Holyrood Park
Took a wander around the Radical Road round Arthurs Seat last night, this is one of the results.
From the new to old, the Council HQ at Waverley Court in the foreground leading on to the old GPO building and the Balmoral Hotel
Wider view from previous shot.
Dynamic Earth visible in the bottom right, was an awesome sight from up on Arthurs Seat tonight. Unfortunately had to leave just when things were getting really good!
Seem to be making a habit of falling on my backside, slid down the hill in the dark this time tonight!
Holyrood Park
Edinburgh from Salisbury Crags
Now getting a chance to go through some shots that have piled up over the last couple of weeks. Looking over Holyrood Palace to the north of the city and over the Forth to Fife as the city lights come on.
Lulling New Comers to the Festival Month with a showing of some nice sunlight right at the start of the month!
Quite liking the reflected light on the surface of the Firth of Forth in this. You can also just about see the gathering of people on the grass in front of the observatory on Calton.
Edimburgo, Escocia
Looking out over Holyrood and the city in general as the lights come on and the light trails appear.
A remarkable 517-m (566-yard) excavation on the former Edinburgh and Dalkeith Railway, the Innocent Railway Tunnel (or St. Leonard's Railway Tunnel) was the first public railway tunnel in Scotland. It begins in the Maltings housing development on Holyrood Park Road, a mile (1.5 km) southeast of the centre of Edinburgh and slopes steeply beneath the University of Edinburgh's Pollock Halls to emerge below Samson's Ribs on the edge of Holyrood Park.
Lined with Craigleith sandstone, the tunnel is 4.5m (15 feet) high and 6m (20 feet) wide. It was built in 1831 by James Jardine (1776 - 1858) at a cost of £12,000 to convey a double-track railway. It originally required a stationary steam engine haul the wagons up a 1-in-30 inclined plane to St. Leonards Goods Yard. This arrangement continued until the line was acquired by the North British Railway in 1845, and horses were replaced by steam locomotives as the means of traction.
This section of the line closed in 1968. By 1981 it was available as part of a walking route and was later given a tarmac surface. In 1994 it was adopted by Lothian Regional Council as part of National Cycle Route No.1, which runs from Dover to the Shetland Islands. Once lit by gas, the tunnel now is now permanently illuminated by electricity.
Edinburgh Sunset from Salisbury Crags
The swans of St. Margarets Loch in Holyrood Park doing a bit of Nightswimming. Title inspired by youtu.be/ahJ6Kh8klM4
Shot this time from Arthurs Seat and with the rather large spire of The Hub very prominent too.
Edimburgo, Escocia
One more shot from that awesome night about 2 weeks ago now.
The Castle of course!
Got this shot from Arthurs Seat last night, looking over Edinburgh as the stom clouds gathered and the sensible people in the cars rushed home in a blur. In the foreground there is Dynamic Earth and the Scottish Parliament with Calton Burial Ground just behind, in the background Calton Hill sits on the right and as you gaze round to the left you take in the Balmoral Hotel and Castle on the extreme left.
Sunset over Edinburgh
Seen from Holyrood Park
Thanks to all Phoide contributors to Holyrood Park!
Most notably Damon Finlay, Juan Mercader and The Jacobite.