And Low Tide trails at JMP!...

 

And next day at low tide, loving having John Muir Country Park on my doorstep 5 minutes cycle from home, away from Edinburgh day visitors (except surfers) the coast is a lot quieter here - Gullane and North Berwick and it’s coast is still busy with day visitors from outside of East Lothian despite the Government’s Travel restrictions which people are clearly ignoring, who knows how to bring anything under control if people don’t do as asked?,

Stay in your own bubble, stay safe, enjoy your own coast...

Wee film, Song is `Apogee`  by Tycho,

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Midweek cycle Pt 3 of 3; mid tide beachride along Longniddry...

As far as chips go they don't come better than at Port Seaton and despite the wind we sat at enjoyed them before dropping down to Seatonsands and onto the coast as the low winter sun broke through casting long shadows as we raced down the beach with a strong tail wind...

Wee film, Song is `Pink and Blue (Instrumental)` by Tycho

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High Tide trails at JMP...

Bridge to Nowhere defo today!...

This week has seen some real high tides, 5.8 meters with the strong wind pushing them leading to a lot of coast line no much good for cycling!,  but there is always somewhere to cycle along the coast despite these real high tides, take today at John Muir Park, through the centre of the salt marsh is always rideable as the marsh fills from both ends at the highest tides leading to what essentially becomes an island though the water is only an inch or so deep in the centre...

You are soon onto the southern end of the point, and you can then cycle up the eastern edge on the sand, then return through the ace sandy single track trails through the Marram grass...

lovely winter light again this afternoon on the water...

Here is a wee bit film riding out and across the salt marsh and out to the point,

Song is what been going through my head during the cycle; `Reach For The Dead` by Boards of Canada

The Go Pro HERO 8 Black camera I recently bought has been really good with a big improvement in quality and stabilisation...

The home made mounts I have several of make it a quick swap between set ups from the helmet mount to the mono pod or handlebar mount...

The mount on the HERO 8 also lends itself well to mounting on the chest strap as it folds back far enough to no have to use the long Go Pro mount needed previously,  set upside down at this angle gets the right angle when riding...

Here is some film cycling through some of the ace sandy single track out at the point, the bike is in it's element out here on this stuff...

Song again is `Reach For The Dead` by Boards of Canada,

The chest cam view is a view like others I prefer to just use for around 10 seconds to keep things mixed up with variety, but sometimes it can be good just following a trail from the riders view, here is another section of trail at JMP - part of The John Muir Way trail, another BOC tune...

A nice couple of hours around JMP despite the real high tide...

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Midweek cycle Pt 2 of 3; cycle around Prestongrange Museum...

I need to return along here once the museum reopens again and have a read through the history of this place as it is indeed full of history...

Thousands  of bricks were made here,  every WW2 building around the country is build with Preston Grange bricks. This place is from a bygone era where people worked hard for a living and people of today need to read about their lives, 

It was a hard life for those that worked in these industries but it was these industries that helped build the British Empire and should always be remembered...

It's a shame that modern day health and safety see everything surrounded with signed fencing...

The Beam engine is a beautiful building...

The brick kiln has the same fencing around it, we reworked through this as kids, a pic below found online shows inside the kiln...

Tours end...

Wee film, Song is `The Pit` by Public Service Broadcasting,

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