Yesterday, we took a run up the A1 to Dunbar ....... this is a quote from Wikipedia about the town
Due to its geographical location, Dunbar receives less rain and more hours of direct sunshine per year than anywhere else in Scotland (according to the Met Office). The town has begun to be referred to by locals as 'Sunny Dunny', after a local radio host popularised the term.
You can read more about Dunbar here. Our first stop was for a cuppa
we sat on a raised section at the back, on very comfortable, squashy sofas
tea for me, coffee for Malcolm, and we shared a delicious toffee apple crumble pie
Malcolm had placed our order at the counter and had chosen the pie - it was only as we were leaving that I saw the Irn Bru tiffin ........ if I had seen it when we went in, I would have to have had a piece!
we had a potter round some of the excellent shops. I can't show yet you what I bought in this one, as it is for Malcolm for Father's Day
but I'll show you what I bought here at the end of the post
our next stop was at the John Muir Museum We didn't spend as long here as we might have, as it was full of schoolchildren!
if you get the chance to go to the museum, it a fascinating story, the boy from Dunbar who founded America's National Parks
most of the photos are of him as an older man with a bushy beard, but the statue shows him in his prime
I have seen a similar tiled doorway in a shop in Selkirk - I will have to look next time I am there to see if it is for the same firm
the tiles on the step would make a wonderful quilt!
we meandered on down to the harbour
this little cannon was on the wall of a house overlooking the harbour - I wonder if I could get one, to repel visitors I don't like the look of
those of you who have been reading the blog for a while (thank you!) may remember that Malcolm went on a dry-stone walling course. He declared this wall to be well built!
having carefully studied this warning notice .....
we didn't trip over the fishing nets and fall off the quayside
we didn't get trapped in a lobster pot
or tangled up in this enormous chain
and we didn't fall over these two stacks of fish boxes - which have come from far and wide
as we walked on round the harbour, Malcolm chose this boat
and I chose this little one in the foreground. The man working at the stern of the other boat is the Harbour Master (according to the back of his shirt). He was having a good tidy up while the tide was out
I guess this is where the expression "keeled over" comes from
the same boats seen from the other side
I wasn't very happy walking over this bridge (yes, that's the Harbour Master still hard at work), as it looks a bit neglected
but on the way back, I was reassured by this car which drove over in front of me
a reminder of one of the warnings!
by this time it was us who needed to be fed - and if you are at the seaside, you have to eat fish and chips (I am sure there is a law that says you have to!)
but we didn't need any persuading to share a wonderful fish supper (no matter what time of day you eat it, it is called a supper)
I still have lots more photos, which I will share with you tomorrow, but for now I will finish with what I bought. Although Malcolm's birthday isn't until September, when he said he liked this clock, I got it for him ....... and I haven't made him wait for it!
this is one of a set of two coasters by the same artist
and this wonderful wooden hare, made from recycled wood, had to come back to the flat as well, where there was a playmate waiting for it!