Sunday 1 September 2013

SUNSET, WIND AND BEACH RIDING.

The wind tonight was really strong from the west but i decided to head out on the pugsly and catch the last hour and a half of daylight.
I cycled out towards john muir country park and around spikey island and was relieved to turn around at the point and head along the sandy sweep of belhaven bay with the wind finally at my back, you can just make out the WW2 anti glider poles sticking out of the sand, these have recently been exposed thanks to the recent large tides and swell that we had last week.

During WW2 the british fear of an airborne assault stemmed from the coup de main attack of german glider borne troops capturing the Belgian fort of eden Emael, with east lothian having some large hard sandy beaches such as Aberlady bay with east fortune airfield near by which was used extensively in WW2, Burntisland and also Belhaven bay would if not for the anti glider poles  made excellent landing grounds.
As i continued my cycle along the beach with the strong wind at my back i noticed a large number of gannets feeding out in the bay, i tried my best to capture this event but my small compact camera was not up to the task, The biggest single gannet colony in the world is the bass rock which is home to an estimate 150,000 gannets during the summer months, the gannets spend most of the year on the bass rock until the end of october then fly south some as far as the west coast of africa.


With the wind gaining in strength and the sun slowly slipping below the horizon it was i decided time to head for home to wash down the pugsly, a quick ride tonight but very enjoyable indeed.
 Belhaven bay at dusk.

4 comments:

  1. Brilliant post Davie. It sums up just what I want a fat bike for. Great pics too.

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  2. Thanks ped, can't wait to see you out on your new steed.

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  3. Can`t wait to see you both rolling up the coast for a meet up soon!

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    1. Hi Bruce
      Sounds like a plan, will see big ped and get something organized.

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