We had a lovely walk today from Cramond Brig in Edinburgh to South Queensferry, along the River Almond and down to the Firth of Forth. The first photo (taken by Crafty Green Boyfriend, who also took the last photo) shows Cramond Island.
The weather was incredibly nice, warm and sunny, almost like summer, despite the fact that most of the trees are still bare. We saw our first butterflies of the year, two peacocks and one brown butterfly that flew past too quickly to identify. There were lots of birds to be seen, especially pheasants in the fields, eider ducks on the Firth and goldfinches in the trees and even more to be heard, including song thrushes, chaffinches and a great spotted woodpecker. It was lovely to see two lapwings in their wonderful dancing display, but sad there weren't more of them.
Oh, lovely :)
ReplyDeleteStill remember this magic place on my way to Leith last May... :))
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While I was walking the streets of Paris ;-), to be honest, I would rather have walked your way!
ReplyDeleteWhat a beautiful walk. Looks like the air would have beautifully crisp too, and that is just the best air for a good walk. Often too hot where I live unless it is evening or you walk in the rainforest.
ReplyDeleteGood reflections - I went to Cramond Island once.
ReplyDeleteYour bottom photo almost looks fake, it is so clever in how the reflection shows up like a puzzle piece.
ReplyDeleteSounds like a lovely walk - it is certainly gorgeous scenery.
the light in the second one is lovely and just bright enough.
ReplyDeleteHi Juliet. My only visit to Scotland was a week at Stirling University (Open University). The week included a sight-seeing trip of Industrial Architecture with the Forth Railway Bridge at South Queensferry, some abandoned huge kiln-like chimneys near Alloa and the lovely small town of Culross.
ReplyDeleteThanks for bringing back those wonderful memnories and publishing these pictures.
Thanks for sharing; glad to know the butterflies are around
ReplyDeletemuch love
gillena
i'd love to walk this area too. it's so nice and inviting.
ReplyDeleteThe reflections are awesome. I really liked th last photo. Thanks for visiting my blog.
ReplyDeleteWhat a wonderful sight you do provide tonight. Must have been great to breath the clean air.
ReplyDeletePlease have a nice start into the new week.
The weather has been just gorgeous. The finches have returned to my garden. To encourage more, I've bought a special Finch Mix from Haiths! x
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