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Join us as we explore North Queensferry's shores with Gail and Alex of ‪@NorthernMudlarks‬ ! This is our second collaboration and we are blessed with amazing finds and sunshine on our adventure across three beaches…


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Today we are in North Queensferry - the old pilgrims gateway to Fife! It’s sucha diverse place - as we make our way around the coast, we move from deep mud, to volcanic rock, before ending up on golden sands!



We begin in an open natural harbour, where Nicole finds her first ever clay pipe bowl (it’s partial, but its a first ever find! As we make our way around the shoreline, we have some great finds - clay pipe stems, pottery shards, and some nice glass, before Craig spots something bright yellow! Its a tiny, super cute glass button, dating back to the 1930s. But there is more – a gorgeous red half cat’s eye marble!



After a few hours of cloudy skies above us we're all very happy to see the sun break through to reveal more finds in the mud! Nicole finds lots of of very old pirate sea glass before finding several textured glass pieces that look very much like they could be from Victorian fairy lights! Craig takes a dive into the history of fairy lights (AKA ‘The Burglar’s Horror’) in today's history section.

The tide is coming in fast, but we are in luck, once out of the muddy harbour, the ground level is a little higher buying us more time. A close look at the sands is rewarded with a lovely bead… then another bead… and then another! What a day for beads! The best of the bunch though is Nicole's rare Neiger Brothers green milk glass cube bead, featuring a geometric pattern – this is around 100 years old, it must have been a very nice piece of jewellery, we wonder who lost it all those years ago!

As the afternoon nears its end, we find ourselves on golden sands, just below the famous Forth bridge - A stopper stem gleams in the low afternoon sunshine as if offering us a parting gift!

We bid Gail and Alex a fond farewell and promise to meet up again soon!

Its time to make jewellery with Nicole... Given how lucky we were with beads, its all a bit bead themed, aside from that lovely golden, summery, tiny yellow button, which so resembles a honey pot that Nicole pairs it with a cute bee. This joins the Neiger Brothers green cube bead, standalone pendant, and a turquoise bead, finished with a lovely Celtic heart. Sea glass bead teapots have been out of the shop for too long, so we put a few in, along with a bottle of volcanic rocks and shells that we found on the beach below the Forth Bridge.

Lately, Nicole has been looking back at Spongeware designs, so Craig challenged Nicole to create a new from old Spongeware design. We think the designs look fantastic on a mug - check them out! The mugs come in conventional pottery and an enamel tin mug for outdoor use, Oh! That's perfect for a mudlarking coffee break!

It’s been another amazing day with Gail and Alex and if you haven’t subscribed to their channel ‪@NorthernMudlarks‬ do head over and do so ☺ We are already planning another mudlarking adventure together.


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