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A short walk around Cromwell Harbour earlier this week netted me some great colour and reflection shots.   The boats are now being put back into the water after they were lifted out for the winter and some have received a lick of paint to provide a colourful backdrop. Cromwell Harbour is the oldest of the two Dunbar harbours and is named after Oliver Cromwell who enhanced the anchorage at Dunbar to use as a base of operations during his invasion of Scotland in the 17th Century. I used the Fujifilm X-Pro2 with the XF100-400mm to isolate parts of the colourful scene or I fitted the 18mm f2 lens to give an overall shot of the harbour and the town of Dunbar behind. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- PLEASE SUPPORT THIS BLOG BY VISITING THE ADVERTISERS ON THIS PAGE By clicking on the adverts you are helping support this blog - thank you. ...

After supporting the annual Dunbar Dip , I decided to take a walk back via Cromwell Harbour to get some shots of the fishing boats that were moored up for the Christmas break.  With the low tide the boats were resting on the bottom of the harbour and I was able to get down low to get some different images of the Dunbar fishing fleet. Cromwell is the older of the two Dunbar harbours, the other being Victoria, and is named after Oliver Cromwell who used Dunbar as a base for his troops in 1650. Also visible in the stone wall is the remains of old stairs known at the Johnny Cope Steps.  General Cope landed his troops in Dunbar in September 1745 just prior to the Battle of Prestonpans where the Jacobite army, led by Prince Charles Edward Stuart, more commonly known as Bonnie Prince Charlie, defeated the English in the first major battle of the 1745 Rising. Cromwell Harbour is now a very peaceful place but very much a working harbour.  However there is plenty...

Dunbar boasts not one but two harbours - Victoria and Cromwell.  Cromwell Harbour predates the newer Victoria Harbour by 300 years and hasn't changed much in the past 500 years since it was built.  Prior to the building of Cromwell Harbour Dunbar was served by the natural harbour at Belhaven Bay. When I am visiting the harbour I tend to favour the older Cromwell Harbour because visitors gravitate towards the Victoria Harbour because of the Castle, the Battery and the parking bays along the harbour front.  Cromwell is quieter and therefore is my favourite of the two. Cromwell is the oldest and was built in the 16th century just east of Dunbar Castle.   Cromwell Harbour has hardly changed since that time. It became known as the Cromwell Harbour because in 1650, Cromwell repaired the east pier to make it safe for English ships supplying his army. Two cannons are embedded in the quay serving as bollards for securing boats. Another feature is the partial r...