Craigleith Island, lying just off North Berwick on the Lothian Coastline, East of Edinburgh, an annoying island that I can never seen to get onto, but always a good reason to visit North Berwick, especially when the weather stays dry (rare) and there is lots of cloud about, I was lucky here as the sea was very rough (no chance of an island trip) but it stayed dry for a few shots, then once again it poured down, pretty happy with this one as the window I had was pretty much the only one of the day from what I saw!!

A much under visited and underrated part of Scotland, a lot of people head straight for the Highlands and miss gems like this just outside big cities like Edinburgh. The sea here on this day was very rough, getting this close was only allowed by way of an unlocked perimeter gate.. I kept having to retreat to clean the ND and grad filters, the whole shot probably took about 45 minutes after numerous failed attempts, my trainers and jeans got a good dealing with as well, although it looks relatively calm here, anyone who shoots long exposures will appreciate that the sea to the left of the frame was crazy and even an 81 second exposure could not tame it, I managed 2 shots without spray, counted myself lucky and moved away (to the non tidal sanctuary of the pub), I don't mess with the sea!

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Sunset, North Berwick, East Lothian, Scotland.

Scotland, East Lothian, North Berwick, harbour pier at sunset.

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Happy New Year to everyone, sorry for the block of posts but during the Festive season my Broadband was down and has only been reconnected today! The old pier/jetty at North Berwick harbour, my first time back after its fairly recent renovation.