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

	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.
	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.
	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.