And the plan went Awry....!!

Well another walk down and it really is getting easier! This time it was all planned to leave one car at Haddington, come back to Musselburgh then walk to Haddington - all 17 miles or so....

Saturday night we were regaling our guests with our plans to do the walk, get up at the crack of the sparrow's, get it done in six hours, yada yada yada- that's where the plans went awry! Unfortunately the clock wasn't set and we eventually dragged our sorry asses out of bed at a time FAR too late for 17 miles! So some swift sifting through the walk books produced- taa daa- Aberlady to North Berwick on the John Muir Way! All 9 miles!

I can say that Lesley was less than enthralled with the prospect- granted it was damp, drizzly and down right dreich to say the least! So off we trudged, making our way along the main road, trying to catch up on the events of the week....not good! We did however, find a beautiful wee path round the back of Gullane golf course when low and behold, we spotted some deer- Loads of them in east Lothian- at least this time they weren't jumping about in front of us and making us squeal like girls!!

The path once again met up with the road in Gullane and headed towards Dirleton- once again along the roadside! After walking single file and in almost silence we managed to get off the road and into a wood....it was beautiful! We stopped for some photos at opportune moments - some of which I think are indicative of how my counterpart was feeling about the walk- a branch with cones does not constitute a musical instrument, no matter how hard you blow!! After this brief musical interlude we emerged from the trees to find a private airstrip- way too much money in East Lothian!!

Off we meandered to Dirleton- what a stunning village that is- ancient, quaint, huge village green- perfect setting for DCI Barnaby to be honest!! We then headed to Yellowcraig where we saw stunning evidence of the force of the wind in that part of the world- very strange looking trees!

Here's Jahnnny!!

We headed off to North Berwick, by this time any notion of walking back had gone as it was 3.30- AND the obligatory pint was calling! However, this subsequently almost made us miss our bus- at which point I launched into a Victor Meldrew-esque rant at the price of the bus fare- £3.20 each to travel 9 miles! We actually had to borrow 1p from a lady on the bus as we had no money left! talk about Mortified! So the pair of us bumped our gums all the way back to Aberlady- this was made worse by the fact that we had to walk almost a mile to get back to the car- Lesley was not impressed!!

All in all, another highly enjoyable (!!!) and successful day rounded off by a pint and packet of Cheese Ba's!