sandy sunday

after the battle of the somme re-inactment to and from the beach yesterday i went to gullane beach for a quick beachride,cheating i put pugsley on the car to save the 6 miles road each way,i can half the road miles if i use trails but there probably underwater too..
confusingly aberlady nature reserve point is called gullane point,although a 1/2 mile west of gullane beach, aberlady point is actually across the south side of the bay near aberlady village itself at kilspindie...,locally the reserve point in referred to as "jophies neuk" as marked on the 1:25,000 ordnance survey map....

named after a shepherd who lived nearby,about 15 years ago when i was a greenkeeper on the links here i was shown where the ruin 18th centuary cottage foundations were,they were visible in the frost,will try find it again after new year when the grass has died back more...
i just rode out to the old submarines again..,i must visit these more than anyone nowadays!,at least every 3-4 weeks...

up onto the headland of the reserve i met 2 bikers out for a days cycle,impressed by the pugsley i left them as i rode along the coastline along gullane beach round to freshwaterhaven then returned through the sandy trails through the pinewoods and along behind muirfield golf course and above gullane beach to the point again,
the view east over gullane beach...

and the view to the west over the beach back towards the nature reserve...

quite a few folk were out as you would expect as though overcast it was mild and the skys were clearing...
back to gullane along a nice section of the john muir way,all weather path-mud free!,

the JMW path joins the old gullane railway branch line near the village,another offroad route being used soon in the core paths plan...