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Images taken on a
camera phone
The main intention of the day was to get together with Mackenzie to go
through plans for the Southern Upland Way in the summer. I took the
train through to Edinburgh and met Mackenzie, and before I knew it we
were off to Arthur's Seat. On previous visits to Edinburgh, I hadn't
seen the Salisbury Crags from Princes Street, but today I noticed first
a break in the skyline of buildings, realising there was a huge band of
cliffs above the city. It was the coolest thing...
Being among the city, Arthur's Seat is understandably a busy hill and it
seems to rival Ben Nevis in popularity. But it's a complex outcrop of
volcanic plugs and sedimentary rock with much geological interest. The
most interesting thing is it's situated right in the middle of a city.
If anything let the day down it was the wind, which blew without pause
to then top and back. We followed the base of the Salisbury Crags around
to Arthur's Seat then up to the top. We descended a steeper route to the
bottom again and headed down Hunter's Bog on our return.
And then we were back in the city... unique! There's not many hills you
can walk off and go to McDonalds.
Additionally, I don't remember exact times,
but we were up and down in around an hour and a half. |
