Author Archives: djshinton

Another part of the coastal route to fill in. Have so far managed to cover Bo’ness to Silverknowes and Musselburgh to Eyemouth but the Musselburgh to Silverknowes gap has been niggling me. It’s not part of any official route but I know my way around Edinburgh so with my Edinburger friend in tow, we setContinue reading “Musselburgh Gap”

Having covered the majority of the easterly coastline as part of the John Muir Way, it was time to fill in a couple of gaps. The JMW route comes past the entry to the Aberlady Nature Reserve but doesn’t take you into it so I decided it was time to cross that bridge. I mustContinue reading “Aberlady Nature Reserve”

Back to St Abb’s which I have slightly fallen in love with. The town itself is pretty as a picture and it’s flanked on both sides by the most amazing coastline. Today we headed south to a hidden sandy beach called Coldingham Sands. Framed by around 50 beach huts, some of which are believed toContinue reading “St Abb’s to Eyemouth”

Winter has arrived. With a chill wind blowing and the sun sitting low on the horizon line, we set off back towards the coastal path. On hitting the cliff tops we stopped to look at the beach below. I peered down but couldn’t quite work out what I was looking at – hundreds of littleContinue reading “Dowlaw to St Abb’s”

This route runs down the amazing coastline you can see from a distance when you travel on the train south. Starting in Cockburnspath we headed straight out to the sea. The first view was of Cove Harbour which looks like an illustration of a harbour from a child’s picture book. Then we were off forContinue reading “Berwickshire Coastal Walk”

Mud was the main theme of the day. After finding our start point in The Cammo Estate (an old teenage stomping ground for me), we slipped and slid our way off down the River Almond to Cramond. Past the weir where, prior to the health and safety police, everybody used to jump in the river.Continue reading “Cramond Island”

So the plan this weekend was to tackle the first couple of stages of The West Highland Way. But sadly (due to travel restrictions and our accommodation closing its doors) it was not to be. Little did we know the gem of a walk we would be rewarded with as an alternative. The John MuirContinue reading “NOT The West Highland Way”

Monday morning. After a week of school holidays and a week of home schooling due to a classmate’s positive test for Covid, it felt good to be dropped off in Haddington on my own with nothing to do except put one foot in front of the other for a few hours. Taking 5 minutes toContinue reading “Haddington to North Berwick”

Drum roll … the journey from the West of Scotland to the East is complete. I used to complain that the drive to Glasgow was too long, not sure I can quite wrap my head around the fact I’ve now walked it. Adding in a few miles of diversions on the JMW and walks toContinue reading “The final leg of the John Muir Way”

Was bit of a mad dash to get out the door this morning so arrived in Pots n Pans a little bewildered and in need of sustenance. Being 9am on a Sunday morning there wasn’t a lot going on but there like a beacon was one of my dad’s favourites – Greggs. A salty sausageContinue reading “Stage 9 – Prestonpans to North Berwick”