Although the trees are losing their leaves early due to the dry Spring and Summer we've had, the weather still feels like Summer here. We chose Arthur's Seat for yesterday's walk as I particularly wanted to see another Small Copper butterfly (one of my favourite butterflies) before the end of the season. And we were lucky! This beautiful little Small Copper posed for us on the path
We chose a different route than the one we usually use to walk round Arthur's Seat - partly enforced as part of the main route is closed due to the risk of rock fall after the recent fires on top of the hill. You can see some of the area affected by the fire in the photo below, though it may not entirely clear, the higher land in the background has been burned. The fire was probably caused by a carelessly dropped cigarette or similar and spread quickly in the dry conditions. It was put out pretty quickly by the fire brigade.
The views around Arthur's Seat are always beautiful
the hillside path
a view of Arthur's Seat itself
a view over to Calton Hill
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I'm delighted to have a poem included in the selection published by the Ekphrastic Review in response to the painting Eschatalogical by Kitty North.
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