Day 5 (Thursday, 22nd September): Daytrip to North Berwick

By Livia and Annika

Thursday and it’s already the 5^th day in Edinburgh. We all met at 8:45am and went to the train station. There we took the train to North Berwick. Wide fields and many paddocks passed by us. The landscape was very idyllic. After a 15 min train ride we arrived in the village.

A bird center is placed in North Berwick. They do lots of research in different aspects of marine studies. Emily, our tour guide, explained their work to us and how important it is. Then we got buckets to explore the rock pools.

The bad weather didn’t hold us back, we put on our rain boots and coats to explore the wild marine life. We found lobster, crabs, hermit crabs, starfish and some seaweed.

In the afternoon we went on a boat trip to Bass Rock and Craig Leith. Two Islands in the ocean near the coast. Ian, our skipper educated us about the behavior of the birds.

There was an island of thousands of gannets who were learning to fly. 

The possibility to see whales and seals was slim and sadly we didn’t spot any. We had lunch after the boat trip. During the lunch break Emily popped in to inform us, that dolphins were close to the shore. So, we ran with our binoculars to the terrace to experience them for ourselves. In the afternoon we divided into two groups and cleaned the beach. We were equipped with gloves, recyclable bags and pairs of pliers to collect rubbish.

Today we learnt many things and it was interesting to have an insight in the marine life. Everyone took part in all the activities, we had lots of fun. 

After the eventful day everyone was glad to go home and spend a chill evening in the loft.