The grounds are full of old trees
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Saturday, 16 January 2016
A Wintry Walk at Lauriston Castle
Freezing cold today but we wrapped up warm and popped over to Lauriston Castle, to walk round the grounds there. It's a lovely old building
and there's a path round the perimeter of the grounds, which at the north offers lovely views over Silverknowes fields (full not only with sheep but with curlews (one of the fastest declining wading birds in the UK)) and over to Cramond Island and Fife
The grounds are full of old trees
and the grass and fallen leaves were all frost covered
One of the highlights of the Castle Grounds is the Japanese Garden with it's lovely little buildings nestling in the landscaped grounds
and the beautiful water feature
Lovely to see this witch hazel out in bloom next to the waterfall
A lovely wander for a winter's day!
As ever, red text contains hyperlinks that take you to other webpages where you can find out more.
The grounds are full of old trees
As ever, red text contains hyperlinks that take you to other webpages where you can find out more.
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9 comments:
What a beauty! I like taking long walks on autumn and winter days, too. :-)
Greetings from London.
What a lovely garden for a winter walk.
Thank goodness there are still some flocks of curlew around. Here we have just occasional pairs nesting in the New Forest marsh land. I remember so many more when I was a child in the 1960s.
http://www.sightline.org/2013/12/16/the-entire-ipcc-report-in-19-illustrated-haiku/
Thinking of you last evening. Went to hear this fellow speak and share his 19 haiku and illustrations. Great fun.
Hi Dartford Warbler, yes we're very lucky with our curlew up here. We've lost golden plover from these fields in this blogpost though.
Hi Rabbits Guy, thanks for the link, interesting haiku and illustrations
So wonderful you can go places like that. Lovely!
Fascinating landscapes!
Hello, lovely series of images. I like the castle and the water feature. Happy Monday, enjoy your new week!
Now that looks such a lovely walk.
I do enjoy a walk on a cold, frosty and sunny winter's day. Good for body and soul.
Hope this week is going well for you.
ALl the best Jan
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