Day 12 - North Berwick Rest Day

Sunrise over Bass Rock

After a tasty breakfast of scrambled eggs, bacon, fried bread, yogurt, juice, and coffee, I walked down the beach to the bus stop near the Seabird Centre to catch the bus to Tantallon Castle.  The JMW does pass by the castle, but it's a bit of a detour - this is one of the reasons why I decided on a rest day here.  The castle is right on a cliff top, with a pretty awesome view of Bass Rock.

Yoga on the beach, NB bus stop

Tantallon Castle

Doocot and castle

Inside the doocot. Doves/pigeons were kept in here to provide needed meat and eggs for the castle residents.

Castle well, dug 32 feet down through solid rock.

The Watcher.  Near the Seabird Centre.

Beach wheelchairs are available to hire.

No gents, you DON'T go IN the harbor.

Eider.  Type of duck.

Beach shells

Wing

Selfie on the rocks

This could end badly...

... but it didn't.

Weather today was SPECTACULAR.  Sunny and a light breeze all day.  After visiting the castle, I returned to the town to roam the streets and shops.  I wound up eating lunch at the Seabird Centre café (since the seafood shack I wanted to go to wasn't open), then I strolled leisurely down the beach back towards The Wing.  I sat on the rocks across the street from the B&B for over an hour, just watching the tide recede.  Currently sitting in front of the windows of the guest lounge, not wanting to miss a moment of this amazing view.  It's going to be hard to leave tomorrow, but I have one last day on the trail.  Tomorrow I reach Dunbar, where John Muir was born.