Out and about round Thorntonloch
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- Fishing from the beach and reef. Cod, mackerel, bass,
- Explore the rock pools
- Watch out for dolphins and porpoises making their way just off shore
- More rabbits than Watership Down and the occasional deer wandering through the fields
- Visit Cove a tiny harbour and beach reachable through a long tunnel carved through the cliff
- Ancient sites like Doon Hill Fort
- Search for fossils on the beach, walk to the natural rock arches and stacks.
- Barns Ness lighthouse and lime kilns
- Cycle into Dunbar along the coastal cycle path
- Dunbar High Street filled with interesting small shops, great local produce!
- Dunbar leisure centre, swimming pool, waves, slides and much more
- Dunglass Colliegate Church and Cockburnspath, a half days trek along the coast
- More golf courses than you can shake a nine iron at
- East Links family farm, amazing day out for the kids
- Foxlake, water sports and aerial walkway for older children and adults
Further afield
- Museum of flight at East Fortune – see Concorde and lots more
- Berwick, historic market town. Visit on market day and walk round the ancient town walls
- Haddington, another market town with fascinating walks along the river Tyne
- St Abbs Head nature reserve
- Holy Island
- Paxton House beautiful manor house on the banks of the River Tweed
- Edinburgh, a thirty minute train ride takes you into the heart of Scotland’s capital