Yesterday we found the weather was good enough for our "town-country walk". The view below would have our home in the middle of it - if it wasn't for the Craiglockhart hills in-between.
The walk is inside the Edinburgh bypass but feels like the countryside because of the Braid Hills. These are the foothills to the much larger Pentland Hills range which starts on the other side of the ring road and cast an evening shadow over Edinburgh's southern suburbs. To the north is Edinburgh Castle Rock and Arthur's Seat and the accompanying Salisbury Crags, evidence of volcanic activity in a bygone geological era.
It is not all ridgewalking by any means. There is farmland to meander through and woodland too at other stages of the circular walk around the perimeter of the Mortonhall and Braid Hills Golfcourses.
Oh, fabulous! Oh, joy! Just what is needed right now, for me anyhow. Geography. How refreshing. I zoomed in as much as I could. What glorious landscapes
ReplyDeleteThe water in the distance is the Firth of Forth and beyond that is Fife.
DeleteVery relaxing. I guess the Christmas market will be suffering- is it still taking place?
ReplyDeleteNo chance of Christmas market this year. Even Hogmonay celebrations have been ruled out. (And this is Scotland where New Year was a bank holiday but Christmas was a working day within living memory)
DeleteOh! That top photo is beautiful!
ReplyDeleteWe are lucky in Edinburgh!
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