Tantallon Castle, Seacliff Beach and the Bass Rock

[Scots_Charles_River]

A windy day forecast with ice and snow stripped back from the hills so a wee wander down to Sea Cliff Beach. I was experimenting with my camera and used binocs to spot sea birds, 6 different breeds. No dolphin or porpoise sightings. A trawler was busy off the east side of the Bass rock.

The beach is controlled by a £2 charge.

As you drive down to the beach this is the view of the Bass Rock and Tantallon castle. It's not snow on the rock but birds !

This is the view from the carpark, a nice sandy and clean beach.

The smallest Harbour in Scotland is in the rocks on the left hand side, 2m wide entrance for the Lobster boat.

Full size images here http://www.flickr.com/photos/80049703@N00/sets/72157629452485657/show/

 

[andybysea]

Nice pics, i like the North Berwick area, ive taken the kids quite a few times, here is my view of Bass rock,

believe it or not the microscopic dot below the windows paint black arrow is Bass rock, im Approx 30 miles south of there.

 

[Scots_Charles_River]

I was checking out access beaches for sea kayaking. Need to do the St Abbs area and Bass Rock in the right (calm) swell conditions.

Was wet in the Central belt, hence the east coast dry walk.

 

[andybysea]

Ive seen quite a few Sea kayaker's put in at Coldingham bay and head towards pease bay or vice versa, heading past St Abbs head, there's a good mid way spot to put in at called Lumsdaine shore. There's some cracking remote camping beaches along the way(ive tried a few of them)

 

[Scots_Charles_River]

Yip, a halfway beach, flatish and above spring high tide is what I was scouting.

 

[tinderbox]

Nice photos, shame you didn't get one of the harbour it's quite something. If you're back in that area sometime try walking along the beach from Seacliff to Tantallon. There's a path up the cliff that brings you out near the castle.

 

[andybysea]

Lumsdaine has a old man made harbour (from victorian times) and the beach at the back is above spring high tide, ive camped there with some of the guys off here,and had a brew and a chat with a few sea kayakers as theyve pulled in there, i hear there's some good spots near St Abbs head in amongst the cliffs etc, to explore via a sea Kayak.Done a fair bit of Snorkelling just round from the Head.

 

[Scots_Charles_River]

Nice photos, shame you didn't get one of the harbour it's quite something. If you're back in that area sometime try walking along the beach from Seacliff to Tantallon. There's a path up the cliff that brings you out near the castle.

I did take photos of the harbour. The tide was coming in and a bit of swell so never went out to Tantallon.

 

[andybysea]

here's a pic of the harbout pull in area at Lumsdaine, top right of pic is St Abbs head.

 

[nuggets]

Pettico wick is nice secluded bay just north of st abbs and has a concrete boat ramp , little bit of a climb down to it thou !

http://www.ntsseabirds.org.uk/images/st_abbs_map_small.gif

 

[andybysea]

Nuggets Pettico wick is my Fav snorkelling spot as mentioned above, i get in there and head round to St Abbs head cracking location.

 

[Scots_Charles_River]

It's very hard to land a seakayak or launch in swell so really needs a very sheltered bay. Sometimes you have to capsize then swim with it ashore !

 

[tinderbox]

It's very hard to land a seakayak or launch in swell so really needs a very sheltered bay. Sometimes you have to capsize then swim with it ashore !

Bellhaven Bay, and Aberlady Bay might be the sort of place you're looking for.

 

[geordienemisis]

Is that Bass rock just of the coast at Dunbar, If so I used to spend many a night at the small caravan park down the road. It was called Pease Bay near Cockburn's Path. Lovely place, the beaches where some of the best on the East Coast.

 

[Scots_Charles_River]

Ta, we will probably use Dunbar, Belhaven or Tyningham and St Abbs.