Sunday cruising on the Moonlander at John Muir Park...

Sunday i headed to John Muir Park near Dunbar on the Surly Moonlander. Was an overcast day, quite cool in the onshore easterly breeze but what the heck!, it`s Sunday and the weekend!, time to get out and ride!...
The sign says to keep to the path with bridges across the salt marsh here to avoiding unnecessary erosion,
Do these horses really need to ride across the salt marsh? :(

No erosion problems with the fatbikes-we leave less of a foot print than humans walking :)

Met Davie who was going for a surf... his Pugsley transporting his board, real cool!,

Davie did not think he would get up on the board for long today but like myself was just happy to get out on the coast early in the morning when it was still quite...

Duck Island;
There is a lot of talk about coastal erosion in the UK-be it climate change, global warming, or the coming zombie apocalypse- ok i made that last bit up...:)
But a good indication of coastal generation from drifting sand is here at John Muir Park at Dunbar in East Lothian.

Here is John Muir Park from the air on Google Earth...

This sandy spit we see here today some know as "Duck Island" not sure where that name comes from, but my late father called it this when he was the Ranger and so then have i...
It has only evolved with drifting sands and stabilising by Marram grass in the last hundred or so years...

The view from the present car park was quite different over 150 years ago...

A good example of the dunes here growing is this WW2 machine gun pill box which would once have had a 360 degree view from it`s position...

It`s nearly disappeared beneath the encroaching sands...

Here is some film riding here today, light was poor with the overcast sky,
Song is `Everloving` by Moby
click on the cog icon to view in HD




Last weekend i enjoyed 2 mornings riding the Surly Moonlander which i had intentionally bought for cycling places where even a regular 4" fatbike can sometimes find the going a little bit of a slog.
As always this bike brings a smile to my face every time i ride it in these conditions...