Showing posts with label Arthur's Seat. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Arthur's Seat. Show all posts
Thursday, August 1, 2013
Arthur's Seat
At the bottom of the Royal Mile is the Palace of Holyroodhouse, the Queens official residence in Scotland. Alongside the palace is Holyrood Park, a huge park with hills and lochs. The highest of the hills is Arthur's Seat at 823 feet. There are a number of different routes you can walk to get to the top, or fly if you are a dragon. I went along the route that takes you past Salisbury Crags. These are 150 foot tall cliffs of basalt. This photograph was taken after I passed most of the crags. The walk gives great views over Edinburgh. It's a very popular park so you aren't likely to be by yourself at any point. It was a nice sunny day, but a bit cold, which meant the views were clear. It can be a bit cloudy round here so the view can be of clouds.
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