Showing posts with label Belhaven bay. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Belhaven bay. Show all posts

Monday, 28 April 2014

Sunday cruising on the Moonlander at John Muir Park...

Sunday i headed to John Muir Park near Dunbar on the Surly Moonlander. Was an overcast day, quite cool in the onshore easterly breeze but what the heck!, it`s Sunday and the weekend!, time to get out and ride!...
The sign says to keep to the path with bridges across the salt marsh here to avoiding unnecessary erosion,
Do these horses really need to ride across the salt marsh? :(

No erosion problems with the fatbikes-we leave less of a foot print than humans walking :)



Met Davie who was going for a surf... his Pugsley transporting his board, real cool!,



Davie did not think he would get up on the board for long today but like myself was just happy to get out on the coast early in the morning when it was still quite...





Duck Island;
There is a lot of talk about coastal erosion in the UK-be it climate change, global warming, or the coming zombie apocalypse- ok i made that last bit up...:)
But a good indication of coastal generation from drifting sand is here at John Muir Park at Dunbar in East Lothian.

Here is John Muir Park from the air on Google Earth...



This sandy spit we see here today some know as "Duck Island" not sure where that name comes from, but my late father called it this when he was the Ranger and so then have i...
It has only evolved with drifting sands and stabilising by Marram grass in the last hundred or so years...


The view from the present car park was quite different over 150 years ago...


A good example of the dunes here growing is this WW2 machine gun pill box which would once have had a 360 degree view from it`s position...

It`s nearly disappeared beneath the encroaching sands...

Here is some film riding here today, light was poor with the overcast sky,
Song is `Everloving` by Moby
click on the cog icon to view in HD




Last weekend i enjoyed 2 mornings riding the Surly Moonlander which i had intentionally bought for cycling places where even a regular 4" fatbike can sometimes find the going a little bit of a slog.
As always this bike brings a smile to my face every time i ride it in these conditions...

Sunday, 10 February 2013

Hauling driftwood...

Sunday  and last day of the winter week holiday, Day 9;
Down to John Muir Park at sunrise as got a few other things to do today, firewood stock is getting down so time to haul some wood washed into the high tide line from the River Tyne Estuary with the FatBOB Trailer






These tracks will have any other fat bikers out today scratching there heads!...

 First load...




Maybe a bit too big...


I love it out here at the point of Spike Island...




Load 2...


And load 3... This trailer takes way more than its recommended load weight limit, once your away its ok...

There is loads of wood here this winter but the weight in the car prevents me doing this all day which i would be quite happy to do!...



Job done and a quick ride across to the shoreline at Winterfield... the pug feels real quick after lugging the wood on the trailer!...

Through the Beil burn, shallow where it meets the sea...


Surly Nates grip ok on the rocks, i though they would be a bit slippy with the small contact knobbles...



WW2 structure...


And here WW2 Anti Invasion glider pole bases...


The wall needs a bit repair here!...

Wonder how many Anti Tank blocks are around the coast of the UK?...


Remains of a Machine Gun Pill Box...


Back along the coast to West Barnes...



More blocks put to good use...

Bridge to Nowhere...




I like these signs...


Around the Biel burn...

And the old roadside distance marker, there is another like this near Cockburnspath...

And thats a weeks holiday of cycling and blogging nearly done...light to 5 pm now so soon be doing sunset midweek coast rides with night rides home, always stuff to blog about here on the coast, see you again soon.

Driftwood Fire - Natures TV...