The anchor on the Shore

This anchor marks the beginning of the Water of Leith Walkway on the Shore.

This photo is available on Redbubble: Grounded anchor.

Pigeons Take Flight

Pigeons taking off from the Water of Leith walkway looking down to Sandport Bridge.

Entrance to the Dene

A old and very kempt part of the Water of Leith Walkway, leading from Stockbridge to the Dean Village.

This photo is available on Redbubble: Entrance to the Dene.

St Bernard’s Well

St Bernard’s Well is named for St Bernard of Clairvaux, founder of the Cistercian order, who is supposed to have discovered it in the 12th century while taken ill when living in a nearby cave. (It’s only fair to say that most biographers do not record this stay in a Scottish cave.) Bernard was attracted to the spring by birds, but after some days of drinking the water (which is said to taste like “the washings of foul gunbarrels”, at least once gunbarrels had been invented) the saint was restored to health.

In 1788 Francis Garden, Lord Gardenstone (1721-1793) was so impressed by the well’s effects that he commissioned the circular temple over the wellhouse.

Under the old railway bridge

I took this photo under the old railway bridge on the Water of Leith walkway, looking towards the river. It’s available on Redbubble: Solitary walker.

Water of Leith Paths: blossom

I love the Water of Leith Walkway at any time of year, but at this time of year it is just ridiculously lovely, with the leaves still fresh and new and the blossom all over everything. The classic comparator is “like snow”, but it’s actually more like dandruff, really, if dandruff were astonishingly pretty.

I took this photo here. It’s available on Redbubble: The Water of Leith Walkway: blossom.

Water under the bridge

An old railway bridge in Edinburgh. The footpath under the bridge has been flooded due to heavy rain. The logs are intended to allow people to carefully traverse the flood dryshod. The photograph was taken at the beginning of July 2007.

I took this photo here. It’s available on Redbubble: Water under the bridge.