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If anyone is looking for somewhere to stay the weekend of the wedding-this looks good - especailly if there's more than 2 of you sharing.

Me and my girlies are staying the night before so we can get ready in civilisation- eg not on a campsite
http://www.bluerainbowapartments.com/edinburgh-apartments/our-apartments/

How to get here

The nearest town to our venue is Dunbar and the nearest village is Tyninghame

The exact address for your sat nav is

Log Cabin, Ravensheugh Beach, Tyninghame, Dunbar EH42 1XW

From the log cabin website (where I took the pix from too)
The Log Cabin has very close links with the A1 and is situated at the end of Limetree walk, near Tyninghame.

Directions:

From the North

1. Take the A1 south east from Edinburgh
2. Exit at 2nd Haddington sign, and follow the A199 towards Dunbar
3. After passing East Linton, go left onto A198 towards North Berwick
4. Just after Tyninghame turn right onto Limetree Walk.




From the South

1. Take the A1 north from Berwick Upon Tweed
2. Exit at Dunbar and follow the A199 towards North Berwick
3. Turn right onto A198 and pass the village of Tyninghame
4. Turn right onto Limetree Walk.



There are buses and trains from Edinburgh to Dunbar and then you can get a cab to the venue or if we work it out right you can get one of us to collcet you.

Actually finding the venue is a bit of a mystery but we will post some signs for you to follow.

Things to do in the area

Dunbar is a very sweet fishing village with some interesting ruins.
Here's some ideas from their website:

There are several excellent walks, particularly in the Belhaven area, with its broad unspoilt beaches. The West Promenade, a cliff-top walk, is part of the John Muir Trail which takes in the John Muir Country Park, the East Links children’s farm and model railway and the famous Binning Woods. Dunbar possesses two excellent golf courses, an all-year indoor swimming pool and a sports centre. Fishing trips are also available in season (March-September).

You can visit the nearby Scottish Museum of Flight



Up the road is North Berwick which is lovely. You can take boat trips out to see the birds at Bass rock or see them from the Scottish Seabird visitor centre.



If you like golf there are several world renowned golf courses.

And then of course there's Edinburgh which is only half an hour away....

Camp it up

One of the reasons we booked the site is so that our friends could camp all weekend. We wanted our wedding to be a bit like a festival but without the vomiting teens setting fire to grasshoppers or the queues for rancid toilets. So the camping situation is this:

You can arrive any time after 12 pm on Friday.
You have to leave on Monday morning.

Access is via a single unmade road but is suitable for cars. For those with mobilty issues you can drive right to the door of the marquee. The area round the marquee is flat grassland.

Our site is the John Muir National Park so it's very beautiful and peaceful (til we arrived.)
There are some nice grassy flat areas for camping near the cabin and for more privacy and adventure some little places to set up tent down towards the beach.



There will be one portaloo and the woods for boys- make do!
There will be one flushing loo with soap, towels, flowers, toilet paper, nice magazines for girls and children.

There aren't any showers. We're thinking of getting some solar showers. Maybe you will just have to be less than fresh by Monday. There's the sea. Or maybe someone will have booked a cottage nearby and let you use that.

We will be staying on the site, but on the Friday before I (ali) will be removing myself with my posse to a place of civilisation and pampering. The boys will stay with the fire and the barrels. Oh dear!

Please let us know if you want to camp so we can have an idea how many tents to expect.

If camping fills you with horror go to the accommodation page where there are lots of suggestions for Bed and Breakfasts, hotels and cottages.

Dressing up

We want you to feel good at our wedding, so if you want to wear a t shirt and jeans it's ok by us. There's no dress code.



I (ali) am dressing up though as to me it's an excuse to buy and wear a glamourous frock. I got my dress from Courtesan boutique in Worthing and they do sell online. They are brilliant!
The look we are going for is a kind of glam punk- a bit 1940s/1950s with a decadent vintage feel. If you want to go along with this -fine. If you wan't to dress how you normally do- that's ok.
The site is fairly exposed and can be a tad windy. It might rain too so bring wellies to put on if it does.



We are hoping to have a photo booth which is an opportunity for you to dress up just for the shot! If you have any dressing up clothes you could donate for the weekend that would be fantastic.

http://abackyardwedding.blogspot.com/search/label/photobooth

I am always touched by your presence dear

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We are not really materialistic people and we are more than happy for you to just turn up.

There are things you could bring to the wedding which would be nice- such as flowers from your garden, candles, lanterns etc.

If you are staying three days, food for the breakfast picnic or barbecue would be good.

For entertainment beach games and kids things we could borrow and and we also need dressing up stuff for the photo booth.

If you want to we would love it if you made donations to charity- these are our favourites:
Teenage Cancer Trust
Rosemere Cancer Centre
Shelter
Save the Children
British Heart Foundation
Barnados

Finally if you really want to give us something we would love some help with the honeymoon! We want to spend 2 nights in a swanky hotel in Edinburgh- Prestonfield House and you can buy vouchers for this.


We are hoping to go to Morocco and Greece for our Honeymoon so anything towars a nice hotel or train/ferry trip would be great.

Accommodation

Although you are welcome to camp FOR FREE we understand that many of you prefer the comfort of a proper bed!

We have come across this B&B which looks very nice.

This farmhouse Crauchie B&B is where I would stay if I wasn't camping!


Dunbar is the nearest little town with lots of B&Bs see the links. Hillside hotel looks nice for £80-£100 per night. Other Dunbar accommodation is available here.


Further afield is Haddington, North Berwick and of course Edinburgh
At Overhail's Farmhouse you can stay for £70 per night for 2 adults and 2 kids.

At Inveresk- not far away you can stay at the Premier inn from £64
and in Edinburgh a good deal is Travel Lodge Central which is from £77

For those that like the idea of camping but prefer Glamping Harvest Moon looks fantastic and they are just down the road. Look at the cute sleeping bed! Expensive though.


Owners Direct offer some fab apartments and cottages. In Edinburgh, we love this glam house round the corner from where we used to live- it sleeps 10 and they have another that sleeps 5


Closer to the venue this cottage looks nice