low tide at Barns Ness

Barns Ness, 14 September

It’s the first Monday after the clocks have changed here, and we’re at the beginning of a new chapter of this year. A chapter of less daylight hours, and one where these evening walks are a memory. I struggle with this every year. Heading down the coast in the evening is the best part of any day. Indeed, it’s the part of the day that fuels me through the hours leading up to it, the hours at my desk. Losing that positive focus is hard.

And this year, there’s the added question over how and when to walk Raf. Daytime local walks aren’t a possibility at the moment, and again this comes back to me not being able to drive anywhere (something I need to change, but I’ve also been saying this for years - anxiety makes lessons a challenge). So, it’s the start of a new season and one with a few questions and things to work out.

This post rewinds to mid-September, and a Saturday evening walk to Barns Ness below a moody sky. It was low tide, and I was enjoying the layers of textures in these scenes as we wound along the coastal paths, the tones shifting as clouds swept by, and as the late evening light dimmed to offer the deeper blue hues of the last few photos below. The colours of early autumn by the sea. A simple walk, but sometimes that’s all you need to feed your eyes and settle your mind.

Barns Ness, East Lothian, 14 September 2024.

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