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Page 8 - Aberlady Bay Views, Gullane Bay
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aberlady-edview.jpg (225107 bytes) Aberlady Ed view
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A beautiful, desolate landscape, just begging to be photographed. If you walk from the wooden foot-bridge near the nature reserve carpark, then this is your first good look at the seashore and the view beyond, across Aberlady Bay towards the Pentland Hills and Arthur's Seat. 
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Further east along the shore is this similar view, but with the foreground dramatically changed. Fine dry sand is being blown across damp sand. The camera is zoomed in slightly to reveal more of the Pentland Hills, Arthur's Seat and Edinburgh. This is my personal favourite at the moment and I'm using it for my desktop.
aberlady-edview03.jpg (114587 bytes) Aberlady Ed view 03
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At the far end of the first bay, still looking back west. The strong west wind is blowing low, broken cloud rapidly along. The light is constantly changing. The low tide reveals a vast expanse of sand, soon to be covered again.
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Further east at Gullane, the wind-blown wet beach reflects the sky. On top of the cliffs can be seen concrete blocks left since WW2, designed to repel German tanks or landing craft.
el-edview00.jpg (110348 bytes) EL Ed view
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Further east still, nearer Yellowcraigs. The sky is looking quite dramatic with heavy clouds looming across. The hills to the south of Edinburgh are illuminated by shafts of faint sunshine. The distinctive profile of Arthur's Seat is plainly visible, as is Edinburgh Castle.  The sea's surface is whipped up by the wind.
aberlady_bay02mar01.jpg (154508 bytes) Aberlady Bay
(March 2002)
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Sunnier weather. The tide is out exposing lots of sandy beach. Beyond the breakwater, on the left horizon, the familiar outline of the Pentland Hills and Arthur's Seat can be seen.
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Low water mark and little waves lap gently against the beach. The blue sky is complemented by the the line of clouds lingering over the Fife hills.
aberlady_bay02mar_jim.jpg (140744 bytes) Aberlady Bay Jim
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A more turbulent sky in this photo. A solitary figure gives a sense of scale.
aberlady_bay02mar.jpg (118104 bytes) Aberlady Bay
Peffer Burn
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Photographed from the wooden footbridge from the nature reserve carpark. The Peffer Burn flows out across the flat expanse of sand.
Poppies
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A field beside Ware road from Dirleton to Yellowcraigs.
Aberlady Bay
to Cockenzie

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A long lens view towards Cockenzie Power Station. Silhouetted against the glittering waves are two people paddling at the water's edge.
Tiny Flowers
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A bee emphasises just how small these plants are, growing amongst the sand dunes.
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More people paddling.
Winged Insect
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This little creature was floundering in a rock pool until I plucked it from the surface and set it down on a rock to dry out its wings.
Aberlady Bay
to Edinburgh

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Edinburgh's familiar skyline can clearly be made out in this view across the waves.
Arthur's Seat's profile is obvious on the right of the picture. The hill on the left is Torphin at the other side of Edinburgh.

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