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On Saturday, as the birthplace of the famous national park pioneer, poet and environmentalist, Dunbar celebrated John Muir's birthday with a series of events.   One of them was a stone stacking competition on the town's East Beach.  I wandered down to get some shots of the finished stacks as the tide was coming in. As well as the colourful, and gravity defying stacks that lined the tide line, there were stalls and live music to keep visitor entertained.   All of the images were taken on the Fujifilm X-Pro2 and the XF16-55mm f2.8 or XF50-140mm f2.8 lenses. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- PLEASE SUPPORT THIS BLOG BY VISITING THE ADVERTISERS ON THIS PAGE By clicking on the adverts you are helping support this blog - thank you. -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------...

John Muir is Dunbar's most famous son and 2014 is the centenary of the death of the explorer, environmentalist and writer.  A new wooden bench was installed overlooking the bay in Dunbar next to the beginning of the 134-mile John Muir Way and the words "Keep Close to Nature's Heart...And Break Clear Away, Once in a While" are carved on the arms.   John Muir was born in April 1838 and left Dunbar in 1849 when his family emigrated to America.  Muir helped to preserve the Yosemite Valley, Sequoia National Park and other wilderness areas and the Sierra Club, which he founded, is a prominent American conservation organization.  The John Muir Way was opened in April of this year (see blog  HERE ), which starts in Dunbar and finishes in 134 miles away in Helensburgh on the west coast of Scotland, the place where the Muir family boarded the ship to America. CLICK HERE for more information on the John Muir Way The next scheduled update will be on  Satur...

On Easter Monday there was a special celebration in Dunbar - the opening of the John Muir Way that now runs from Dunbar, the birth place of the Scot who was the driving force behind the National Park movement in the USA, and Helensburgh, where the Muir family set sail to America.  The John Muir Way now stretches 134 miles from east to west. Scotland's First Minister Alex Salmond made a speech and there were plenty of street environmentally themed shows for the public to enjoy 100 years after the death of John Muir in 1914.  The celebrations are part of Scotland's Homecoming year of celebration. Here are some of the shots I took in the High Street on Monday - All images taken on the Fujifilm X-T1 and X-Pro1 + Fujinon 18mm and 55-200mm lenses -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- PLEASE SUPPORT THIS BLOG BY CLICKING THE GOOGLE ADVERTS It doesn'...

Continuing our exploration of our new home in Dunbar we headed down to Belhaven Bay the largest beach in the area.  Belhaven Bay is part of the John Muir Country Park which is situated to the west of Dunbar, the park includes woodland walks and salt marsh. Gulls feeding in the surf The Park is named after John Muir, the explorer, naturalist and conservationist who was born in Dunbar in 1838. He lived here until the age of 11, when the Muir family immigrated to the United States, where they settled in Wisconsin. As an adult, his pioneering conservation work and naturalist publications led to him being dubbed America's founder of National Parks. John Muir Country Park covers some of the most spectacular East Lothian coastline and is a haven for wildlife and people too. From the Castle Ruins in Dunbar, to the Peffer Burn six kilometres to the north, the Park includes the Cliff Top Trail, with fine views of the sea and the historic Bass Rock; the long sandy sweep of Be...

John Muir (21 April 1838 – 24 December 1914) was a Scottish-born American naturalist, author, and early advocate of preservation of wilderness in the United States. His letters, essays, and books telling of his adventures in nature, especially in the Sierra Nevada mountains of California, have been read by millions. His activism helped to preserve the Yosemite Valley, Sequoia National Park and other wilderness areas. The Sierra Club, which he founded, is now one of the most important conservation organizations in the United States. One of the most well-known hiking trails in the U.S., the 211-mile (340 km) John Muir Trail, was named in his honour. Other places named in his honour are Muir Woods National Monument, Muir Beach, John Muir College, Mount Muir, Camp Muir and Muir Glacier. In his later life, Muir devoted most of his time to the preservation of the Western forests. He petitioned the U.S. Congress for the National Park bill that was passed in 1890, establishing both Y...