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Dreghorn,
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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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Glenlockhart Road near the junction of Colinton Road and Craiglockhart Avenue. Before the Edinburgh bypass was built, the routes from west to south were either through here to Greenbank and the A702, or through Colinton Village. The hill is Wester Craiglockhart Hill (actually rather more south than west of Easter Craiglockhart Hill). The former is a nice walk... but the latter seems to be owned by Merchants of Edinburgh Golf Course who don't seem to like walkers very much. | |
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This is a large image and a large file. The blue building
was the DIY firm Texas. Something unpleasant is being built on the green
space that was once part of Meggetland.
Colinton Road is in the middle distance. Lockharton Avenue and Crescent are the two streets in the foreground, at the north side of Craiglockhart Pond. Photograph taken from Easter Craiglockhart Hill. There's another view from this hill here in Views of Edinburgh page 2. |
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When we visited Chicago, any building more than 30 years old was deemed 'historic'. This is Edinburgh's Golf Tavern, established in 1456 according to the sign. | |
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I'm not giving directions to Lover's Loan because the sign has been stolen in the past. The shadow of the railings is probably only positioned like this on this day and time each year, assuming the sun is shining at all. The word Loan is of course another name for Lane, and doesn't refer to something that must be paid back to one's lover. | |
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The main road connecting Newington to Churchhill passes along The Grange, one of Edinburgh's leafy suburbs. | |
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Greenhill Gardens and green copper metalwork on the roof of Saint Bennet's. Coincidentally, the second occurence of oxidised copper on this page. Another two can be seen on the page Princes St 6 |
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This red sandstone building on the corner of Greenhill Terrace and Whitehouse Loan was converted to flats. The morning sunshine shows it off to best advantage. | |
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The Oxgangs flats and Pentland Hills as seen from Greenbank Road. | |
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The Hermitage of Braid is now a visitor centre with various displays featuring the local wildlife. Since the alien rhododendrons have been cut back it's possible to see the building more clearly. | |
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The purpose of this construction eludes me but nature has decorated it with fringes of foliage, possibly garlic. It's beside the Braid Burn, upstream from the Hermitage. |
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