Mural of the creator of the US National Parks, John Muir, enjoying a pint outside the Gothenburg pub in Prestonpans.
Category: 52 Weeks
52 Weeks – Week 25 – Solstice
No flash or filters used; the photo shows Pencaitland’s Trevelyan Hall at the moment of the 2020 Summer Solstice at 22:43 last night.
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52 Weeks – Week 24 – Commemoration
This week, we remembered the 76th anniversary of D-Day, the Allied invasion of Normandy that led to the liberation of Europe. This week was also the 80th anniversary of the lesser known “Last Stand” of the 51st Highland Division at St. Valery in 1940 that allowed the evacuation of nearly 340,000 British and French troops to be evacuated from the beach at Dunkirk.
My grandfather was one of those who was evacuated, but nearly 10,000 soldiers were left behind to hold back the advancing German army so that the bulk of the British Expeditionary Force and units of the French army could be evacuated safely to Britain. Without their courage and sacrifice, it is possible that the D-Day landings, four years later, might not have been possible.
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52 Weeks – Week 23 – The Audience
52 Weeks – Week 22 Rooftops
52 Weeks – Week 21 Stately Homes
Saltoun Hall, just to the south of Pencaitland, in East Lothian. Formerly the seat of the Fletcher family; now converted into private apartments.
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52 Weeks – Week 20 Garden Visitor
52 Weeks – Week 19 Ripples
52 Weeks – Week 18 – Bugged Out
One of the weird bits of of art to be found while walking round the Butterdean Wood, just outside Gladsmuir in East Lothian.
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52 Weeks – Week 17 – Sign Of The Times
We really cannot thank them enough or show them too much appreciation; especially now, but every single day. Thank you!!
