Sunday 30 September 2018

Coastriding with friends...

Go Pro still pics, hence the wonky skylines!

Good to get back out on the coast with friends again, and Saturday i met up with Jason, Craig and Stuart for a wind assisted blast down to NB, and i mean wind assisted!, it was real gusty but loving the Autumn days now cooler and deserted beaches...











Here is a film riding down to NB,
Song is `Wide Open` by The Crystal Method

Coastriders;  Autumn Beachride, Sept 2018 from coastkid71 on Vimeo.


we rode back to Gullane trying to keep out the strong headwind and rode through Archerfield via the JMW.  At the field crossing the field had just been seeded and rolled, only a couplle of sets of foot prints marked the visual route across the soft sandy field so we rode across, leaving the first tyre tracks on the route!



 Thought why not make a film?
Song is `Don`t want to be friends with you` by The Shop Assistants


Coastrider; re openening JMW field crossing! from coastkid71 on Vimeo.


On through the grass Savanna of the links to the woods at Gullane....





Soon be back at the village, a nice wee ride...


And a last wee film through the sandy trails...
Song is `Constants are Changing` by Boards of Canada


East Coast Fatbikes;  coastal trails, Sept 2018 from coastkid71 on Vimeo.

More soon...

Tuesday 25 September 2018

Weekend...


Into Autumn now and i always enjoy the change off seasons and the different conditions they bring, like how now we have cooler evenings and mornings, the  trees are slowly turning in colour,
and the Pink Foot Geese have returned for the winter and grazing in fields and  gathering in there thousands at Aberlady Bay, an amazing sight, more on that soon,
After a week of wind and heavy showers it was nice to get some high pressure and clear skies again for the weekend!,  We spent both days out riding harvested fields, M on her horse Johnny, myself on the Surly Pugsley Fatbike...






Go Pro was a bit bumpy on the horse filming while cantering but good for another angle...



Stunning Autumn harvest day...


The former RAF Drem Airfield  Battle HQ....



A lovely day...



Sunday dawned real fresh with single figure temps, not long till we get a frost...


A walk with Jake dog along Gullane Beach early and what a sky!


Back out again riding/cycling and enjoying the blue sky...







Could live with a few weeks weather like this!, stunning days and cool evenings, dark by 7.30pm and the stove on...

Here is a film from Saturday,
Song is `Nylon` by Phontaine


Harvest Horse and bike ride; West Fenton, Pt 3, Sept 2018 from coastkid71 on Vimeo.


More soon...

Saturday 15 September 2018

Early morning beachride...


Early Autumn, the temps are dropping now with single digit nights, the trees are starting to turn and drop their leaves, there is a different smell down in the woods now, a tinge of dampness and rotten vegetation...



On the coast early and a different light on the coast to my usual late afternon rides...





A short ride today as off out later this afternoon so a quick ride, through the woods then onto the coast...



Nice light on the water...




Along the beach then inland and back to the van, Fat fix done and home...
Here is some film, Song is `Sick Times` by Boards of Canada


Coastrider; Tyninghame Sept 2018 from coastkid71 on Vimeo.

More soon...