‘Round Map 3: The centre of town . . . . . 48 Chapter 9: Berwick and south. . . 129 Map 4: Old town/St Ella’s Wynd . . 52 Berwick-upon-Tweed ...... 129 Acknowledgements Map 5: Around the Auld Kirk . . . . 57 coast south Map 6: Around the harbour . . . . . 61 of Berwick ...... 132 Chapter 1: Introduction ...... 1 Map 7: Gunsgreen ...... 65 Spittal ...... 132 The Holy Island of Lindisfarne . . 133 Chapter 2: An introduction to access Chapter 6: The coastal Bamburgh Castle, beach and rights in ...... 5 path ...... 69 village...... 134 Neil Ramsay, Heritage Paths Project Berwick to ...... 69 Seahouses ...... 135 Officer, Scottish Rights of Way and Burnmouth to Eyemouth ...... 74 Craster and Dunstanburgh . . . . 135 Access Society (ScotWays) Eyemouth to Head. . . . . 77 Howick Hall gardens and St Abbs Head to Dowlaw arboretum...... 136 Chapter 3: Eyemouth town (and ) ...... 84 Alnmouth ...... 137 and fishing...... 10 Alnwick ...... 137 Introduction ...... 10 Chapter 7: North of Eyemouth . . . 89 Ford and Etal ...... 139 Some of the issues relating to ...... 89 Duddo Five Stones ...... 139 Black Friday in 1881 ...... 12 Coldingham circular walk The Maelmin Trail...... 140 Of fisherfolk and smuggling. . . . . 15 (Bee Edge) ...... 95 Routin Lin...... 140 Fishing now and into the future. . . 20 Walks around Pease Bay and Cove 99 Flodden Field ...... 141 Cove (and ) . . . . 105 Norham ...... 141 Chapter 4: Some snapshots of Cockburnspath ...... 107 Twizel Castle ...... 142 Eyemouth history ...... 27 ...... 108 The Hirsel Country Park, Eyemouth Fort and the Barefoots . 27 ...... 142 The Eyemouth riot ...... 29 Chapter 8: Inland from Witches and witch-burnings . . . . 30 Eyemouth ...... 111 Chapter 10: Cycling around The resurrectionists ...... 32 Ayton Castle and village . . . . . 112 Eyemouth ...... 143 Eyemouth railway line ...... 33 Manderston House ...... 116 Murder and hauntings most foul . . 36 Duns Castle walks ...... 119 Select Bibliography ...... 146 Edin’s Hall Broch and Chapter 5: An overlook of Eyemouth ...... 123 town ...... 39 Paxton House...... 125 Map 1: Eyemouth ...... 39 Chain Bridge Honey Farm Map 2: The Bantry ...... 44 and around Horncliffe...... 127

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