Wednesday 23 March 2016

CLIFFS OF DUNBAR

this walk could be made a 'half day' explore of cliffs west from dunbar - starting point could me made at the old harbour and walking west, one could walk as far as belhaven bay. i, however, opted for a shorter version of this walk, left my car at the leisure pool (as usual) and walked as close to cliff edge as possible (there is a path, signposted)  and not long past long craigs i decided that i've seen enough what there was to be seen.
nice walk thou, some very interesting sea-bed rock forms

time 1 hr


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ten spacer mozna przedluzyc do az 'pol-dniowego', zaczynajac przy starej przystani i idac na zachod az w sumie do belhaven bay. ja zrobilam jego krotsza wersje, od basenu (najczesciej zostawiam samochod wlasnie tutaj) idac na zachod jak najblizej brzegu sie da (jest wyrazna sciezka i strzalki) doszlam nieco dalej niz long craigs i tam postanowilam ze chyba czas zawracac, i ze zobaczylam juz chyba wszystko co bylo do zobaczenia w tym miejscu. 
spacer byl bardzo przyjemny, jesli jest odplyw, moze odslania bardzo ciekawe formy skalne przy bazie klifow

czas - okolo 1 godz




































Saturday 12 March 2016

PEFFER SANDS & RAVENSHEUGH BEACH

east lothian beaches explored ... again :)   i can now confirm that i have been to every single beach in east lothian :) i've seen them all, walked them all and i do have my favourites (may write separate 'summary' post with characteristics, directions etc)
this one was a 'special find', not exactly what i expected, bceause i got lost between car park and the beach itself and emerged from the woods right opposite belhaven bay, right next to river tyne. althou i didnt plan this route, i really enjoyed it
but let's start from the beginning :) 
to get here follow A1 to dunbar, then A198, pass tyninghame and turn into limetree walk. there is a car park at the end of the road, charge £2/day, no facilities thou (no toilet) 
from the car park follow dirt track into the woods. no signposts to direct ppl to the beach so i just followed the track straight ahead and that's how i ended up on a rocky beach. i checked the map then and discovered that i was just 'around the corner' from where i wanted to be so i slowly walked towards the end of woods and the great beach itself. in the meantime i found another interesting spot with beautiful quirky rocks, much to my joy :) i love geology and already have a collection of photos of unique rocks and formations of east lothian (lots of rock at home too lol)

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no to plaze regionu east lothian zostaly juz przeze mnie 'odkryte' wszystkie :) przeszlam sie po wszystkich, mam swoje ulubienice i chetnie sie podziele informacjami, moze w sumie napisze jakis 'zbiorczy' post o plazach east lothian...
ta okazala sie wyjatkowa, niezupelnie taka jak sie spodziewalam, bo zgubilam sie w lesie i wyszlam w nieco innym miejscu niz chcialam, naprzeciwko belhaven bay i rzeki tyne, ale zadna strata, w sumie calkiem mi sie podobalo :)
no ale od poczatku :)
aby dostac sie do peffer sands & ravensburgh beach nalezy jechac A1 as do dunbar, potem A198, minac tyninghame i skrecic w limetree walk. na koncu drogi jest parking, oplata £2 za caly dzien, nie ma toalet :(
z parkingu sciezka prowadzi w las i jest tu wiele sciezek, ale ja szlam wciaz prosto przed siebie i tak trafilam na tyne sands i skaly, piekne skaly.
dopiero kiedy juz wyszlam z lasu sprawdzilam mape i okazalo sie ze jestem 'tuz za rogiem' od wielkiej plazy (ravensheugh) wiec niespiesznie poszlam w jej kierunku. po drodze, ku mojej radosci i zainteresowaniu, trafilam na piekne skaly. bardzo lubie geologie i mam juz niezla kolekcje zdjec skal z east lothian (oraz jakies kamloty w domu tez hehe) 




map copyright ordnance survey




tyne sands, tyne mouth




east lothian has very interesting geological past, hard to believe that this area had incredibly high volcanic activity in the past :) 
east lothian jest bardzo bogaty geologicznie, trudno uwierzyc ze byl to obszar bardzo aktywny wulkanicznie























































oh, frozen peebles!   /  kurcze, zmarzniete kamlotki



st baldreds cradle



i believe these are formed of volcanic ash...   /  zdaje sie ze te goreczki to pyl wulkaniczny







st baldred;s cradle & bass rock















towards / w strone    bass rock & ravensheugh beach







faaaaaar in the distance, north berwick law
daleko w tle 'the law', w north berwick








ravensheugh beach







frances craig



















peffer sands