Tuesday 19 January 2021

Skulferatu #15, St Baldred's Cradle, Peffer Sands, East Lothian

 

The thing I love about working in East Lothian is that there are so many beautiful places nearby to go for a lunchtime walk.  My walk today was along Peffer Sands, which is a great big sandy beach with lots of sand dunes.  It is a quiet and isolated spot with amazing views over the Forth and down to the Bass Rock.   

 

View down Peffer Sands to the Bass Rock by Kevin Nosferatu for the Skulferatu Project
View down Peffer Sands to the Bass Rock

 

I walked along the beach and up onto the rocky outcrop at the southern end of the beach.  This area is known as St Baldred’s Cradle. 


View from St Baldred's Cradle, East Lothian by Kevin Nosferatu for the Skulferatu Project
View from St Baldred’s Cradle

 

View over rocks at St Baldred's Cradle by Kevin Nosferatu for the Skulferatu Project
View over rocks at St Baldred’s Cradle

 

Here St Baldred is believed to have spent some years in a remote hermitage.  He obviously liked the view if he came here, as it’s still pretty remote and out of the way.  There is supposedly an ancient cairn here, but I’ve never actually seen it.  However, I do find this is often the case with ancient landmarks, unless they are pointed out to me, I just don’t see them.    

 

Today’s Skulferatu was left in a crack in one of the rocky outcrops overlooking the Bass Rock.

 

Skulferatu #15 at St Baldred's Cradle, East Lothian by kevin Nosferatu for the Skulferatu Project
Skulferatu #15

 

Skulferatu #15 in rocks at St Baldred's Cradle, East Lothian by Kevin Nosferatu for the Skulferatu Project
Skulferatu #15 in rocks at St Baldred’s Cradle


Google Map showing location of Skulferatu #15 at St Baldred's Cradle, East Lothian
Google Map showing location of Skulferatu

 

The coordinates for the location of the Skulferatu are:

 

Lattitude 56.023742

Longitude -2.584464