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East Lothian Outdoor Guide East Lothian Council John Muir House Brewery Park Haddington EH41 3HA T: 01620 827 827 [email protected] visiteastlothian.org Photos: Mark Jackson Photography, Rob McDougall Photography, Ted Stewart, Musselburgh Racecourse, Fringe by the Sea, Amanda Farnese Heath. visiteastlothian.org east lothian outdoor guideEdinburgh’s Coast and Countryside Walking/Wildlife/Watersports Cycling/Food and drink/Golf Beaches/Fishing/Horseriding Travel and much much more! Contents visiteastlothian.org 3 Welcome 4 Walk this way 6 John Muir 8 Wild about East Lothian 10 Top 10 spots 12 On your bike 14 Total adventure 18 Best of the beaches 20 Horsing around 22 Gone fishing 24 Eat East Lothian 26 A scenic drive 28 Events 31 East Lothian map 2 East Lothian Outdoor Guide east lothian outdoor guide WELCOME to East Lothian! This guide will take you on a virtual tour of our beautiful coast and countryside and give you an overview of all the activities, wildlife, scenery, attractions and even food and drink you will encounter along the way. If you haven’t yet discovered what brings people to East Lothian to enjoy the great outdoors – read on for more information and get planning your trip today! You’ll learn that East Lothian is the birthplace of the famous conservationist John Muir – and that he is still very much celebrated today. Whether your sporting choice is walking, cycling, horseriding, fishing or watersports – East Lothian really is the place to be. There are activities, routes and attractions to help you relax and unwind – or set the pulse racing – and it really doesn’t matter what age you are. You’ll find something to whet your interest in our coast, countryside and beautiful towns and villages. And, of course, no outdoor activity is complete without a hearty meal to look forward to at the end of it. And guess what? You’re spoilt for choice for world-class food in East Lothian too. So, please, enjoy our Outdoor Guide and we look forward to giving you a warm, East Lothian welcome very soon! East Lothian Outdoor Guide 3 Walk this way East Lothian offers a great variety of landscapes for walking, with the Lammermuir Hills to the south, a coast of beaches and cliffs and an expanse of arable farmland in between. Many of the paths go to, or pass vantage John Muir Way which stretches 134 points offering views of the surrounding miles (215km) across Scotland’s heartland, rolling landscape. Amongst the features running between Dunbar and Helensburgh are hidden gems - river valleys, woodland, in the west. For more details on walking secret bays and historic sites. It is now or cycling the route please visit possible to walk the length of the East www.johnmuirway.org Lothian coast, almost 73km from Edinburgh to the Borders. A number of walking leaflets have been produced, highlighting walks along the The routes now form part of the long coast and around towns and villages all of distance walking and cycling route of the these are available on visiteastlothian.org 4 East Lothian Outdoor Guide KEY FACT: Walking is three times more popular (57%) as a recreational activity among scottish adults than the next most popular activities, swimming (18%) and football (7%) East Lothian Outdoor Guide 5 6 East Lothian Outdoor Guide Keep close to Nature’s heart... and break clear away, once in a while, and climb a mountain or spend a week in the woods. Wash your spirit clean. John Muir quoted by Samuel Hall Young in Alaska Days with John Muir (1915) John Muir (1838-1914) was an explorer, mountaineer, conservationist, botanist, geologist and writer of distinction. He developed a passion for wild places growing up in the coastal town of Dunbar, before emigrating to the United States with his family at the age of ten. His passion for wild places led to a life- the patron saints of 20th-century American long quest to protect them. Muir’s writings environmental activity”. Muir understood have been read by millions and help people his mission to be “saving the American understand the importance of wildness. soul from total surrender to materialism”. His activism helped to preserve Yosemite His name is honored by John Muir’s Valley in California, create the world’s Birthplace Museum, the John Muir Way, first national park system and found the John Muir Country Park, the John Muir environmental organisation the Sierra Trust and public buildings in Scotland Club which currently has more than as well as countless schools and colleges. 