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It may seem rather pretentious to use the title of Carl Jung’s autobiography as the heading for this page but it seemed to sum up the contents better than anything else. My long held dream of walking the coast of mainland Britain is, finally, done. The seed of this walk was planted many years ago.Continue reading “Memories, Dreams, Reflections.”

Our coastal journey – much more than a walk I now know that walking round the coast of mainland Britain is something Cliff has wanted to do all his adult life. He explains, in his own reflection on our walk, how the idea first seeded itself back in 1971, the year before we first met. Continue reading “Jill’s thoughts at the end of our walk.”

Saturday 9th September 2023 Can this really be true? This is the last day of the longest walk of our lives. We should arrive back at Berwick early in the afternoon. It was quite a warm night last night and the prospects for today are that it will be the hottest September day on recordContinue reading “Day 318 – Eyemouth to Berwick-upon-Tweed 12 miles 1982′ ascent”

Friday 8th September 2023 We are moving base for our last night. The flat in Dunbar is not good and I would rather we remember our walk’s final night by staying in a decent hotel and so I managed to get a room at the Chirnside Hall Hotel. Having left a car at Eyemouth lastContinue reading “Day 317 – Pease Bay to Eyemouth 15.5 miles 2815′ ascent”

Thursday 7th September 2023 Today most of the UK was forecast to be roasting under 30 degree temperatures. Here, by contrast, we awoke to a blanket of damp mist or fog. It was not cold but it was certainly not hot. We drove to Cove and left a car there and then returned to TyninghameContinue reading “Day 316 – Tyninghame Beach to Pease Bay 19.2 miles 996′ ascent”

Wednesday 6th September 2023 The weather forecasters are predicting the hottest day of the year over most of the UK – and we are in September. Fortunately the north-east is due to be cooled by some early mist and breezes off the North Sea. We awoke to a misty sky but even by 7am when IContinue reading “Day 315 – Aberlady to Tyninghame Beach 18.3 miles 1082′ ascent”

Tuesday 5th September 2023 At risk of sounding repetitive, we awoke yet again to clear blue skies and an early morning haze. Today we are moving our base to Dunbar and so we made an early start; even with having to pack up, we managed to be away by 7.30. We have decided to takeContinue reading “Day 314 – Leith to Aberlady 17.8 miles 743′ ascent”

Monday 4th September 2023 Another bright, clear day dawned. We left the car at Inverkeithing in the same car park as yesterday which is not far from the railway station and started walking. The route went through the town. Inverkeithing a a miserable, drab place even on a sunny morning. None of the wealth ofContinue reading “Day 313 – Inverkeithing to Leith 19.2 miles 2033’ascent (really?)”

Saturday 2nd September 2023 This is the start of our final walking session. All being well, next Saturday we will walk into Berwick upon Tweed. We left Cumbria soon after 7.45 and got to Dysart Harbour before 11am where we dropped off one car then drove on to Lower Largo and parked in the TempleContinue reading “Day 311 – Lower Largo to Dysart 11.2 miles 735′ ascent”

Sunday 3rd September 2023 It was another bright clear morning. We left one car at a carpark near the station in Inverkeithing only five minutes away from where we are staying and then drove to Dysart Harbour to start walking. The small harbour at Dysart is very attractive with an inner and out harbour squeezedContinue reading “Day 312 Dysart to Inverkeithing 19.2 miles ascent 1853′”