|
Lindisfarne Bay by Ian Scott Massie
Original watercolour,
12" x 10" Mounted size - 7" x 5" Image size
Available: unframed @ £215
To shop, please click here
12" x 10" Mounted size - 7" x 5" Image size
Available: unframed @ £215
To shop, please click here
DUNBAR
As the train pulls into Dunbar station, there comes the tantalising thought that the end of the line isn’t far away now.
Despite the bland urban architecture around the station, Dunbar is steeped in history. Most of this was violent and centred on the castle, which was ruined and rebuilt many times, until it was finally demolished in the 16th century. Dunbar is known to dedicated beer drinkers for Belhaven Brewery whose beers are labelled using the “shilling” system. Beers were once priced according to taxation which was linked to alcoholic strength so a 60 shilling ale was weaker than a 90 shilling. (90 shillings would be worth 900 pence in today’s money).
The strangest landmark near Dunbar is the Bridge to Nowhere which, at high tide, looks as though someone has gone to a lot of trouble to build a bridge in the middle of the sea. At low tide, however, the bridge does go somewhere. It crosses the Biel Water, a small river which flows into Belhaven Bay, allowing people to cross to Belhaven Beach and, crucially, gives an escape route when the tide rises.
Once the water is up, though, it gives photographers and artists a perfectly surreal subject, especially when set against a brilliant sunset sky.
How it would look on your wall
|
|
|