Storm Isha arrives this evening, bringing 100mph gusts. I’m parting company with the John Muir Way after a couple of miles, as it goes inland, while I’m following the coast, so I’m not certain of the route, faced with the […]
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Due to a lack of time yesterday, I completely missed the hidden delights of Cove Harbour. It’s time to make amends, but first I must find the way down from the clifftop. A road winds down the side of the
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The village sleeps as I ascend St Abb’s Head in the freezing morning twilight. I didn’t expect to find a hidden valley on the headland. A deserted landscape, the rising sun setting the sky on fire — these are the
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A new year, a new beginning on the East Coast of Scotland. Travelling up, my sister, Judith, kindly bought me a first-class rail ticket, making use of an expiring credit. The receptionist at the King Cross VIP lounge eyes my
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The sun rises over Bamburgh Castle to balance our last encounter in the rain. Stag Rock sits below the lighthouse at Blackrocks Point. Local legend states that a stag jumped into the sea to escape hunters. A small group of
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The Holy Island of Lindisfarne is accessible for seven hours before the North Sea tide surrounds it. Constrained by bus and tide times, I’ve only five hours to cross, explore the island and return to the mainland. The causeway is
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