Damian arrives back around lunchtime so we plan a short walk from Sea Cottage near Scremerston back to Berwick. It’s a beautiful day for lacing up your walking boots.

A clear path across the top of the cliffs presents us with views over what’s marked on the map as Cargie’s Plantation and Redshin Cove – both very un British names..

Doesn’t take long before we can see Berwick in the distance….

And then we’re down on the promenade…………

After a mile of seaside attractions the path winds round to the left to follow the south bank of the Tweed. We now follow a minor road past the docks – moored next to the harbour wall rests a Jack-Up Drilling Rig which allows for mobile offshore drilling in shallow waters.

I am much more interested in the flotilla of swans gliding around within the harbour walls.
Our destination is the Old Berwick Bridge where I started off a couple of days ago, heading north for the Scottish border. it is a majestic sight rising out of the mist.

It’s neighbour, the Royal Tweed Bridge is equally impressive in its own way.
Distance: 3 miles
A 3 mile walk is enough for me. Yes unusual names for the coves. Nice to see the flotilla of swans. Loved the Old Berwick bridgexx
Never seen so many swans in my life….xx
Goodness, what a lot of swans! And they seem very purposeful too.
It’s the bridge I always admire from a distance from a train carriage on the East coast line, always too breify.
Hi Robin – yes it is beautiful
A short history “Whilst travelling south in 1603 to be crowned King of England, King James VI of Scotland, passed through Berwick and crossed Berwick Bridge. At that time it was a wooden structure, slightly further upstream to the present one and he wasn’t impressed. ”
So we have King James to thank for setting the wheels in motion…