Getting up early at 4.30am for work is normal for myself in Summer being a Greenskeeper all my life, and I'm on the road for the short commute by 5:05 amf or a 6am start. It has many advantages from car free country roads before the commuter rush to Edinburgh, to coming home mid afternoon and again enjoying quieter country roads again, away from main commuting times.
And its like another day off when you go straight out and enjoy your hobbies as we did today.
G was already to go and we went a cycle east of town in a loop to Torness via the cycle path then returned along the coast getting in some rock crawling and beach riding past Barnes Ness Lighthouse...
Yep were back to long sleeve tops again! - the 2 day heatwave after a lovely dry week of sunshine was over and our friend that onshore easterly breeze returned!, but it was so dry on the flat rocks at Skateraw which can be a bit greasy with green slime when wet weather, they were baked dry in the previous weeks sunshine and no real high tides that we see in winter pushed in with strong winds...
Around the golf coarse and a combination of that `End of work for the week feeling` and the general hunger cycling does saw us head for a Macdonalds!, you can easily justify such food when you just burned a load of calories cycling!...
Wee film from this evenings fun cycle, great way to start the long weekend...
Having a lazy Monday after a few days out cycling and a day out in the Jeep I went for a walk at Barns Ness while G paddle boarded around to the Lighthouse...
It was a bit hazy despite clear high pressure sky but still lovely, good to feel the heat on your back while sitting in the sun watching G offshore and taking some pics and film with my iPhone, I t does a better job filming at distance with the soon compared to the Go Pro Hero cameras...
Probably one of the coolest Air bnb`s, though you don't get to go up the Lighthouse!
Different folk have views on what this wrecked wood object is, my Dad was always under the impression it was the remains of a towed target for live fire aircraft offshore during WW2 when nearly the whole coast of East Lothian away from the seaside towns was closed to the public and requisitioned by the Army...
G managed a couple of pics with here waterproof camera while taking a brake...
After another seat in the sun I wondered back round the point and to the van while G made here way back then into Whitesands beach...
These mooring rings were for boats taking Lime from the Kiln here, sadly the Kiln is fenced off and East Lothian Council should really be resigning this area - used to be the the once popular Geological trail we remember as kids, and Lime kiln making history...
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!
