Horse Power & Prehistoric Stones.

With a change of the seasons you can definitely smell a difference in the air, sounds seem to carry further & the produce of field & hedgerow are ready for the table of man & nature, with the sun shining low in the sky & a nice fresh wind what better way to enjoy it than out on the bike...

Passing through the woods of Thurston Manor caravan site then onto my little rat run that I use to avoid the A1 dual carriageway.

What a find this was, these apples tasted amazing, there were 3 or 4 trees all together abundant in fruit, a good source for my cider making plans next year once I get all the equipment together.

Zoomed in pictures of the local town of Dunbar with the beautiful landmark of the Bass Rock out in the sea, which I went round yesterday on a tour boat with family to celebrate my......40th birthday. The Bass Rock is an old volcanic plug & home to the largest Gannet colony in the world.

Industry on our coast, within the space of roughly a mile from the left - LaFarge cement works, Viridor landfill site which is hidden by the trees in this photo & to the far right Torness nuclear power station, great eh !

Passing by Doon Hill climbing up towards the Brunt Hill the place of my lottery winning cottage & stopping by some bales for some Kona pics.

Another great find of the day, an old farm horse shoe lying in a freshly ploughed & sowed field, it must of been great to see these giant horses working the fields.

My little dream cottage surrounded by trees, perfect & an added bonus of no neighbours.

Almost at the summit of Brunt Hill which opens up to some amazing views.

At the top now, Belhaven bay, the Bass Rock.

North Berwick Law.

Traprain Law & slightly to the left in the haze you can just make out Arthur's Seat up in Edinburgh.

Again through the haze on the horizon are the Pentland hills another great MTB venue.

& finally the Lammermuir Hills, so that's a lot to look at from the top of Brunt hill I never get tired sitting here scanning the horizon.

Views along the way.

This standing stone stands in the middle of a field just south of Easter Broomhouse. This red sandstone monolith stands 2.7m high, has a girth of 1.9m at it's base. The west face has 3 cup marks & deep grooves on the base of the stone were caused by an early 20th century steam plough cable.

Top picture of some graffiti carved onto this ancient stone & bottom stone of the 'cup marks' as mentioned above, cup marks are a form of prehistoric art. It's quite hard to make out the cup marks on this picture but there is 2 at the top, left & right & 1 bottom centre.

On the way home & passing through the popular Whitesands beach where someone has done a bit of beach cleaning & dumped these storm damaged lobster creels & old rope next to the waste bin....mmm I have a use for that there rope.

Top photo of the Dryburn rail bridge with the burn all dried up other than a few wee pools of water & right next to it the old unused Skateraw/Innerwick tunnel which always has this puddle under it !!!!

An Ordnance Survey Flush Bracket, these are metal plates cemented flush into the faces of buildings, you can also find these on Triangulation Pillars, if you see one the next one will be about 1 mile away.
Flush Brackets are a type of bench mark, each has a number on it, but this is just a serial number & does not give the height above sea level.

Light at the end of the tunnel.

Great time of year for cycling through the stubble fields, opening up a whole new landscape for mountain biking.

Oh & remember the rope down at Whitesands beach ? Well I'm in the middle of building my kids a pirate's fort & thought the rope would add to the feel of it :-)

Anyway time to sign off now, thanks for looking & I'm on holiday this week so got a couple of cycles planned for through the week so check the blog soon. 
Thanks & bye for now.