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Dave Henniker Views from Braid Hill January 8th 2010
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Two little birds perch on the branches in the foreground. Beyond the local mist a few buildings dominate, the highest of which is Martello Court at Muirhouse. A fog bank lies along the Firth of Forth. | |
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Morningside's Maxwell Street as at bottom right. Chimneys add to the foggy haze obscuring George Watson's school on Colinton Road. The snowy hills of Fife can be seen over the fog on the Forth. | |
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Panning a little to the west gives this view of Napier University Craighouse Campus on the left with Corstorphine Hill and the Ochil Hills in the distance. A plane is flying west to land at Edinburgh Airport. | |
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Edinburgh Castle stands out in front of the fog bank lying along the Firth of Forth. Scottish Widows Headquarters U-shaped Morrison Street building as at the left. Twin rows of tenement flats are at Morningside's Woodburn Terrace. Barclay church (beside Bruntsfield Links) is dead centre . |
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Morningside Road runs diagonally through the picture. Morningside Station is at bottom left behind Cluny Parish Church. St Mary's Cathedral's 3 spires poke through the mist. Fife hills are clearly visible over the fog. | |
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The rear of George Watson's school on Colinton Road is now visible as the mist clears in the morning sunshine.. | |
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Salisbury Crags with Blackford Hill in front. A person walking a dog is just visible on the left of the snowy hilltop. | |
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Panning a little to the right for a view of Arthur's Seat. The green copper telescope 'domes' of the Royal Observatory are on the east end of Blackford Hill. | |
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Zooming back to get the crags and Arthur's Seat in the same picture. A light aircraft heads west. The gorse bushes in the foreground are on Braid Hill with Blackford Hill beyond. | |
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Zoomed in for a tighter view of the crags. A clifftop walker is just visible on the right. Nearer, on Blackford Hill there's a couple of dog walkers. The bench on the hilltop on the right has nobody sitting on it today. | |
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Edinburgh Castle again. On the right of the picture stand the white buildings of Ramsay Gardens. Further away the new multi-storey flats at Leith's Western Harbour can be seen beyond the castle esplanade. | |
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Landmarks here are Calton Hill at the right, with the boxy white buildings of Edinburgh University's George Square Library and Appleton Tower in front. The Astley Ainslie Hospital is amongst the trees, with the Grange and Marchmont beyond. | |
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A similar view of Morningside Road as North View 11 above. The mist has almost faded away now. | |
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Morningside in the foreground with Corstorphine Hill and Fife beyond. The half timbered building on the right is beside Myreside Road. Playing fields are nearby. | |
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Looking along the Glenlockhart valley between Wester Craiglockhart Hill and Easter Craiglockhart Hill. The old City Hospital buildings in the centre have been private houses for some time. Greenbank area is in front. | |
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Easter Craiglockhart Hill is awkward to climb because of a golf course claiming it for its own. In the distance the red shale bings of Broxburn and Winchburgh have been turned white by the snow. | |
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Descending the hill I changed from a long lens for a few wider shots. The snow weighs down the gorse bushes and often falls off revealing frosty thorns. | |
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The Firth of Forth, Edinburgh Castle and Arthur's Seat are just visible at the top of the picture. A few footprints can be seen on the abandoned golf course. | |
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Frosty gorse bushes. | |
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This is the path back down, occasionaly used by horses. |
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