Showing posts with label gullane bents. Show all posts
Showing posts with label gullane bents. Show all posts

Thursday, 21 November 2019

Midweek Cycle; Sunset cycle at Gullane Point...


4 weeks to the shortest day, It will soon only be a half hour or so of daylight left after work mid week to get some cycling with pictures and film for the blog. If i cycle into work once a week when the forecast is clear high pressure weather then i will get an hour till dark so probably start doing that next week.
By Christmas the nights will slowly start to draw out again, this is the hardest time of year to do midweek blog posts with pictures,

Today i drove straight to Gullane and within 15 minutes i was down on the coast and cycled along to Gullane Point. looking like there would be a last burst of sun before the sun disappeared in cloud over Edinburgh City i cycled along the foot of the dunes where the sand was still frozen solid from the previous nights low for November -5 Celsius  temperature...

Go Pro pics...


No one around as usual out here at this time of day with only the foot prints of day visitors below the high tide line,  so took the opportunity to do some point and shoot filming...


 Zero footprint today on the frozen sand...



Last burst of sunlight over the Pentland hills...



I like cycling out here after work, you unwind from the day and find your own mojo and relax with little wind there was just the sound of the waves, Geese in Aberlady Bay, and Oyster catchers along the tide line...



Just enough light to make a wee film, it`s another film here on this beach, the third in a month but it`s something,  Song is `I Know You Are But What Am I` by Mogwai


Sunset Cycle; Gullane Point, Nov 2019 from coastkid71 on Vimeo.


More soon...

Friday, 14 June 2019

Sunshine and showers... Post work cycle at Gullane...





Another fine afternoon for a cycle after work, the mornings heavy rain had passed-or so i had thought as i went an hour cycle at Gullane...


Along past the Hummel rocks and out of the a darkening cloud and light rain came on getting gradually heavier!, i was filming so started  to take all shots with the camera facing west to avoid the lens getting big drops...






Getting heavy i got out the jacket to ride back to the van but  i was already wet!




Great having the wee van to change into dry clothes as the rain hammered down now!

Wee film, Song is `Born too Slow` by The Crystal Method


Surly Pugsley; Gullane beachride; June 2019 from coastkid71 on Vimeo.


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Thursday, 6 June 2019

Dune ride to Reserve Point...


A cycle after work out to the Reserve point, Rain showers passing down the coast  made for a dramatic sky, and  i took shelter for a few minutes beside the near covered WW2 Pill box in the dunes as the heavens opened...









Nice wee hour cycle at one of my favourite parts of the coast here...



Wee film, Song is `84 Pontiac Dream`


Surly Pugsley; Gullane Point dunes; June 2019 from coastkid71 on Vimeo.


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Wednesday, 22 May 2019

Midweek cycle; Gullane single track and coast...



Midweek and out cycling after work at Gullane.  Funny when filming how you can do loads in one space or one long film clip of a whole trail and they both take about the same time to do.
So i made two films in an hours cycling ,
With the chest cam mount i rode from Gullane beach car park down to Freshwaterhaven non stop to show how long and good some of the sandy singletrack trails are here.

Song is `Breaking into Heaven` by Stone Roses


Gullane Sandy Singletrack; May 2019 from coastkid71 on Vimeo.


Down on the coast was high tide and no one around as usual at this time of day so did some point to point shots with the Go pro on the mono pod to add some other angles...

Go Pro stills...


Thrift now flowering


Was a classic big sky day, with lovely light reflecting on the water...




Someone has been creative with some of the remaining driftwood planks...








It would be pouring down here on the coast in an hours time, but i was long gone by then and watched the rain enjoying a coffee at M`s...


A second film, point to point along the shore line east of Freshwaterhaven...
Song is lost on this track but will try find it...


Surly Pugsley; Freshwaterhaven high tide cycle, May 2019 from coastkid71 on Vimeo.


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Wednesday, 17 April 2019

Midweek Cycle; Gullane dunes


Back out cycling again with M and Jake dog, an overcast evening, but dry though a colder easterly onshore breeze.
oh here`s her new built bike!, we wet down to Gullane dunes....





Down around `Jamies Neuk` - that`s the ruin cottage at Freshwaterhaven all the sea buckthorn has been cleared, i went for a walk to see what was lying around pulled up by the excavators...



McEwens beer can

.303 bullet


Jake as usual found a stick...


And this also dating to WW2 a used smoke grenade, the beach here was used for training and these were used here along with live fire rounds...



Also revealed this ruin of what looks like a barn as no windows, sheep would have been grazed here many years ago so maybe related to farming...





overcast evening but still a nice light on the water