28 September 2021
Participants: Just me
Where: Salisbury Crags, 174m/571', P 65m, Tump, OS 66, NT 267 731 and Calton Hill, 106m/348', P 49m, Tump, OS 66, NT 263 741
It was a beautiful early autumn day with the best of the weather forecast for the east. I had been up Salisbury Crags a few times but didn't have any digital photographs from it so decided to correct that omission. I got the train to Waverley and walked down the Royal Mile and into the park past the Scottish Parliament building.....
There were a lot of tourists about but most were heading for Arthur's Seat with only a few taking the path to the top of the Crags. The views soon opened out. Holyrood Palace, Royalty must have been in residence as the Royal Standard was flying....
Edinburgh castle.....
It was a steady pull up to the summit rocks situated at the very edge of the cliffs.....
The views to the west extended over the city to the distant Forth bridges.....
Looking to the Pentland hills.....
Arthur's Seat had a lot of visitors....
I carried on to the end of the Crags and descended to the col between them and Arthur's Seat before taking the path back to the start via Hunter's Bog.....
I then made my way to Calton Hill, primarily to get a photo of the Crags.....
But of course I had to go to the top! There are a lot of interesting buildings here- the National Monument, a monument to Lord Nelson, a Monument to Burns, a Monument to Dugald Stewart and the City Observatory and it is another excellent viewpoint for the city and the Forth estuary as far as North Berwick Law....
There is even a trig point....
although it is not at the highest point which is here.....
Another excellent day out.
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