Scotland has some wonderful scenery, the best usually associated with the Highlands and Islands. But less than 25 miles east of Edinburgh, on the Firth of Forth, the East Lothian town of North Berwick has its own magic and charm. It's so accessible by railway and road and is a gem of a place to live, to holiday in and to visit. This collection of landscape and seascape photographs includes an amazing variety of coastline, countryside, beaches and islands from bays to the west and east of North Berwick Harbour to, east of the town, Tantallon Castle, the Bass Rock and Seacliff. At North Berwick...

To the east of Scotland's capital city, Edinburgh, the adjacent county of East Lothian offers an impressive variety of coastline, countryside, beaches and islands. In the Firth of Forth, off the coast of the North Neuk, the islands of Fidra, Lamb, Craigleith and the Bass Rock are easily reached on boat trips out of North Berwick. Boat trips to the Isle of May have recently been added and there's even talk of reviving the old pilgrims' route across to Earlsferry in Fife. The most spectacular of these islands is the Bass Rock, rising majestically out of the sea with near-vertical sides apart...