I’ve offended someone important, as Storm Jocelyn hits tonight — two storms in one trip? I’m taking a train west to Dalmeny and will walk back into the city. My legs are more reliable than transport networks, which will close […]
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Waverley Station is silent, trains are suspended, and storm damage is to be cleared, so North Berwick must wait and a bus carries me to Prestonpans, where the war memorial offers a window over the Firth of Forth to Fife.
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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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