John Muir Way - East Linton
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 ...