coastal cycling in East Lothian, Scotland and related outdoor interests
Thursday, 16 September 2021
Another backdoor local overnight camp...
September and typical weather for harvest time, often mist and v light rain and we were in too minds wether to meet P and A for a local overnight camp at Tyninghame with the forecast unsettled but decided to just go as soon as I was home from work on Thursday and we set off along the John Muir Way (JMW) across to Tyninghame where we met P and A and cycled out to camp at Sandy Hirst Point...
We cooked up dinner on our gas stove while P fired up his box stove on a flat rock and bring cast sandwich toaster made toasties then tents pitched before dark we lit a Swedish Candle I brought, bulky but light it would give us a couple of hours light and we sat toasting marshmallows and hip flasks as the tide receded and the air was filled with calls of birds feeding on the salt marsh...
Next morning it was still misty but warm and dry and we again cooked breakfast...
The remains of theSwedish candle now cooled was broke up and we left no trace of any fire, unlike the rock circle fire pits people insist on building in the woods - this is not responsible wild camping doing so...
P cooked Pancakes while we had our usual Porridge in a Bacofoil bag soaked from the previous evening...
Fed and packed away G and I went a wonder along the coast line and we gathered a lot of sea coal, like the dry Scots Pine wood of the Swedish candle we brought it too was light so it was taken home to use on the Garden fire box some evening soon...
Packed up and leaving no trace of our overnight camp we soon headed off...
Once through Binning Woods G and I headed down to follow the John Muir Way back home, while P and A headed back to their van at the Park...
I live in East Lothian, S.E. Scotland.
I fill my time with my hobbies, interests and passions. Often cycling along the coast here. I ride steel bikes with big wheels, I like to enjoy all interests of the coast, Its scenery, wildlife, local history, with my other interests in art and music when out and about...
I was diagnosed with Relapsing remitting Multiple Sclerosis in August 2018, it`s early days but i plan to continue to live my life as i have and show that having a medical condition like MS does not mean you need to stop enjoying your life,
Please excuse the bad grammar, i am working on it!
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