The brigantine, Tres Hombres, was brought into Eyemouth harbour this weekend en route from Copenhagen under tow from lifeboats from Eyemouth and Dunbar . Visitors were given the chance to climb aboard the Engineless Sailing Cargo Ship, owned by “emission free” shipping company Fairtransport, based in the Netherlands. http:/fairtransport.eu The European sailing leg of Tres Hombres will follow […]
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Not many miles to the south of Eyemouth lies the Holy Island of Lindisfarne. It became a centre of christianity after the founding of the monastery by St Aiden and by its association with St Cuthbert, Bishop of Lindisfarne and worker of miracles. Way marker poles define the route of the Pilgrims Way across the island. Twice daily, the island is cut […]
On the Eyemouth factory of D. R.Collin, a major exporter of sea food products worldwide, a small word proclaims a large notion. Independence for Scotland. The Yes Campaign font is a tightly kerned version of Helvetica Neue, the letters squeezed together in symbolic, typographical solidarity. Designed as a sans serif typeface in 1957 in the Swiss town of Munchenstein, Helvetica became […]
In Eyemouth boatyard, boats are stripped to the bare metal and painted. The bright colours make them visible to shipping and perhaps chase away the blues. Then after many hours at sea, the scouring of salt and weather strips the paint to reveal subtle hues of complementary colours. The letters denote the place of registration. LH 109 is the port […]
In Scotland’s Year of Homecoming, former Herring Queens returned to Eyemouth from around the globe to mark the seventieth anniversary of the festival of the Herring Queen ehq.org.uk. Started as a ‘peace picnic’ to mark the end of the first world war, the festival continues today as a symbolic celebration of the ideals of a fishing […]
A seal pup, washed up on the beach, finds itself the centre of attention at the height of the tourist season. Local people, sensitive to the dangers of dogs and the curiosity of strangers, form a protective cordon until the animal welfare service arrives.
Swans are fiercely territorial. The young herring gull, caught between the river and the harbour mouth, is shown little mercy by the parent swans. The cygnets, mimicking parental behaviour, join in the one-sided skirmish. The gull finds sanctuary on the river bank, but with a damaged wing, its chances of survival are poor.
Young swans wings grow disproportionately. Long necks and strong bodies are needed now…. flying lessons come later.
It is high summer and the mackerel are coming in abundance. Fishermen become generous with their catch, but this seal must work hard for his supper. To catch a glimpse of an animal in the wild can send a shiver down the spine, but in Eyemouth harbour there are seals a-plenty. Pragmatic creatures, they will entertain for a sliver of fish….and have […]
Fish boxes on the harbour at Eyemouth stamped with the names of ports from the various fishing nations of the North Sea. Some hours from now and they may well be teeming with the orange-pink shells of nephrops norvegicus. Predominantly male nephrops, venturing out from the silt to feed at dawn or dusk, are trapped […]
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