Stills taken from Go Pro HERO 4 Session camera....
A lovely cold crisp winter morning, and a 2 hour cycle with some filming at Gullane Point dunes aka The Reserve, these dunes have no name on maps as they did not exist 80 years ago.
They now tower 70 feet above a WW2 Type 27 Machine Gun box that when built would have looked over the shore line, and that building`S 8ft sides are buried by sand, as are most of the anti tank blocks that were built in 1940 as part of the `Coastal Crust`,
Only the blocks on higher ground have escaped the encroaching sand...
From the blocks i rode along the dune tops to then descend to the high tide line and around the Reserve Point for some beach combing before returning to the van and home to get on with other stuff, make the most of the daylight!...
Awesome!...
Wee film,
Song is `Pleasure and Business` by Phontaine
I do enjoy this time of year when the nights are growing shorter rapidly and you have to get a move on after work to get out for a daylight ride-esp if you want to do some filming. Motivation to ride is easy as your racing the sunset,
After commuting home i loaded the old Pugsley into the van and within 10 mins i was unloaded and ready to ride.
Not riding to the beach there is no need for specific cycling clothes, work clothes are fine, just a swap to my Salomon boots, and a Merino base layer under a T shirt.
5pm and no parking charges after 4pm now were on winter hours!...
Down to Ravensheugh and the beach was deserted, perfect...
After the 40mph+ gales yesterday the dunes at Peffersands were rock hard on the top and soft on the slopes, and the beach blasted with logs and grass humps exposed.
I had one plan for this ride, head for the dunes!
Here is a short 2 minute film,
Song is `Talk-Action-Shit` by The Brian Jonestown Massacre`
Been a while since i rode the trails through the dunes west of Gullane Point. The dunes are on Aberlady Nature Reserve, but it is perfectly legal to cycle on the paths there. And what a suprise to find what used to be an indistinct path in places along the top of the dunes above the shore line has been covered this winter with blown sand and a good path walked out along it`s entire lenght!. For the first time i have known you can ride a 4" tyre fatbike it`s entire lenght. When i had the big 5" tyre Surly Moonlander there was a few stoppies along the top on the bigger Fatbike and a real struggle on the 4" tyre bikes in places,
Leaving the village and a quick look around St Andrews Church...
In the distance the dunes beckon...
After Friday`s baltic cold strong southerly wind Saturday was calm and warm!, end of the day i had to wring out my Buff, first warm ride of the year :)
I love it out here cycling and walking through the dunes and the WW2 Anti invasion tank blocks which were constructed here in August in 1940 as part of the `Coastal Crust` defenses...
German Invasion looked certain if the Luftwaffe could destroy the RAF. None of this was ever tested thankfully, and i think makes a great memorial today to those whe defended our country...
Wonder how many million tons of `War crete` was poured to make the defences that line the UK coastline?..
Spigot Mortor mount
Along the old paths lnking the highest dunes, usually a short push is required at the tops...
The main Reserve path at the west end of the dunes...
Here is a wee film i made through the dunes to here, included Vimeo and YouTube links for the films as some folks have said they can only see on or the other channel links-modern technology!!!
Song is `Organ Inc` by Phontaine
Vimeo
Then it was along the newly `resanded` path. Here back at the western end of the dunes...
I rode it non stop and did a non stop film with the Go Pro chest mounted.. I try not to do films like this as i like to break up the films to keep them interesting, but this trail will be an option at Forth Fat on the Saturday when we ride east from the midget Sub wrecks. Its a sweet trail...
Song is `Golden Bango 2` by Phontaine
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!