750,000 members. In America his name has inspired a number of well known and prominent places of Today Muir is regarded as “one of the interest including Muir Woods and the greatest thinkers of America” and “one of John Muir Trail. East Lothian Outdoor Guide 7 Wild about east lothian East Lothian has a richly East Lothian provides habitats for a wide range of wildlife. Coastal areas are ideal varied landscape, from the for viewing seabirds such as gannets, terns coastline featuring sandy and curlew. beaches, cliffs and dunes, Inland, the hedgerows offer food and through rolling lowland shelter to many smaller birds. Brown hares shaped by agriculture and roe deer are common sights in the to the backdrop of the fields and woodland edges. If you are lucky you may even spot an otter or kingfisher Lammermuir Hills. along the riverbanks! 8 East Lothian Outdoor Guide KEY FACT: The Bass Rock has the largest gannet colony in the world with numbers peaking at over 150,000. East Lothian Outdoor Guide 9 Top10 to see in spots East Lothian! 1 Gannet 2 Kittiwake Scotland is home to around 60% of A gentle looking, medium-sized gull, Europe’s gannets. From late January kittiwakes have a small yellow bill, dark eye, gannets return to the Bass Rock: numbers grey back and white underneath: their little peak at over 150,000 making it the largest legs are short and black. In flight, the black Northern gannet colony in the world. wing-tips show no white, unlike other gulls, and look as if they have been ‘dipped in ink’. Gannets are Britain’s largest seabird and they have a distinctive appearance: adults Spot Them: The best place to see them is are bright white with black wingtips and a Dunbar Harbour. Believed to be the largest yellow marking on their heads, a long neck, mainland colony on a man-made structure pointed beak and long pointed tail. in Scotland. At sea they flap and then glide low over the water, often travelling in small groups. 3 They feed by flying high and circling before Brown Hare The Brown Hare, closely related to the plunging into the sea, at speeds of up to rabbit is one of the fastest of all the smaller 60mph/96kmph. animals, being able to move at speeds of Spot Them: They arrive at the Bass around 45mph. Hares apart from their size Rock from late January onwards and leave have a larger yellow coloured eye and a in October. distinctive black tip to their tail. Spot Them: Arable fields either dawn or dusk. 4 Burnet moth Two species can be found in East Lothian – the 6 spotted and 5 spotted – count the red spots to work out which is which! Spot Them: The Burnet moth is found in grassy areas and near the coast mid June-August. 10 East Lothian Outdoor Guide 5 Comma butterfly 9 Shore crab The Comma butterfly is a common British The shore crab has five points on each butterfly and one of the most easily side of the carapace, with stalked eyes in identified species when seen settled. between. Green/black in appearance they Recent arrival for East Lothian, first have a set of pincers to be aware of make recorded in 2012-13. It has a wingspan of sure you pick them up with two fingers up to 50mm with jagged edges to both carefully on the top of their carapace at the fore and hindwings. front on each corner. Spot Them: Along River Tyne Path and Spot Them: Abundant along the coastline around Pencaitland and Gosford. Late between high and low water. March – September. 10 Grey seal 6 Viper’s bugloss (plant) With their big brown eyes and appealing A striking plant of the sandy grasslands dog-like faces, seals are attractive around the coast and is East Lothian’s creatures. Around 40% of the world’s signature flower. Provides a food source population of grey seals live around the for the Burnet Moth. In flower June-July. UK and most of those in Scottish waters. Its name derives from the ancient belief Over 3,000 gather around the Isle of that plants held remedies in relation to May, making it Britain’s largest east coast their appearance - the stem and flower breeding colony. supposedly looking snake-like. Spot Them: Grey seals can be seen all year Spot Them: John Muir Country Park. round, but there are many more in October and November, when they give birth to their pups. The seals haul up in large numbers at 7 Bloody Cranesbill (plant) low tide at both ends of the Isle of May, and A wonderful little deciduous to semi- can also be seen swimming at the base of evergreen herbaceous perennial with a the West Cliffs, as well as Craigleith and the deep pink flower. Bass Rock. Never approach a pup if you find one on the beach, its mum will be nearby, Spot Them: Ferny Ness, East Lothian. aside from being bitten, they will likely be abandoned by their mother.
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