EL MTB #13 JMW - Hedderwick Bay Pt 2 of 2

Continuing along The John Muir Way the trail winds around a ruin of a WW2 Searchlight and past the remains of more crumbling concrete of a larger Observation Post at the Hedderwick Burn, you will need to go look for that if interested - just before the wooden bridge over the burn,

Coastal erosion is visible here as the sandy cliffs have been washed out, detours take you away from the edges like here...

Wee film, Song is `The Dream is Always The Same` by Tangerine Dream,

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EL MTB. #12 JMW - Hedderwick Bay Pt 1of 2

The John Muir Way follows Hedderwick Bay as it nears John Muir Park and its end in Dunbar Town,

nice single track follows a line of WW2 Coastal Crust Anti Tank defences built in 1940,

East Lothian has thousands of these blocks and these ones are well preserved and not been moved by tide or man, except one, sandy top soil blowing from the field when cultivated has grown grasses and flowers on most of the tops creating wee habitats...

How did this Tank block get across to here from the row I wonder?

Wee film, Song is `Alright` by Tycho

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EL MTB #11 Ware Road (JMW)

Another section of the John Muir Way (JMW) as varied as the rest of the Long Distance Trail as it passes through East Lothian to it's end in Dunbar, birthplace of the famous Conservationist... 

Marked on the OS map and signed `Ware Road` this is one of three Ware Roads in East Lothian,

Ware Road is a Seaweed Road, when horse and carts once transported washed up seaweed gathered on the coast inland to use as fertiliser on farmland crops...

Again this corner has a unique landscape - drained for Agriculture in the 1700`s you could be forgiven for thinking your in the Norfolk Broads as you pass drained flat fields with ditches...

Wee film, Song is `American Dream` by Jakatta, 

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EL MTB #9. JMW - Knowes Farm, River Tyne...

Continuing to film trails and along side the River Tyne at The Knows is a section of the John Muir Way (JMW), in the heart of East Lothians rich farmland you will pass fields of different crops every year here as they are rotated annually, 

All weather wind dust path makes for mud free cycling here year...

Wee film, Song is `Kid For Today` by Boards of Canada

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East Lothian MTB Trails #8. John Muir Park Woodland Singletrack...

Continuing to gather a film collection of East Lothian trails all under one Playlist we continue at Dunbar,

There is a maze of coastal trails around John Muir Park, the John Muir Way trail passes through the Park, but not on the most fun trail, that is a twisting undulating sandy single track through the Scots Pine Woods...

Wee film, Song is `Orange Romeda` (Unmixed) by Boards of Canada

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