And so, it came to pass that the great Eastside (TM) picnic was finally held in North Berwick (not Berwick-upon-Tweed, although that too would have been pleasant), and lo! the sun did shine.

Waverley Station obviously holds a grudge towards visitors to North Berwick, as we were forced to make the journey in one of those gawdawful commuter trains you get dahn Sarf.  It leapt and bounded along the 'Comedy place name' line; through Wallyford (should we all have got off *here*?) and Prestonpans (which made me yearn for a black marker pen and a bit of a longer wait at the station)  Still, Belle the puppy seemed to enjoy herself although I'm not sure if the guard appreciated her jumping up and down all over his nice ClotRail outfit.

Will mentioned the noble art of barbecue shuffling, which lead to quite an involved discussion about Lumberjack Olympics.  I always wanted to be a lumberjack when I were a lass, so I listened especially intently.  

Other amusing incidents included Will's archeological discoveries of brick and glass ('brick..on a beach...how can you *tell* it's brick?'), Sweetie digging a huge hole in the sand to Australia to find Jim and then discovering he was sitting right next to her, Gordon's overwhelming picnic-daddiness (barbecue implements, ice, wet wipes, red sauce, cuddly toy), Harry quite happily letting his mate look for his lost shoes when he had them anyway, the sock tree, fellow Sinis getting lost and a live video link up with a Mr Ken P Y Chu (oh okay it was on my mobile, but come on, we were in the middle of nowhere)  No mention of some daft tart grasping a bin liner full of rubbish doing a spectacular dying swan impersonation on the beach.

Oh and Kat brought some lovely little cakes ;)

Until, hopefully, there is a next time.  And better refuse bags...

Love you all

VB xx


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