Coastal Landscapes V
St. Baldreds Boat - One of my favourites corners not far from where I live - I return to this stretch of the coast often and never fail to see something new.
St. Baldreds Boat - One of my favourites corners not far from where I live - I return to this stretch of the coast often and never fail to see something new.
St Baldred was an evangelist and hermit. Sent by St Mungo (518 - 613) in the 6th C. to spread Christianity to the Lothians, Baldred founded a Monastery at Tyninghame. Choosing a life of seclusion, he lived in a cell on the Bass Rock (off North Berwick) and probably died there. His name is remembered in St. Baldred's Boat (the point immediately south of the Bass Rock, opposite Tantallon Castle) and St. Baldred's Cradle (which lies at the north west end of the John Muir Country Park, west of Dunbar).
