Half an hour on the train from Edinburgh and you're on a sandy beach watching a rock turn white with gannets. North Berwick is the city's favourite seaside escape, and it's easy to see why.
Every “Greetings from North Berwick” game ends with a postcard flying in: the place in big retro letters, your message on the back, a stamp and your signature. What goes in the jokes is up to you: the Scottish Seabird Centre, Bass Rock and North Berwick Law, the Bass Rock and its huge gannet colony, or the thing that happened on day two that nobody is allowed to mention.
A quick train, a paddle and a walk up the Law. Send a game postcard to everyone who stayed in the city.
Rock pools, sandcastles and boat trips round the Bass Rock. A playable postcard is the best way to tell Gran about it.
East Lothian is full of famous links courses. A postcard game lets your mates know how many balls the sea got.
Idea 1
Chip-thieving seagulls and bunting make the postcard look a natural fit for a seaside town with a sky full of seabirds.
Put this in
“A rock covered in gannets and not one of them would share.”
Idea 2
Golf balls and pints fit a seaside town ringed by famous links courses.
Put this in
“Hit it in the sea again. The gannets are laughing at me.”
Idea 3
Waves of balloons and rogue candles make a fun birthday surprise from a day at the beach.
Put this in
“Happy birthday from the seaside! Saved you a sandcastle.”
Ending messages to steal
Landmarks to name-drop
The game shows the place name and your message, not these landmarks: the Postcard look’s far-off silhouettes are generic. Your words do the sightseeing.
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No. The game is titled “Greetings from North Berwick” and ends with a postcard showing the place name in big retro letters and your message, but it doesn’t draw the Scottish Seabird Centre. The Postcard look has far-off landmark silhouettes, but they’re generic, not North Berwick’s. That’s what your jokes and message are for: mention the Scottish Seabird Centre in a line and they’ll picture it.
Keep it short and specific: one place, one moment, one sign-off. For example: “Watched the gannets on the Bass Rock from the Seabird Centre. Noisy, smelly, amazing.”
Yes. It’s a link, so it plays in the browser on any phone or computer, anywhere in the world, with no download or app store. Send it on WhatsApp, by text or email, or as a QR code.
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Pick the Postcard occasion, type where it’s from, write the message on the back and share the link. It plays on any device, no download.