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Dave Henniker Views from Braid and Blackford Hills
What you can see from these 'lesser' hills
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Various church spires and Granton Gasworks feature in this telephoto shot from Blackford Hill. |
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If you've ever travelled south down Morningside Road then you may have noticed this view of Buckstone Snab (the hill behind the steeple) and, further left on the ridge, the higher ground of Braid Hill. Pictured here is the view from Braid Hill looking back to the north. Cluny Parish Church Centre is the steeple in the left hand foreground. Safeway's roof car park is a little further away on the right. At the top of Morningside Road is Church Hill and Holy Corner. |
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Salisbury Crags and the west side of Blackford Hill as photographed from the Braid Hills. | |
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As seen from the top of Blackford Hill. On the left are the twin cranes which will build the new Holyrood Parliament, aka Donald's Dome. |
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Same viewpoint but with the camera panned slightly to the right. Nikon Coolpix 900 digital camera with telephoto adapter. |
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Photographed from Braid Hills Drive. The Observatory dome is 700 metres away; Salisbury Crags are 3.4Km away. | |
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Haar is, of course, what we call this mist that drifts off the sea when we get an east wind. This picture is of Blackford Hill looking towards West Savile Terrace. | |
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Further east along Braid Hills Drive but looking back to the north west. Beyond the wrecked rusty fence can be seen Blackford Hill and the Royal Observatory. The gorse-free area in front of it is Blackford Hill Quarry (Disused), filled in with rubbish and a layer of topsoil then grassed over. | |
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Christmas dinners on legs. At least these poor beasts are free range, if slightly muddy. The Royal Observatory is at the other side of Blackford Glen. | |
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Past the tree-lined Howe Dean path is this view of south east Edinburgh. At the bottom of the slope to the left is Blackford Glen Road leading to the junction with Liberton Brae. Craigmillar court and Peffermill Court stand to the left of the hill with Craigmillar Castle on top. The white tower in the centre of the Picture is Liberton Fire Station at Kirk Brae. The housing estate beyond is The Inch. | |
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Blackford Hill and the observatory, October 2009. | |
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Blackford Hill on the right, Corstorphine Hill in the distance on the left. Pictures of Braid Hills Drive here. (some duplicates) | |
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Buckstone housing development / project / scheme. It nestles / lurks to the south of Buckstone Snab and is thus deprived of good TV reception from the Craigkelly transmitter. This is a fairly up-market area where you can enjoy the sounds of the 'burbs, e.g. blackbirds and rotating electrical machinery. | |
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The green copper roofs of the houses in the Oxgangs Farm area stand out in this photo taken from Buckstone Snab. Torduff reservoir is hidden in the valley in front of Torphin Hill. | |
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This telephoto shot is from Blackford Hill. Bonaly district and country park are visible behind the Oxgangs tower blocks. The trees in the foreground are in Blackford Glen. | |
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Capelaw Court, Allermuir Court and Caerketton Court stand on the flood plain of the Braid Burn, about 1 Kilometre west of Buckstone Snab, the vantage point for this picture. | |
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The steep footpath leads up from Braid Road just south of its junction with Riselaw Crescent. The multi-storey flats at Oxgangs are visible in the distance on the left, standing next to Colinton Mains Park on the Braid Burn's floodplain. Craiglockhart Hill is on the right. | |
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Photographed from the western end of Braid Hill. The detached bungalows in the foreground border Greenbank Road behind which are the buildings of the former City Hospital. It closed in 2000 to become private housing. Glenlockhart Road separates the houses from Merchants of Edinburgh Golf Course at the foot of Easter Craiglockhart Hill. H M Prison (Saughton) looks deceptively close in this long-lens shot. | |
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Same vantage point as the two previous pictures but this time looking west across the Braidburn Valley Park to the detached bungalows of Greenbank. | |
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At the north end of the park facing south towards the Pentland Hills. The Braid Burn is on the left of the footpath. |
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Some updated views (August 2010) from Blackford Hill. In this first north facing view, St Giles Cathedral and the Balmoral Hotel stand in front of Pettycur Bay Holiday Park. (Fife page 7) | |
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The comparatively recent housing development of Quartermile at the old Royal Infirmary is in view behind the trees. Fife provides the backdrop with one of the two Lomond Hills. (Wikipedia) | |
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This is a view of Esdaile Court, built in the Scottish Baronial style of architecture and subdivided into individual houses. There's a street level view on the Grange page. | |
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Holy Corner is on the left and to its right stand the tenements of Bruntsfield Place. The green domed turrets are at the former Donaldson's Hospital / Donaldson's College (picture) near Haymarket. The multistorey block of flats is Martello Court at Muirhouse. | |
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Previously photographed from afar, this is how it looks from close up. The smaller protective covering has now been removed. See this page for the other views. | |
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Visitors swarm over the city centre volcano like ants. (See the Home page Central drop-down menu for Arthur's Seat pages.) | |
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It wasn't especially hot or dry but because of the steep slopes, gorse fires spread rapidly upwards. August 2010. |
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