“Have I not commanded you? Be strong and courageous. Do not be terrified; do not be discouraged, for the Lord your God will be with you wherever you go” Joshua 1:9
Two years ago we had been to see the seals with my brother and other friends. Our Australian friend took a break from work to come to Edinburgh, so we decided to take her to see the seals. I had just arrived in Edinburgh from Helsinki the day before and rested that afternoon, so I couldn't wait to get outdoors and experience the awesomeness of God's creation!!
The path to an adventure!!
Setting out on our adventure in the cliffs off the South East of Scotland in the Borders - Graeme, Camden and I
The amazing sky scape
We had to gently scramble down the cliff to see the seals better - can you see the seals on the sand?
Action shot
All the seals on the beach
This was an amazing experience!! Not to mention an amazing exercise!!
Artistic shot
Sitting to see how the seals would respond to us coming closer - they didn't do anything different. One of the seals who was a mother with her baby kept looking at us checking us out, and she even moved closer to us, but did nothing to warn the others.
My expression at how amazing an experience it was!!
It was so amazing seeing the waves crashing on the rocks!! How do the seals survive in such treacherous waters?
I tried to do a panorama shot ;)
We were just getting up to leave the seals be, but when we got up the seals started dashing to the sea!! We felt so bad for disturbing them!!
Coming back up the cliff was so much quicker than going down!!
We made it to the top of the cliff!! Now to get back to the car.
Coming back from our adventure
When we got back to the car we drove to get a Fish'n'Chips to give ourselves heaps of energy to warm up.
How can you get so tired from a holiday? Well, you jam pack it with meeting heaps of friends, going to cliffs in cold temperatures and miss a flight. I know, cause that is what happened...
I was
focusing solely on finishing the website due on Monday that I completely forgot
to make sure that I had enough food to eat. Subsequently, I had to be creative
and use every piece of food in my possession, meaning macaroni and cheese and
cheese toasties. Not super nutritious. Oh, and SQUARE BREAD!!!! Those of you
who know me know that I make my own bread, and am definitely against any store
bought square bread. It is horrible and tastes like cardboard.
The day of
the due date and I was smoothly working away and eating at regular times. All
was going well. I finished and sent my assignment off 5 minutes before the
deadline. I was on an adrenaline high, and I did not realise till the next day
exactly how tired I was.
Again, I
woke up the bashing of wind, rattle, swoosh, rattle. I spent this day playing
games with Jennifer, my flatmate, who was leaving the next day. In the evening
Graeme, my boyfriend, and I drove to the airport to pick Harri, my brother, up.
I had booked a flight for him to come to Edinburgh from Cardiff, before we both
head home to Helsinki for Christmas.
Waking up
just after day break was an amazing feeling!! And Harri was in Edinburgh!!
Today we were going to hike along some cliffs on the Scottish coast to see baby
seals. We had created a Facebook group chat to plan the event, as you do, and
Graeme had told everyone to dress up warmly. We were all super glad that he
reminded us of this when we were almost blown away by the chill of the blustery
winds on the tops of the cliffs!!
It took us
around 1 hour to drive to the cliffs near Coldingham on the Eastern coast of Scotland, and then around another hour to find the
cliffs that would allow us to see the baby seals on the beaches below. We
didn’t mind though, since the scenery was breathtakingly amazing.
Harri on the drive down
Starting the adventure!!
The gang full of energy- missing some people
Here we were walking along an invisible path that somehow Graeme and his mum knew about
We found the right beach to see the seals!! Here Pamela is using binoculars to see them up close.
To see the seals even better everyone, besides Pamela and Robyn, went further down a rocky decline to the beach.
The beach!
Hello seals <3
Getting up close and personal. Apparently, if you walked towards them with a camera over your face they wouldn't be afraid.
The wee one <3
Their lovely home
On the way back we were all kinda exhausted. And Pamela was setting quite a pace as she was freezing cold. As you can see by my expression ;)
Having a wee rest
Pamela made it first to the car!! :D
Freedom :D
We then drove to a near by town to stop to get something to eat for lunch. We were all STARVING!!!
My amazing fish supper with mushy peas (which we all gave to Pamela cause she was so happy that there was green things!!!)
After that day I then went to the Christmas markets with Harri and Morven, who came up from Dumfries, and then another day with Berenika.
Ferris wheel with Morven
The view of the Christmas Markets in Edinburgh
Harri's artistic photo
We then went with Berenika on the Star Flyer, which spins around upwards higher than the ferris wheel. I felt like I was flying through the sky, which I was doing, but it was so surreal!!
