My daughter and I went out for a walk along the river bank to get some exercise.
Its along the River Almond near Crammond where we often go, but a part that we havent been down to before. The path normally takes you above this part. The gorge is quite pretty here - pity about the road cone !
There are a number or large pines down here which we walked past. The one above has either been growing squint or was blown over but kept upright by the other trees. It has worn a massive patch against the other tree where it appears to have been rubbing.
And we past a tree where an 'artist' has been practicing their handy work !
And they clearly like using the boulders for their handy work too !!!
We spotted the section of rock face above. Thats actually a small cave/inlet in the rock face opposite, with the lighter area being a few layers of bricks that someone has cemented in place - I'm intrigued now ! Whats in there ? Why did they need to put in a few layers of bricks ? And how did they do it - its a sheer rock face on the other side ? Its a mystery ?
We then went back to the path and up to the bridge that is above the part of the river we had been at. The pic above looks back to where we were - which is off in the distance towards the top of the pic.
And above is the view looking further up river from the same bridge. The last time we were here the river was in spate and you basically could not see these rocks.
We then made our way back down to the car park to drive home, passing under the bridge above, which carries all the traffic on one of the main roads into Edinburgh above the river.
It was nice to get out with my daughter and she talked non-stop the whole time, which I think is great - it was lovely to spend some time with her, and get some exercise !!!
