Edinburgh is one.
The citizens of Edinburgh are spoilt for choice. On a sunny day they can visit the beach at Portobello, the miniature mountain of Arthur's Seat, riverside walks along the Water of Leith and River Almond or city centre parks like Princes St Gardens and the Meadows.
And when the sunshine is combined with snow there is one obvious choice. The Pentlands, easily accessible at the end of a couple of city bus routes.
The Pentlands used to be the haunt of the shepherd and the nature-lover. But that was a few decades ago. Now they are a popular destination for local people, a couple of broad new paths cut across their slopes that can be taken to with ordinary shoes and bicycles.
Not everyone is happy about this desecration of the landscape. But everyone we saw seemed happy enough today.
And why wouldn't they be, when you get to the top and gain vistas like these just a couple of miles from the city's edge?
1 comment:
It's a great asset to Edinburgh having an extinct volcano in the heart of the city plus a delightful hill range right on the doorstep. Nice winter shots.
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