John Muir Way - East Linton

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This afternoon we decided to go for walk in the sunshine along the John Muir Way near East Linton.  The John Muir Way stretched from Dunbar all the way to Helensburgh on the west coast of Scotland, 134 miles / 215km in total and was opened to celebrate the founding father of the national parks in the USA who was born in Dunbar.  John Muir was an explorer, mountaineer, conservationist, botanist, amateur geologist and writer of distinction. 


 The John Muir Way near East Linton runs alongside the River Tyne and Preston Mill, which is a National Trust for Scotland property.  Preston Mill, with its distinctive Dutch style conical-roof, was East Lothian’s last working water mill.



The 2.5 mile stretch of the John Muir way crosses the river at three times, with two fords in the river for farm traffic.  The crossings allow walkers to take in the river and the scenery as it meanders its way through the East Lothian countryside on its way to the sea at Belhaven, just a few miles away.







As spring is well underway there are plenty of wild flowers and plants growing along the riverbank and the path way. The trees are also starting to be covered in leaves, giving the area a very springlike feel in the sun as we walked along.





Walking back towards East Linton to pick up the car the rain clouds started to gather, producing some dramatic light over the town and over the near by Traprain Law.




CLICK HERE for more information on the John Muir Way

 CLICK HERE for more information on Preston Mill

 Images taken on a Fujifilm X-T1 and either a Fujinon XF10-24mm f4R OIS or Fujinon XF56mm f1.2R
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Comments

  1. Genny24 October 2017 at 20:56

    Hello, I just sent a message through Flickr about Backpacker magazine and our needs for photos of the John Muir Way. The photo of the sign on this blog with the path on the left side of the image could also work, if the bridge photo isn't available.

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