A Boxing Day stroll beside the Forth from South Queensferry, through the Dalmeny House estate as far as Hound Point. The wind whistled through the steelwork of the bridge and the trees beside the path…
Category: Photography
Just photos – no particular theme
Water of Leith wandering
There’s a need for a leg stretch after Christmas dinner – with the promise of pud to come later. We followed the Water of Leith upstream from the eponymous Stockbridge to Belford Road bridge, then returned via St Mary’s Cathedral and assorted streets, crescents and places to the pud.
Scotland Street to the King’s Wark
Yes, the same Scotland Street that features in Alexander McCall Smith’s series (but there’s no number 44…). The tunnel which once connected the Edinburgh, Leith and Newhaven Railway to Waverley station is still there (inaccessible). Later (1868) connections rendered the tunnel redundant, though the depot at Scotland Street remained in use up to the 1960s. The last rails were removed from the northern part of the line in the mid-1980s. Much more recently, the route of the railway has been reopened (with lights through the tunnels) as a footpath and cycle track from Scotland Street to Trinity, on the Forth shore between Granton and Newhaven. It provided us with a very pleasant walking route on a windy Christmas Eve. (There are some super pictures of the railway on Peter Stubbs’s website “EdinPhoto”)
On reaching the shore, we made our way to Leith, where the King’s Wark proved to be an excellent choice for a late (-ish) lunch. We took the bus (needed to!) back to our starting point…
Christmas illuminations
No, not our house… At least it’s in a good cause – there’s a collecting box outside, with the proceeds going to local charity (Mencap).
Christmas!, a photo by geoffspages on Flickr.
Shortest day
The light at this time of year can be great for photography – if there is any. For a while today, it looked hopeful… A pleasant mild afternoon, and a walk around Bridgnorth.
Merry Christmas from Broseley
No, it’s not Christmas yet – but the lights are on (after a false start and a little confusion – all part of the fun)
Willey and The Honeypot
Another late autumn walk through quiet countryside immediately to the south of Broseley.
Late November – late in the day
A local leg-stretch on a cold November afternoon – with less sunshine than the forecast suggested, and hardly any light…
Jewellery Quarter
One of those places – always meant to go, never been… Until today.
The museum is pretty good too – excellent guided tour (which I’m not usually fond of)
Magpie Hill
A fine November afternoon – a walk in bleak grassy uplands on the slopes of Shropshire’s Clee Hill. The remnants of bygone industry scatter the land – derelict quarry buildings, a line of concrete blocks, the bases of pylons that once carried an aerial ropeway, odd pits and heaps here and there.
The walk starts from the roadside near Craven Cottage (don’t some of those footy chaps play somewhere with a similar name?), climbs to the old workings on Magpie Hill, skirts Random Cottage and arrives at Hoar Edge. Westward views encompass Titterstone Clee, whose modern embellishments are in stark contrast to the ruins on Magpie Hill. The return route, gently downhill all the way, follows hill tracks and roads back to Craven Cottage.
For more on the tree see this Geograph post…
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