Mud in Your Eye 27, November2014 Editorial Comment Dear reader, due to extraneous circumstances, it has been impossible to publish this issue of MIYE in the normal way. Instead here’s a less-design friendly version, but at least you are getting the information somehow, rather than nothing at all. So, I hope you will forgive me on this occasion and I plan to have things back to normal in 2015. Regards Duncan Priddle, Countryside Officer
Out and About Not the John Muir Way! Walkers with an eye for stretching their legs may want to know that whilst the John Muir Way may end in Dunbar, it has a quieter, off-the beaten brother, that continues south of the town. The John Muir Link joins Dunbar with Cockburnspath, and by consequence connects to both the Berwickshire Bilsdean Arches, John Muir Link Coastal Path and the Southern Upland Way. The route runs for 11 miles (18km) along the coast during which you’ll pass a variety of stunning scenery. Starting at Dunbar swimming pool, visit first the nearby Harbour. From here it heads South via Lammer Street the esplanade to Dunbar Golf Club. The next section of the path is along the edge of the golf course for c.3 km. The coast has suffered badly from erosion here in the last few years. Please watch out for golfers about to play a shot, and wait until they have played, or waved you through. There are places, such as the bridge over the Brox Burn where you shouldn’t linger as you will be right in the middle of a fairway! After this, the route becomes more rural, passing Whitesands car park first, thence Barns Ness lighthouse, before arriving a few km later at Skateraw harbour, with Torness power station looming behind. Walk around the power station’s sea wall path before emerging on the wide, pale, sandy beach at Thorntonloch. Continue south, crossing the Thornton Burn and then after about 300 metres lookout for a sign directing you over a small wooden bridge and up the coastal slope.