely beach, very popular with dog walkers. This is looking east, the direction Tilly and I were going to take. Looking back, up the Forth, the unmistakable bulk of Arthur's Seat, and Edinburgh's skyline, just clear enough to see. For most of the walk, there is the choice between wandering along a series of beaches, or following a path along the top of each. There's no denying it, at heart I am a shell-seeker. I have loads of shells at home. We lived on one of the out islands in the Bahamas for a just over a year, ...
I know what I would rather be watching! No contest.
Wonderful photos of the deer. I thought exactly the same as you when I walked Zac up on the Moor - no other humans in sight because they were all watching football! I watched a Kestrel hovering, a Sparrowhawk patrolling an area for food before swooping down on some unsuspecting small creature, Skylarks singing above and a Buzzard family circling lazily above the untidy nest on top of an old mine chimney. Sheep & lambs, cattle and calves, ponies and foals - but no humans. Bliss!
ReplyDeleteSounds absolutely perfect to me! Aren't we fortunate to have these places to go, and even more fortunate to have the awareness and eyes to see it all. Thank you. A
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