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Bonaly page 2 - Snow, Reservoir, Woods

Page 3 Bonaly Views, Boghall (path from Hillend)

	Bonaly Snow Pattern3 1024 x 768 180K	Photographed on 28th February 2001 on the footpath up to Bonaly Reservoir. The wind has sculpted the drifted snow into stepped contours. The exposed heather plants give an indication of scale.
	Bonaly Snow Pattern4 1024 x 768 146K	The snow has been blown into the water as the water was freezing, giving this fascinating creamy / cloudy consistency.
	Bonaly Dam 1024 x 768 147K	Another view of the snow in the previous picture. The wind has swept the overflow channel in the foreground clear of snow. You can see paw-prints where some small creature, perhaps a rabbit, has scampered across the west side of the dam.
	Bonaly Reservoir 1024 x 768 192K	From the same point but facing southwest towards Harbour Hill. The shore is covered in snow right up to the reservoir's frozen surface.
	Bonaly Reservoir 1152 x 864 148K	An atmospheric view of the reservoir from the east.
	Bonaly Reservoir 1152 x 864 69K	A hot August afternoon (a rare event in 2002) gives a rather different effect to the same view.
	Bonaly Oxgangs 1152 x 864 193K	Photographed through a long lens from Salisbury Crags. See below for the complementary image.
	Bonaly Hill to Arthur's Seat 2 sizes 220K/275K	From the top left corner of the field on the hill in the previous picture (just right of centre) is this view of Salisbury Crags and Arthur's Seat. The wide angle view shows off the yellow grass and blue sky. Click on the thumbnail for the 1152 x 864 image or click here for the 1280 x 1024 version.
	Smithy Cleugh to Bonaly Hill 1280 x 851 319K	Looking westwards across Howden Glen towards Bonaly Hill. At the extreme right are the Polo Field and the Bonaly housing development.
	Bonaly Road Bonaly Burn Bridge 1280 x 854 374K	Bonaly Road crosses the Bonaly Burn here and runs parallel to it before ending at a small carpark. Torduff reservoir is uphill to the right (west) and it feeds the Bonaly Burn at this point, then 1.25KM away to the WNW, Bonaly Burn joins the Howden Burn and becomes the Braid Burn.
	Path via Braid Burn 1280 x 810 542K	Two shots of the footpath which leads from the Polo Field under the A720 road then briefly follows the Braid Burn before heading uphill towards the Bonaly woods and White Hill.
	Path via Braid Burn(a) 1280 x 810 542K	I couldn't choose which I preferred so I included this second picture too. See further down the page for the Bonaly Woods.
	White Hill from Torduff Hill 1280 x 854 270K	Continuing from the previous photo, turning right after the carpark avoids the steepest hills, and paths continue to Torduff Reservoir or Torduff Hill. Looking back to the east, this view shows White Hill, the wooded hill which overlooks Bonaly.
	Amanita Muscaria 1280 x 854 122K	Amanita muscaria, commonly known as the fly agaric or fly Amanita is a poisonous and psychoactive fungus. It'll either kill you or blow your mind. This little specimen, found in the woods overlooking Bonaly, had only recently popped out of the ground and still has soil sticking to it.
	Reservoir May 2008 701 x 1050 125K	Continuing straight up the hill from the carpark brings the walker to Bonaly Reservoir and beyond. This wide angle view shows the clouds reflected on the clear water beside the dam. Harbour Hill and Phantoms Cleugh lie in the distance on the left.
	Reservoir c November 2008 1280 x 954 218K	Six months later and there's a skin of ice on the water.
	Reservoir a November 2008 958 x 1050 178K	A closer look at the textures of the stonework and icy surface.
	Bonaly Burn 0 1280 x 850 426K	Sunlight was streaming through the trees on this frosty February morning. From here there's a steep path up the trees to the top of White Hill. This is actually a tributary to the Bonaly Burn called Dean Burn. It joins the former near Bonaly Tower
	Bonaly Burn 1 1280 x 850 386K	Zoomed in a little in this shot. The Bonaly Burn (coming from Torduff Reservoir) flows into the Braid Burn at Covenanter Woods. The Braid Burn is also joined by the Howden Burn in Covenanters Wood near Dreghorn Barracks.
	Bonaly Woods March 2011 a 1080 x 1080 555K	The same area 13 months later. One or two trees have fallen otherwise the scene looks much the same.
	Bonaly Woods March 2011 b 1280 x 1052 632K	There are two rather rough paths from here. A fairly short climb up the right hand side leads up to the top of the broad (and steep) tree-lined track up from the Bonaly car park. The left route leads up a steep climb through the woods to White Hill.
	Bonaly Woods March 2011 c 1080 x 1080 535K	Same view, zoomed in showing more of the fallen trees.
	White Hill Trees 1280 x 720 412K	After a steep climb there's a small plateau before the path gets steep again. You might possibly see roe deer here.
	Reservoir1108 1280 x 706 241K	Three shots taken at the end of August in 2011 when the water level was high.
	Reservoir1108Ka 1280 x 827 171K	The reservoir is full to the brim following recent rain.
	Reservoir1108Kb 1280 x 840 130K	The surface was very calm this day.

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