Scenic Walk in The Borders
I took the North Sea Trail, a very scenic coastal trail which traverses the east coast that borders between Scotland and England. The Borders Hotel where I was staying told me about the trail, and highly recommended I hike it before I head on up to Scotland. I appreciated their suggestion and thanked them for noticing that I’m an experienced hiker. Nice touch.
The North Sea Trail is a considerable hike, the distance carries on both South and North from the starting and ending points of the village of Burnmouth, Scotland and the England town of Berwick upon Tweed. This North Sea Trail section merits my attention due to its abundance of wild sea landscaping, nature’s beauty at its best and innumerable migrating sea birds and their nesting ground nesting cliffs. This is the area where the land mass of Scotland collided with the land mass of England well over a million years ago.
I found the walk relatively easy, except for the 650 meter uphill start, but that’s well worth it to be able to get all the view which stunned me at every turn. I walked about six miles and glad I had a good pair of walking shoes and shoes that were water proof. I saw other hikers along the trail with inadequate hiking shoes and they were suffering because of it; one person wore sandals and had to keep stopping to knock little pebbles out. The first view is towards Burnmouth and the North Sea and is the most spectacular. I got to see the beach at low tide which revealed the ancient volcanic formations. Then I came across some local Scengland residents who earn my admiration, because they make their living in a dangerous and harsh conditions, beautiful yes, but a very hard way of life. I so enjoyed my entire walk that I strongly urge you to stop along the Scengland and find out for yourself.
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