todays beachride started early,leaving 6.30am it was pitch dark and frosty as i rode east by road on the pugsley down to dunbar and then on cycle paths to cockburnspath to return home along the coast,ended up out for over 6 hours and nearly 40 miles,20 odd miles of coast and around 18miles were on tarmac riding out,on with the pics...
east of dunbar around 7.30am,getting light,on a beach access road,once the A1 east of the cement works...
the new sustrans section of cycleway passing torness station,dont worry it isnt the radiation making my light so bright..its a hope HID...
the county border with berwickshire at dunglass dean...
and sign...
the john muir way passes here too,also part of the north sea way...
dunglass dean has 4 bridges spanning it,the railway viaduct,the old concrete road bridge,the present metal A1 roadbridge and below the old stone built original bridge...
a lovely old road now a path descends the dean to the old mill onto the coast,i filmed riding down,its very scenic and has amazing old trees and the ultimate retreat cottage...
on the beach the view east towards coldingham moor.sky getting brighter too...
there was quite a big surf getting up too...
a short distance along the coast is bilsdean and its burn with waterfall further up,with a fast incoming tide i wasnt going to get to ride over the now covered flat rocks to reach the rock arches so had to leave the bike at the foot of bilsdean and walk round over the big rocks...
even pugsley wont ride over this!...
i had to be quick at the arches or would have to climb up the cliffs to get out...
up in bilsdean i did some filming,heres the waterfall..,
and leaving the waterfall headed west along the john muir way to thornton loch...
a few surfers were out,this guy was good...
the beach along past the caravan site was empty,it was only 11am...
along the power station walkway passing the dunbar lifeboat...
there is a good refrence sign here...
theres flat rocks from here you can ride over onto skateraw beach and its limekiln...
now a sandy beach to the barnes ness lighthouse...
theres still about 15miles to home,3 miles from here to john muir and over the bridge onto john muir park,will write about barns ness and dunbar another time..,
i got wet feet at the bridge at west barnes,water was up to the top of the tyre on the other side so by the time i got home feet were cold..
theres something satisfying and rewarding about sitting with your feet up,resting tierd legs in front of a fire after after a big day out,im burning hornbeam this now,a hardwood,its what the cogs on watermills and windmills were made of because of its hardness and has a fine grain and wears evenly,heats the house nicely too...
heres some filming i did...Part 1...
and Part 2...
The Big Yin's tour of East Lothian.
ReplyDelete"O ah love tae go oot tae th’ countryside oan mah Pugsley.
It’s ah grea’t pushbike!!
Tis huv big tires 'n' a wee frame.
Ah loue tae hurl oan th' beaches 'n' auld railway routes.
'n' frae th' a' this rides ah mak' wee movies fur th' fowk oan th' inturnet.
'n' th' fin' it fuck’ing brilliant!!"
brillant tommy!!!,aye you know the auld scots tounge!!!!!!!!!!!,the signs are written like oor wullie and the broons-famous scottish cartoons in the weekly sunday post paper..
ReplyDeleteThat place certainly looks like it's worth a visit, even if you might end up glowing in the dark for a few weeks after.
ReplyDeletei didnt want to stand taking pics of the power station with armed gaurds on patrol!!!!,nice bit of coast,further down is pease bay famous surfing bay,blog there soon too!
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