On Wednesday 2nd July we visited Edinburgh to join up with friends and for The Last of the Summer Wine Walkers to walk the John Muir Trail for about 5 miles. The logistics of this were a bit complicated but we all managed to meet up at Brunstane Railway Station at 10.39am. The weather was awful but the 6 men set of on their walk while the 4 ladies headed to Sandria's house in Portobello for Coffee and Scones and a good blether.
On the promenade at Portobello at the start of our walk with the rain pouring down. John was the bravest with no coat, but at the end of the day he was still dry.
The beach at Portobello and I am advised that all this sand has been imported.
We arrive in Musselburgh. The plan was to head out of Musselburgh and walk through the Golf Course and Racecourse. The Golf Course at Musselburgh is reputed to be over 500 years old.
This is Fisherrow Harbour in Musselburgh.Today Fisherrow Harbour is a haven for pleasure boats, along with Sea Cadets craft. Like the other small harbours on the Firth of Forth Fisherrow declined quickly with the dwindling of the Herring Stocks. We left Fisherrow Harbour and headed out to the Golf and Race courses but by this time the rain had got much worse so we decided to turn back and go to our chosen lunch stop at The Ship Inn back in Musselburgh.
We arrived at the Ship Inn a bit earlier than planned and had time for a drink before the ladies joined us for lunch. This was excellent and served very quickly. Despite the awful weather we enjoyed the day in excellent company with loads of good humour. We caught a bus back to Brunstane Station and in no time at all were at Tweedbank and driving back to Langholm by which time the sun had the cheek to break out.
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