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Bridge to Nowhere and Byres Hill tower.

Lothian's oddities are small, and each comes with a story. On the sands of Belhaven Bay by Dunbar, a little metal footbridge crosses a stream to the beach. At high tide the sand vanishes and the bridge stands alone in the sea, which is how it got its name. On the promenade at Portobello, in Edinburgh itself, three ornate pillars of Coade stone, an artificial stone fired like pottery, stand in a garden. Above Haddington, a sandstone tower of the 1820s crowns Byres Hill, with 132 steps inside to a view over East Lothian. Go to Belhaven at high tide, and take a torch for the tower's dim stair.

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Belhaven Bridge.

A footbridge over a stream on Belhaven Bay near Dunbar, known as the Bridge to Nowhere because at high tide it stands alone in the sea.

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Hopetoun Monument.

You'll see this sandstone tower long before you reach it. It stands on Byres Hill just north of Haddington, raised between 1824 and 1827 by the farming tenants of East Lothian in memory of the 4th Earl of Hopetoun. A steep path climbs through woodland and gorse from a small car park. When the door is open you can climb the 132 dark steps inside, so bring a torch. From the top the view runs from Edinburgh and Arthur's Seat to North Berwick Law, the Bass Rock and the hills of Fife.