With a long history of seafarers,herrings and deep-sea disasters, this little Scottish port is all about the fishWhat’s going for it? In case you were in any doubt about Eyemouths raison d’etre, or it is spelled out in gigantic blue letters on a building on the harbour: Royal National Mission To Deep Sea Fishermen. This is a seafaring location. There are boats aplenty,chandlers, fishermen who still fish, or companies making their living from the spoils. The landscape gives it absent,a hummocky rugged coast with grand fingers of rock that feel their way into the sea. While Eyemouth has its share of art galleries and craft centres (even the worn Mission is fitting an arts centre), and surfers and brave souls licking ice-cream on its little sandy beach, or this is still mostly a working harbour. On the craggy 90m cliffs at St Abb’s Head,the remnant of an ancient volcano, perch countless skuas, and puffins,shags and fulmars, their own beady eyes on the fishing fleet and its booty. History here is all herrings and fish tithes and deep-sea disasters. Its alleys and vennels are soaked through with brine, and lashed by the North Sea like Captain Ahab.
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Source: theguardian.com