I love riding along the beach with a tail wind and just the noise of the waves coming in, Broadsands at Yellowcraig here in the shire is one of the beast beaches for this, quite good here at Peffersands also, and this evening with no one around i enjoyed having the coast to myself, and Jake dog who was real happy to be out stretching his legs.
No need for an audio track this time, enjoy the sound of the sea on this Sunday morning...
The Spring Equinox of last week had the lowest spring tides of the year, indeed there was an evening 0.0 Meter tide which does not happen every year,
Saturday morning had a 0.4 Meter low tide at 10am, i rode out at Peffersands to see a wreck on the Car rocks...
Here lies the remains of the SS Poderosa,
A Tyne built Cargo Steamship was built in 1875 by The Cole Brothers of 0Newcastle Upon Tyne It was 250ft long, weighing 732 tons.
These two images come up when i tried to find a pic of the Poderosa, these are different ships, certainly they are both Tyne built steamships of the period
It ran aground here on the 27th November 1896, on a trip transporting Ballast from Grimsby to Lieth.
The Captain Thomas Grieg, the crew of 15 and 1 passenger made it ashore safe,
The tide was not as low as i hoped today so here are some pics from a previous visit out to the wreck back in 2013...
The Ships anchor is at the road end to Schoughall Farm...
The boiler was built in Sunderland by r=this company...
Those pics from a previous visit show the remaining skeleton of the hull and boiler as often still intact in Steamship wrecks due to their strenght of construction.
It was a lovely morning as i headed back inshore...
A short ride this morning as loads more to do being the weekend,
Here is a film from the visit,
The Song is an unknown title, but is by Boards of Canada
A return to the WW2 sub wrecks out in Aberlady Bay, a half day Friday finish and despite a crazy gale force westerly i crawled out to the Reserve point into the wind as when it is like this i love watching the sand blowing across the dunes and exposed low tide flat sands...
I had got lucky having missed previous cold heavy rain showers that swept through that morning and despite the slow progress across the bay i enjoyed the lovely light and sun...
Crossing back tail wind assisted and the sands were dancing as drifts raced past me...
Another film from a previous evening cycle at Tyninghame, and i took advantage of the quiet woods and did a film along the Secret Trail with the chest mounted Go Pro camera...
Some stills from the Go Pro, the roots are getting more and more exposed with the amaount of foot traffic making the trail more challenging, esp if wet, this evening it was dry with the wind so was easy going...
Wee film,
Song is `Pleasure and Business` by Phontaine
The Spring equinox, always a time i start to enjoy the available daylight after work for cycling and now i finish at 3pm so a good 3 hours of daylight to get stuff done, be it at home in the garden, sorting firewood, or today a cycle to the coast.
I find this day marks a big turn in the time of year as while Spring is maybe underway already, the daylight hours growing everyday now is more noticeable - though the exceptional February weather this year put us into a false sense that winter had been and gone!, last weeks sleet and cold winds proved you don't put away your winter woollies until into May,
What better way to celebrate the Spring Equinox then a cycle along the east coast and the magic light as late afternoon turns to evening. While no blazing sunset today hazy sun burst through light cloud and lit up the coast along the waters edge here and across the shore of Fife making for a lovely backdrop while enjoying some fun sandy single track trails through grassy dunes above the high tide line...
I dropped onto the beach at Archerfield where the light was shining on the wet sand with reflections of cloud, quite a surreal atmosphere with the gentle breaking of waves, no one was around so i stood here a while before my stomach told me it was time to get back home for an early dinner...
This evenings ride after work got me stoked about the coming light evenings as they get longer to mid summer in June, then the ripening harvest and the Summer evenings to enjoy the coast and countryside here...
A film with some Boards of Canada,
Song is `Hey Saturday Sun`
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!
