In july we visited a plant nursery in East Lothian. Right beside it were the remains of Redhouse Castle. Now derelict and not open to the public, it lies just off the B1377 after passing through Longniddry when travelling east.

Redhouse Castle from plant nursery:-

There’s a small gap through from the garden centre to the castle grounds.

Doorway. The lintel reads “Nil Dominus Frustrare” (Nothing will disappoint):-

Then through an arch to the outbuildings:-

Castle from east:-

Cockenzie House is a mansion House in the town of Cockenzie and Port Seton, East Lothian, which we visited in September last year as they were hosting a small antique Fair in Cockenzie House.

In its grounds there is an unusual memorial – to Cockenzie Power Station – which stood in the town and whose twin towers could be seen for miles around and were even prominent from Fife across the Firth of Forth. It was built in 1968 and demolished in 2015.

Cockenzie Power Station Memorial:-

More pictures taken at the National Museum of Flight, East Fortune Airfield, East Lothian, Scotland.

A Czech S-103:-

Lockheed Lightning. I forget which country’s livery this displays:-

The obligatory Spitfire:-

Messerschmidt Komet. This was a rocket propelled aeroplane as I recall:-

Vulcan Bomber:-

The images of two bombs/missiles under Argentine flags on the fuselage of the Vulcan signal the two raids made by this bomber on the Argentinian forces at Port Stanley in the Falkland Islands during the conflict in 1982. The flag of Brazil is because the Vulcan was forced to detour by engine trouble and land in Brazil after one of the raids.

Hawker Harrier:-

I’d been wanting to visit the National Museum of Flight at East Fortune airfield, East Lothian, Scotland for ages. Last year we finally made it.

It has all the appearance of a Second World War airfield so familiar from films.

Control tower:-

However, the airfield was first commissioned as a Royal Naval Air Station. This was the gate:-

The airfield’s complement was tasked with protecting shipping in the Firth of Forth and preventing airship attacks on Edinburgh or the navy and its base at Rosyth :-

Hangar:-

Hangar Annexe, a Nissen Hut:-

Oldhamstocks is a small village ten or so miles south of Dunbar in East Lothian (though parts of it were once in Berwickshire as was.

The Memorial is in Oldhamstocks churchyard. The dedication reads, “To the glory of God and in memory of (names) who made the supreme sacrifice in the Great War 1914-1919.”

Side view. Oldhamstocks Kirk in background:-

Newhailes is a stately home near Musselburgh in East Lothian. It’s now in the care of the National Trust for Scotland.

Front view:-

Rear view:-

There was a tree there festooned with a mushroom-type growth, in several places:-

Walking the grounds we came upon this memorial to the Battle of Dettingen. There is a Latin inscription in memory of John, 2nd Earl of Stair, who fought as 2nd in command to George II at the Battle of Dettingen:-

The battle took place in the War of the Austrian Succession and was the last one in which a British Monarch led his troops.

Reverse view:-

English inscription after a renewal in 1907:-

East Linton is in East Lothian, a few miles from Dunbar.
The Memorial is set in a small park off School Road. Its dedication is to the men of East Linton and Parish of Prestonkirk.

Great War Inscription:-

Side View, showing East Linton Primary School in background:-

Side Inscription (WW2):-

Acording to the Scottish War Memorials Project this is the War Memorial for Cranstoun and Pathhead.

It lies apparently in the middle of nowhere at the junction of the A 68 and A 6093 just north of Pathhead, East Lothian.

The front bears the First World War names. On the sides are the names for WW2.

This side – unusually for a War Memorial – bears the name of a woman, Lucy Walker.

On our trip back through East Lothian we also stopped in Musselburgh.

Museelburgh’s War Memorial is unusual; being octagonal in shape and in the form of a fountain.

This is the reverse view.

This is the memorial in perspective. On the corner where the road bridge crosses over the River Esk. Intersection of Bridge Street and High Street.

According to the Scottish War memorials website the above is the memorial only to the Second World War dead. The First World War one is difficult to find, it says.

On the way back from seeing Eric Brown in Dunbar we stopped off at Tranent. The main reason is my mother was born there – or at least it was her first home. Her family later moved to Eyemouth before coming to Dumbarton.

I found it a typical Scottish small (post)industrial town with all that implies. But it has Art Deco.

The above is Homezone – on Edinburgh Road just after it branches off from High Street. This is a close-up on the detail:-

At the other end of High Street is this solicitor’s. The stepping on the roof line is good – and the triangular effect on the upper stone blocks.

To its left (on the right in the above photo) the deco feel continues. The pillars on the stone work are nicely detailed. The premises were to let, as you can see.