God made it all, just for you!

Have you ever written anything in the sand? I don't just mean your name, but something meaningful...

I caught a bus to North Berwick earlier. It's the sort of place that I find really condusive to chilling out, with it's small, wooden-fronted shops and cafes, stone harbour with lobster creels piled up, natural swimming pool that gets filled by the tide, houses opening right onto the beach: it really has a rather wonderful, old-fashioned, traditional air. Enough to see and do for a few hours without feeling suicidal, and yet quiet enough to just sit back and take in the air...

After a delicious lunch of a baked potato stuffed with baked vegetables, mozerella & fresh green salad and an equally wonderful pot of tea in the excellent cafe at the Scottish Seabird Centre, I decided to walk along the shore towards Dirleton - whose castle is on my 'to do' list - only to wind up eventually in Gullane! That coast has beaches like beaches should be - wide, smooth sandy expanses with dune systems, and rocky outcrops and pools at low tide; with lots of different shells, seabirds, driftwood and even the odd cave!

At various points along the way I wrote things like, "God made all this just for you," or "Look how much God loves you," and suchlike. I pray that somebody will feel moved to give him thanks, before the tide comes in and reclaims them...