Penultimate Perambulations
Our Grand Tour is almost at an end and we have a few “must do” items to take care of before we start to pack for the journey home.
Tomorrow we will still have some fun stuff to do but today is the last day for out of town traveling.
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Tantallon Castle, built in the 1300’s, was home to the Red Douglas dynasty. It is located close to North Berwick and commands spectacular views of the Bass Rock with its’ Gannet colony. For my wife and I it can probably be claimed as the site at which we mutually decided to throw caution to the wind and get married. That was 18 years ago and it has worked out pretty well for both of us. Unfortunately no amount of romantic nostalgia would persuade Patty to scale the ramparts again to take a commemorative photograph.
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North Berwick, the location of my childhood summer vacations, was a must visit site. We used to take a bus down the coast to this small seaside town on a daily basis for a week during the school vacation. More often than not it was cool and damp; Scotland is not known for hot summers!
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Gullane, home to a least 3 golf courses, was another place we used to visit. My Mother, Grandmother, and I would sometimes get off the North Berwick bus early and spend the day on the beach at Gullane.
My mother was very fond of Gullane and that is why, 2 years ago, I scattered her ashes somewhere that I know she would be happy to “live”. Today, as a family, we went to visit Granny.
