Pentland Hills

Bonaly Views, Boghall (path from Hillend)

	Bonaly view 0 1024 x 768 193K	Corstorphine Hill and Granton are visible in the distance, through the snow-clouds drifting by.
	Bonaly view 1 1024 x 768 154K	I Panned the camera slightly left to catch the pool of sunlight on Sighthill district.
	Bonaly view 2 1024 x 768 184K	A telephoto shot from the same standpoint. The water is the Firth of Forth (Forth estuary) leading to the North Sea.
	Bonaly view 1024 x 768 138K	A summer view north from Bonaly.
	Bonaly view north 3 1024 x 768 191K	The view north from Bonaly Reservoir. Corstorphine Hill is visible in the hazy winter sunshine, and Fife is just discernible.
	Arthur's Seat in the mist 1280 x 851 186K	8:40am and the sun is burning off the mist obscuring Edinburgh.
	Woods view north 1280 x 854 243K	The sun is just beginning to shine on the Forth Valley beyond the trees on Bonaly Hill. We recently saw roe deer here.
	White Hill summit 1280 x 854 321K	My Harvey's Superwalker map informs me that this hill is more accurately known as White Hill. Wide angle photo taken from the path leading up through the woods.
	Bungalows 1280 x 854 270K	October sunshine lights up this desirable district as seen from the top of White Hill.
	A720 from Bonaly 1280 x 935 288K	A long lens shot shows the Calder Road and Scott Russell Aqueduct crossing the bypass.
	White Hill to Torphin 1280 x 854 162K	Looking across Bonaly Country Park on a frosty morning towards Torphin Hill.
	White Hill to Arthur's Seat 1280 x 833 292K	If you're very lucky you may see roe deer in these woods. the A720 Edinburgh City Bypass passes far below.
	Bonaly to Forth Bridge 04 1280 x 843 262K	Torphin is the greenish hill in the left middle distance. The three blocks of flats are at Sighthill and are due to be demolished. Both Forth Bridges are visible in the haze at the top of the picture, behind the airport.
	Hillend-Boghall1 1280 x 854 280K	The end of August 2009. Some pictures of the path from Hillend to Boghall. This view shows the city bypass on the left and Straiton Retail Park to its right.
	Hillend-Boghall2 1280 x 854 483K	The path passes this small disused quarry as it follows the western boundary of properties beside the A702 which winds its way up the slopes of the of the Pentland Hills' eastern end.
	Hillend-Boghall4 1280 x 854 447K	Looking north towards the city and Arthur's Seat. The path is fairly well established but if it's been wet then waterproof boots are advised to cope with muddy sections.
	Hillend-Boghall10 1280 x 861 372K	There are a few quite steep climbs but none as long or as steep as the path up the end of the hill above Hillend Ski Slope.
	Hillend-Boghall12 1280 x 854 196K	A long lens view north to Inchkeith island in the Firth of Forth and Salisbury Crags.
	Hillend-Boghall14 1280 x 812 257K	Zooming back a little reveals the upmarket housing project built on the grounds of the former Princess Margaret Rose Hospital. A fence separates the houses from the trees on the ridge. Only 55M of trees separates these Margaret Rose streets from Galachlawside and other streets at Buckstone.
	Hillend-Boghall15 1280 x 854 453K	A rest from climbing as the path south follows the contour.
	Hillend-Boghall17 1280 x 854 K	A stile and a sign pointing uphill to Swanston via the top of the ski slope or along to Boghall.
	Hillend-Boghall18 1280 x 854 529K	The path continues along the contour as it emerges from the trees.
	Hillend-Boghall19 1280 x 854 466K	Boghall Farm can now be seen through a gap in the trees.
	Hillend-Boghall20 1280 x 854 258K	If you bear right over the shoulder of the hill then you'll join this track which winds north west and leads up to the main path between Caerketton and Allermuir. A fairly direct descent takes you to Swanston from here.

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