A Ride Along The Coast.

My daughter Jasmin wanted me to take her for one of my cycles, so as she doesn't cycle much I decided to take her on an easy hill free route along part of the 'John Muir Way' meeting her in Dunbar so I set off to meet her...

An owl nesting box although it was crows I seen going into it !

The 'John Muir Way' takes you along the costal edge of East Links golf coarse in Dunbar So as the sign says you have to keep your wits about you for stray golf balls.

A nice feature on the golf coarse is the Brox burn coming from Broxmouth Estate as it ends it's journey into the sea.

Passing the clubhouse & entering the East Esplanade...

...To meet up with Jasmin.

This was the site of the largest outdoor swimming pool in Scotland sadly demolished in the 80's, The building top right is the new indoor pool that replaced it.

An old postcard of the outdoor pool although it looked different when I was a bairn it had diving boards next to the rock on the right, water fountains & huge slides, Spent many days there during the school summer holidays, All in all it had the big pool, a kids pool & a boating pond.

A sneaky peek at Dunbar Castle through the vennel.

The 'Bridge to Nowhere' A recent exhibition in the town library of some great photographs of the bridge taken by local photographers where proceeds were donated to the R.N.L.I.

The Biel burn my favourite fishing place when I was a bairn.

John Muir country park.

The Skittery burn heading out towards the river Tyne before entering the sea.

Jasmin needed a breather after about 2 miles !

Sand Martins taking advantage of the erosion on the tree line burrowing their nests into the soft sand.

Looking out to the Tyne estuary.

We leave the John Muir Way at this point to head back a different route.

Popped into Foxlake Wakeboarding centre for a wee look it opened last year & seems very busy but not today.

Bluebells covering the woodland floor.

After saying goodbye to Jasmin I headed back towards the John Muir Way on the way home. Looks like someone had a better use for the brass plaque on the bottom !

My place of work, LaFarge cement works.

Back onto the JMW this is Whitesands beach.

Barns Ness Lighthouse.

Barns Ness beach.

A colourful little sea urchin I found on the beach.

Radio controlled sheep ? The wire on their horns are meant to stop their horns growing back into their skulls so I'm told !

Torness nuclear power station, a nice thing to have on your doorstep !!

Skateraw lime kiln there is another kiln back along the coast near Whitesands.

Skateraw beach, the lime kiln to the mid left.

The R.N.L.I. lifeboat moored at Torness harbour.

The sea wave & tidal defensive 'dollys' surrounding the perimeter of the power station as the seas can get pretty rough here in the east coast.

Thanks for looking keep on biking.

Kona's 1st outing.

Bought myself the new 'Kona-Cinder Cone' mountain bike I thought my 'Giant-Talon 3' needed a wee rest it's done a lot of hard work ( Any excuse )so heres a few pictures & a video of the Kona's maiden ride.

The fishery at Thurston Manor caravan park, I used to fish here a lot for stocked Rainbow Trout when it was a wild glen but it has now been developed by the caravan park as a residence for chalets.

The resident swans on the fishery the hen safely sitting on eggs on the island.

Pinkerton horse stud farm a few pounds worth here.

A long never ending climb up to Doon Hill where there are the remains of an iron age fort.

Not much photographic scope here as all that is here are concrete outlines to where the fort once stood.

And here it is my first photo of my new bike :-)

A trig point on the summit of Doon Hill overlooking the town of Dunbar.

Spott kirk the place of my wedding to my amazing Mrs.

'Jougs' which are on the wall entering the kirks door, People were displayed here for public ridicule for offences caused here in Scotland.

'Spott Brock' a nice short walking route just outside the village of Spott, The woods smell amazing at this time of year as wild garlic carpets the forest floor.

The above few picture are all thats left of Spott water works which at one time supplied the town of Dunbar with drinking water until the dam was breached & destroyed after a great storm.

The 'Witches Stane' just outside the village of Spott where Marion Lillie the Ringwoody witch was burnt here in 1698, The Stane is reputed to stand on the site of the burning of the last witch in the south of Scotland. Near to this site stood the Birley Tree under whose branches the Birley Court was held.

It's a local tradition to place a coin on the Stane when passing to avoid bad luck a tradition that I have passed down to my kids. At certain times of the year there is often melted candle wax & burnt out inscence sticks prooving that witchcraft is still practised in Scotland !

 Locally known as 'Ozzie Dean' a beautiful glen with the Spott burn running through it, A place where I spent a lot of time when I was a kid shooting rabbits & riding my first mountain bike a 'Falcon Scierra'.

Doon Hill in the background.

Over the wall & into 'Brandsmill' the next farm

Home now for a mug of coffee & put the feet up, Im well pleased with my new Kona although I will be replacing the saddle with a more comfy one, Anyway i'll sign off now with a Go-Pro video I shot around Spott Brock the music is 'Believe' by the 'Chemical Brothers' Hope you enjoy :-) until next time Cheers.