SUNNY DUNNY

Dunbar is a town steeped in history. I believe that the castle dates from the 13th century. It is an imposing ruin, standing sentinel over the harbour of what was once a very busy fishing port. Dunbar is the sunniest seaside town in Scotland ('Sunny Dunny') and was the birthplace of John Muir, who created the notion of national parks in the USA and then here. He is greatly revered in America. The museum paying tribute to him in the town of his birth is a former retail unit on the High Street. Maybe the Council takes the same view as Ralph Waldo Emmerson: "Every hero becomes a bore at last."