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Ayr, Cumnock, Biggar, Peebles,
Innerleithen, Melrose, Dryburgh Abbey, Kelso, Duns, Dunbar, Scottish
Borders.
(5 day bike-pack)
Fri 07 - Tue 11 Mar 2014 |
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Morning
view of Torness Power
Station and Venus |
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Memorial
Cross and sunrise |
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Sunrise
with Bass Rock in the far distance
and Barns Ness Lighthouse |
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I was in no particular hurry as I was
catching the early afternoon train from Edinburgh. I cycled along
the cycle trail by the cement works and stopped to look at the
memorial to the ‘Battle of Dunbar’ 3 Sept 1650. I called at the
Railway Station to buy a ticket for later then went for a cycle ride
through the town. |
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Robert Wilson (1803-1882) was born in Dunbar on 10 September
1803, son of a fisherman. His father was drowned in 1810, and the
family moved inland. He left school at the age of nine then became
an engineer and invented the screw propeller, demonstrating it in
1827, although the first patent was awarded to another inventor in
1836. Wilson also designed a self-acting motion for steam hammers
that was key to making them practical for industrial use, among many
other inventions. |
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A 4-ton
propeller at Dunbar harbour
was unveiled as a memorial to Robert Wilson,
on the anniversary of his birth in Sept. 2003. |
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Dunbar harbour |
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First I called at the house of
Scottish naturalist and preservationist John Muir (1838-1914).
Unfortunately it wasn’t open on Tuesdays. The harbour area was very
interesting and historic. I caught my train to Edinburgh then the
train to Preston where I cycled home in nice weather. |
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