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Sun 23 Aug · Lauderdale Park, Dunbar
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Spotlight
Spotlight
Halfway along Dunbar High Street, a short walk from the cottage where John Muir was born, there is a deep blue shopfront with the number 84 painted either side of the name. The windows are the giveaway. They are not so much dressed as gathered: paintings, ceramics, jewellery, cards and prints, the kind of arrangement that makes you slow down on the pavement and then, usually, go in.
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21 things to do · longer runs grouped
Today · 10:00am · Newhailes House & Gardens
+2 more times today
7 dates · Family · 19 Aug – 25 Aug
Newhailes House & Gardens, Musselburgh · Free (with admission)
Today · 11:00am · Newhailes House & Gardens
+3 more times today
7 dates · Event · 19 Aug – 25 Aug
Newhailes House & Gardens, Musselburgh · Free (with admission)
Running now
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Today
12 events on today
Sat 22 Aug · 4:00pm · Lauderdale Park
Sun 23 Aug · 9:30am · The Mart
Sat 22 Aug · 2:00pm · Greenhills
+1 more time
Sat 22 Aug · Dunbar
Sat 22 Aug · 9:00am · Winterfield Golf Club
Sat 22 Aug · 9:00am · The Glen Golf Club
Fri 21 Aug · 6:30pm · The Harbour Chapel
+1 more time
Fri 21 Aug · 6:30pm · The Harbour Chapel
+1 more time
Tomorrow · 7:00pm · Lauderdale Park
Fri 21 Aug · 6:00pm · Whitekirk
Sun 23 Aug · 11:00am · Lauderdale Park
Sun 23 Aug · 11:00am · Lauderdale Park
Sun 23 Aug · 1:00pm · Lauderdale Park
Sat 22 Aug · 10:30am · John Gray Centre
Today · 10:00am · West Barns Village Hall
Sat 22 Aug · Cockenzie
Fri 21 Aug · 1:30pm · Newhailes House & Gardens
Fri 21 Aug · 1:30pm · Newhailes House & Gardens
Sat 22 Aug · 6:30pm · Dunbar
Fri 21 Aug · 2:00pm · Dunbar
Fri 21 Aug · 7:00pm · West Barns Village Hall, West Barns
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