Midweek Trailrides...

Are back on... (in daylight), Home from work, a bite to eat then out on the bike for 4pm for 2-4 hours a couple of nights through the week or when weather is good,
The good thing riding at this time is apart from Busy Roads full of Commuters, you usually never meet anyone on the coast or in woods...
With a few old buildings to photo for the other blog before everything greens up there are plenty places to visit,
I don't write much about my other Surly Bike,a 29er Karate Monkey but i love this bike esp for midweek cycling where a bit road work is needed, tonight 6 miles to Gosford Estate,had the 29er for 2 Years now and it fits the bill for bombing about on road and off road,i headed for Gosford Estate where i grew up to revisit an old House...


Down the old Right of Way...


And Timber!!!...big Beech tree had come down...look at all that firewood -:)


Hungary House was the Estates Gamekeepers House and Kennels until 1989/90 when the Last Estate Gamekeeper Peter Rennick Retired and moved.
Abandoned and sadly vandlised and plundered for scrap it is derelict now...






The House has happy memorys for myself having lived up there at weekends and Holidays with friends helping out with the Pheasant rearing and also shooting and as teenagers driving tractors,landrovers and motorbikes around the Estate (on Patrol)
You can read more about the ruin and see a wee film on the other blog;
No Through Road

South of the House is an old Lime Kiln, its quarry now filled with water but has an interesting story...






Pre recycling days all the old cars and landrovers that Peter got given (MOT Failures) or bought cheap for running around the estate were dumped in here, i know because i saw loads of stuff pushed in by the old fergie tractor,lots of old Morris 1000s,Vauxhall vivas,landrovers,4 old C90s loads of old pushbikes etc..
Peter said old steam lorries from Guys Haulage Depot (which later became the now closed and rebuilt Aberlady Garage) were dumped in here, if they ever drain it it would make a cool photo,
But i hate to think of the enviromental pollution caused,
You can see an upside down car wheels just poking out...




In some rubbish is an old early Landrover Air filter...


And nearby an Austin 1100 engine...


Back on the bike and more woodlands tracks through Luffness into Drem Airfield,


And again a chance for photos of old remaining WW2 RAF Drem buildings that were hidden during summer last year, update on RAF Drem on NTR blog soon...




Around the perimeter road and east towards home...








Another dream house- Fenton Tower...


Lovely evening...


And home before dark...

Springtime...

Clocks went forward an hour on Saturday night,so will be light now till around 8pm on a clear evening then later till end of June when nearly light all evening on a clear moonlight night,
Saturday i went down to John Muir Country Park with Jason on the Pugsleys to meet with Davie for a beach ride, yes that's right 3 pugs!

And here is the 1st picture of 3 Surly Pugsley fatbikes in Scotland!...


Que some music by Wagner... ride of the valkyries
"romeo foxtrot shall we dance"...


Was telling the boys about there being a WW2 firing range in the bay here and to keep there eyes peeled when i spied this...303 rifle shell...


Sand was real soft and hard going as still wet out at Spikey Island Point...


Belhaven bay...formation Pugsleys!, The big wing will be up soon...






Quite a few surfers out...




Rock hopping at the east end of the bay...

Looking west across Belhaven Bay from Winterfield...


Across the exposed rocks below the cliffs toward Dunbar, slippy in places you had to be carefull...






Tri-Fat Flick...


Davies neoprene shoes were ideal for the slippy rocks...there called Vibrate Five Fingers/Flow model...


The restored WW2 25 pounder Howitzer near the swimming pool...




A large crowd had gathered at the Harbour to see the launch of a new rowing Skiff,getting a help by the local Inshore Lifeboat crew, the skiff will compete against boats from other Harbours in East Lothian, you can read about the boat here on the ; Dunbar Coastal Rowing Club



Dunbar Harbour is larger than North Berwick and just a scenic...





Kittiwakes are nesting at the Harbour entrance cliffs and on the old Castle Ruin`s...





Inshore Lifeboat...


In the High Street is the old Town Hall,undergoing restoration,
It`s the oldest wedding register house in Scotland...



In front is a Statue to John Muir the world famous Conservationist who was born in the the town and spent his childhood here before his family moved to America...




"The bridge to Nowhere` at Belhaven Bay...though it does go somewhere at low tide...over the Biel Burn...


Met my friend Andrew walking his 6 month old German Short Haired Pointer `Bonnie`, he`s a wee beauty!, and will be a great trail hound...
Andrew you need a pugsley -:)




Top day out and great seeing 3 pugsleys together! -:)

Sunday...
Went a xc ride with friend Paul who borrowed my Super V as his bike`s forks are getting serviced, we rode trails out to Seacliff and Tantallon Castle then around above the coast to Tyningham Estate and some trails back to mine...





Seacliff Harbour...






Ravensheugh...






Links woods, Tyninghame...






Views from St Baldreds Cradle...






A top weekend with the weather,friends and on out along our coast...