Coldingham to Eyemouth

Early morning sun and an early breakfast al fresco and then we were off on our walk. We walked down to Coldingham Bay and then turned right in the direction of Eyemouth. Although only a three - four mile walk mainly on the top of the headlands, with wonderful coastal views all the way back to St. Abb’s Head, it does however involve two steep downs and two steep ups with a bit of scrambling. All evidenced by Margaret’s FitBit which calculated we did 12,600 steps and 41 elevations!

It took the best part of three hours and rather than walking back, we took the easy option of the 15 minute bus journey from Eyemouth to Coldingham and the bus dropped us right outside the campsite. Of course, we could not use our bus-passes as we are in Scotland! We did not go all the way into Eyemouth as we know from previous experience that it is an unprepossessing place.
It is still a working harbour but could be much nicer, maybe with a couple of seafood eateries. However, it is just long refrigerated container lorries of whatever seafood has been caught waiting to be shipped out to France and Spain!

We were back at the campsite to enjoy our tuna sandwiches for lunch. There has been no breeze today and this morning was warm and sunny - perfect walking weather. This afternoon has been dull and cloudy but still pleasant.

There is another gourmet meal being planned followed by Round 4 of the Great Scrabble Competition. Come back later and experience with us some culinary delights!Read more