Taking a bracing winter walk along the beach can be the ideal way to clear the head this month, and it's all the better if there's a little intrigue to be had while doing so.
That's why one stunning beach, just under an hour's drive east of Edinburgh, could be the ideal destination, as it offers something truly interesting awaiting to be discovered as you wander along it.
Aberlady Bay in East Lothian, which lies between the village of Aberlady and the popular seaside town of Gullane, is where you'll find strange skeletal remains jutting upwards from its golden sands.