Bruntsfield & Beyond

Slateford and Union Canal part 1

Includes Watson Crescent and Yeaman Place
Union Canal at Dorset Place (between Viewforth and Yeaman Place / Polwarth Crescent
Also see East to West sequence of all canal photos.

	Slateford 0 800 x 600 175K	Beside the Water of Leith, near the Tickled Trout pub at Slateford, stands this quaint little building.
	Slateford 3 1024 x 768 269K	Another picture showing the arched entrance.
	Slateford 5 576 x 768 155K	A wide-angle shot of the wee building showing the wooden bridge over the wee burn that feeds into the Water of Leith.
	Canal 613 x 515 110K	A study of reflections in the Union Canal near Polwarth and Meggetland.
	Aqueduct 800 x 600 89K	This is the footpath / cycle-path over the Slateford Aqueduct - which carries the Union Canal over the Water of Leith and Inglis Green Road. Photographed on a rainy day as we walked back towards town.
	Slateford 12 1152 x 864 260K	Now that the Union Canal is navigable again from Tollcross to the Falkirk Wheel it's possible for families to travel by motorboat. Careful navigation can be needed to avoid ducks, swans, coots etc, as well as other boats and people fishing. In this picture the voyagers are approaching the Slateford Aqueduct.
	Nola's Ark 1280 x 854 227K	The Union Canal had a thin skin of ice on Christmas Day 2007. Photograph of Nola's Ark taken beside Harrison Park.
	Union Canal frosty grass 1280 x 854 307K	Further west at Craiglockhart I took this shot of the frosty grass on the canal bank.
	Meggetland Bridge 1280 x 854 346K	This is where you'd leave the canal if you were heading for Happy Valley. The low winter sun makes the frosty tarmac glisten.
	Polwarth Canal Bridge 1152 x 864 237K	Polwarth Crescent crosses the Union Canal and changes into Yeaman Place at this recently repainted bridge.
	Polwarth Crescent Canal Bridge 1152 x 864 213K	The same bridge as seen from the canal towpath. To get to the canalside from this bridge it's necessary to go Viewforth 360m to the east, or heading out of town, about double the distance to Harrison Road.
	Polwarth Crescent 06 Canal Bridge 1280 x 878 349K	A wider view of the same subject.
	Watson Crescent Canal 1152 x 864 330K	Looking back towards Yeaman Place with the rear of Watson Crescent visible on the left bank. Temple Park Crescent is out of sight on the right (south) bank behind the tree.
	Watson Crescent Canal 03 1152 x 864 312K	Facing the opposite direction (west) from the Yeaman Place / Polwarth Crescent bridge. The Union Canal is contiguous these days; consequently there's some traffic once again, specifically this colourful craft.
	Canal 03 IR 1280 x 854 341K	Another two views from the same bridge but in infrared. Watson Crescent is on the right.
	Canal 04 IR 1280 x 894 328K	Camera panned left showing how the vegetation at the back of Temple Park Crescent seems white under infrared. Any foliage will reflect infrared light and an R72 filter exploits the effect.
	Yeaman Pl IR 1280 x 898 326K	The Golden Rule pub at the corner of Watson Crescent and Yeaman Place has this solitary tree outside - which probably hasn't been photographed in infrared before. Dundee Street is down the slope to the right.
	Yeaman Place 1280 x 849 284K	The Union Canal passes under the bridge just past the red shop front. Watson Crescent is on the right between the Golden Rule pub and Edinburgh Diving Centre. Yeaman Place changes its name to Polwarth Crescent once it crosses the canal bridge.
	Frozen Canal Watson Crescent 1280 x 960 274K	Winter of 2009/2010 and there are youngsters walking on the frozen canal. Under the bridge at Yeaman Place there is still a tiny unfrozen patch with a few ducks. Ice is supposed to be 20cm thick to support people safely.
	Canal 8 1280 x 944 307K	The sun was setting as I walked home from the ice rink so I grabbed a couple of snaps with my compact camera. The ice and snow had disappeared for a day or two but there's new patches of ice forming now.
	Canal 7 1280 x 851 315K	Zoomed in on the footprints made by coots and moorhens walking on a coating of snow on the thin ice.
	Yeaman Place to Viewforth 1234 x 1024 435K	At the other side of the bridge which connects Yeaman Place to Polwarth Crescent, facing east. More of the canal is frozen here and the footprints of birds are everywhere. The next bridge is at Viewforth and there's access to the canal towpath there, or at Harrison Road further south west.
	Polwarth Crescent 00 985 x 1080 327K	A sunny morning on November 1st 2011 shows off the recently renovated building which had been hidden behind scaffolding for a long period. Photographed from the canal towpath.
	Polwarth Crescent 01 1241 x 1080 284K	A few paces nearer the city centre for this view from the other side.
	Yeaman 8 1280 x 839 307K	A long lens view under the same bridge, looking towards the city centre. The next bridge is Viewforth beyond which can be seen part of the Lochrin Basin.
	Harrison-Polwarth 1280 x 720 433K	The section of the canal between Harrison Park and Polwarth. There are several of these ornamental gates to remind cyclists to curb their speed. This metalwork has fish and pond weed as a design.
	I'm Stuck 1280 x 720 424K	Half way along is this stone embedded in the wall. Someone has chiselled "I'm Stuck" into its surface.
	Zazou 1280 x 720 361K	Moored beside Harrison Park is this barge named Zazou.
	Yeaman Place Dalton's 1280 x 956 254K	Long established beside the Union Canal is Dalton's scrapyard where I once sold some copper back in the '60s. Some wag has come specially prepared with blue paint to make his facetious alterations to the lettering.
	Polwarth Cresc Temple Pk Cres 1161 x 1080 321K	Looking out of the less posh bottom end of Merchiston Avenue across Polwarth Crescent and along Temple Park Crescent. This is a more densely populated area with lots of small tenement flats.
	Tay Street ZZZ 1280 x 893 292K	The corner of Tay Street and Watson Crescent. On the face of it, this establishment seems to sell beds or sleeping pills - but it's probably a hairdresser...