Emus and Goats at Edinburgh's Hidden Cold War Bunker

The day before we went on holiday to Dumfries and Galloway we visited Barnton Bunker - Edinburgh's hidden Cold War Nuclear Bunker! It's currently being restored and transformed into an arts venue. You can read a little more about the bunker itself in today's post over on my Shapeshifting Green blog. 

The bunker is surrounded by open space on Corstorphine Hill, with some pretty dramatic cliffs, great views across to the Firth of Forth

 

and some unexpected residents. The goats are very friendly - here are two we made friends with. 

 

The bunker keeps emus to scare off potential thieves and vandals, but the emus are pretty friendly too, during our visit, we were given special emu food that we could feed directly to the emus. The emu standing in front of the emu shed in the photo below is called Joyce

The bunker held a launch event today for its community garden, which I had intended to go along to, with a friend, who since cancelled. I didn't feel like going along by myself though.