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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. |
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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. |
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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. |
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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. |
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Bonaly
Reservoir 1152 x 864 148K |
An atmospheric view of the reservoir from the east. |
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Bonaly
Reservoir 1152 x 864 69K |
A hot August afternoon (a rare event in 2002) gives a rather different effect to the same view. |
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Bonaly & Oxgangs 1152 x 864 193K |
Photographed through a long lens from Salisbury Crags. See below for the complementary image. |
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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. |
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Smithy
Cleuch 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. |
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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. | |
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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. | |
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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. |
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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. |
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