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Colinton, Currie and Corstorphine. P2 P3 P4 P5 P6 P7 P8 P9 or P10 or P11

	Roseburn 800 x 522 120K	An LRT bus (number unknown) speeds towards the city centre. The main theme of the picture is contrasting textures and colours.
	Roseburn 2 535 x 600 76K	Facing east towards Haymarket and the city centre. The former rail bridge is now part of Edinburgh's cycle-way network.
	Colinton Spylaw Street 1280 x 850 346K	The back of a row of terraced cottages in Colinton Village.
	Colinton 1 500 x 482 63K	Part of the footpath and cyclepath from Balerno to Edinburgh city centre along the former railway line. This is Easter Hailes Gate near Colinton Village.
	Colinton 2 480 x 640 57K	At the other end of the old railway tunnel, looking out into Colinton Dell.
	Triptunnel 800 x 600 82K	Outside, looking back. This image has been 'enhanced' in Photoshop to create a weird optical illusion.
	Easter Hailes Gate 06 843 x 1024 468K	In this picture a cyclist is emerging from the tunnel, heading west towards Juniper Green and Currie. This is a safer route than Lanark Road which runs parallel.
	Easter Hailes Gate 07 1280 x 851 330K	A wide angle view of the western entrance.
	Colinton Dell Bridge Road 681 x 1024 256K	Gillespie Road descends from Lanark Road to cross the Water of Leith at Colinton Village. The footpath now overhangs the side, allowing the carriageway to be wider. Before the Edinburgh City Bypass was built, this road and Craiglockhart Avenue used to carry most of the traffic trying to cross the city on its southern side.
	Millstream 800 x 600 151K	Photograph taken in bright sunshine with infrared film. This is part of the Water of Leith Walkway in Colinton Dell.
	Kinleith 0612a 1280 x 851 374K	December sunshine on the trees on the southern banks of the Water of Leith. This former industrial site has lain vacant for some time and the wall has be decorated with some colourful graffiti.
	Kinleith 0612b 681 x 1024 169K	It's been a while since any vehicles stopped here to have their fuel tanks filled.
	Kinleith 0612c 1280 x 851 269K	Another view of the abandoned site.
	Currie Kirk 800 x 512 100K	This picture was also taken from the Water of Leith Walkway where the old railway bridge crosses over the road from Currie village.
	Corstorphine 800 x 600 32K	Dramatic skies over Corstorphine, as photographed from Swanston. That light grey building dominates the view for miles around and should never have been permitted IMHO.
	Blue Chip 1024 x 768 87K	Drum Brae Roundabout looking north from the south west corner of this major road junction. Blue Chip Computers (RIP) is just across the road from PC World's Corstorphine branch, as well as some establishment masquerading as a 'restaurant'. A lollipop lady takes her life in her hands, helping pedestrians cross Drum Brae South.
	Corstorphine Hill 13 - 270K 1280 x 723	The old brick buildings in the former quarry on Corstorphine Hill have had numerous coats of paint applied courtesy of graffiti artists. Most can't draw or paint much more than stylised text but there are a few pictures, such as this creature holding an aerosol can.
	Corstorphine Hill 14 - 366K 1280 x 720	Nice for an old hippy to see old hippy things like a 'love' logo in the 2nd decade of the 21st century. The pink text may be attempting to say 'paper' as daubed on the bridge in Pinkhill07 below.
	Corstorphine Hill 15 - 374K 1280 x 765	I've no idea what the silver text on an orange background is meant to say. Note to adolescent males who clumsily scrawl slogans such as "oe, yeah, sine, nsa" on walls: You're pathetic if that's the best you can do to make your mark on the world. Banksy and others are cool; you are just children trying to annoy grown-ups.
	Corstorphine Hill 16 - 392K 1280 x 720	Behind the decorated building is the cliff at the back of the old quarry. Transmitter masts are visible, as is a man wearing a green top, perched on the cliff edge. I suppose that writing 'yeah' somewhere, e.g. on a cliff face could be described as doing something positive.
	Corstorphine Hill 17 - 447K 1280 x 720	As it's only March the trees are still only budding and it's a bit bare. There's woodland management going on. As well as some felling etc, many new trees have been planted.
	Corstorphine Hill 18 - 445K 1280 x 720	Twisted, convoluted branches silhouetted against a grey sky. Within a day or two, new leaves will be appearing. The days are starting to get long again.
	Corstorphine Hill 19 - 394K 1280 x 720	These rocks show evidence that glaciers have passed this way. For more information I recommend http://www.corstorphinehill.org.uk/geology.htm
	Corstorphine Hill 20 - 444K 1080 x 1080	A fallen tree in this area will have boulder clay in its upturned roots (information from http://www.corstorphinehill.org.uk/geology.htm).
	Corstorphine Hill 21 - 261K 608 x 1080	Fungus has got a hold on the bark of this tree. According to my searching the Wild About Britain website this fungus is Turkeytail or to give it its proper name Trametes versicolor.
	Corstorphine Hill 22 - 213K 1280 x 720	A closer look at the 'Turkeytail' fungus shows growth rings.
	Corstorphine Hill Tower 2 - 433K 810 x 1080	The ground is still littered with last year's leaves. The wooden steps lead up the slope to Corstorphine Hill Tower. The tower celebrated its 130th anniversary in the year 2002. Information from Friends of Corstorphine Hill at their page http://www.corstorphinehill.org.uk/thetower.htm
	Pinkhill 06 1280 x 720 357K	Photographed on the same day as the Corstorphine Hill pictures. (We walked from Queensferry Road near Quality Street over the hill and down near Balgreen Road.)
	Pinkhill 07 1280 x 821 324K	There are more photos of the former train station at the top of the page Pinkhill to Murrayfield via Carrick Knowe & Balgreen. The route on that page makes for a good long walk if you start from Queensferry Road and walk over Corstorphine Hill first.

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