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| My first full day in Edinburgh was actually quite beautiful (you could see the sky!), so I figured the timing was perfect for a run to the top of Arthur's Seat, an imposing volcanic hill just east of the city center. Arthur's Seat is the center of Holyrood Park and it's highest point, and I figured it would give me some great views of Edinburgh and the rest of Central Scotland. Needless to say, I was not disappointed. |
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| The trail, from about halfway up. |
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| Running up may have been a bit overly ambitious. |
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| Looking west over Edinburgh from the summit. In the foreground are the Salisbury Crags, a set of cliffs that hang directly over the city. People tend to refer to the crags as Arthur's Seat as well, though they have their own name (which I had to google to find). Edinburgh Castle is visible on Castle Rock, just over the end of the cliffs. My flat is in Fountainbridge, west of the center city, in the upper left of the photo. |
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| Looking north from the summit. You can see the trail I took up along the lower left. Beyond the Firth of Forth (the inlet that runs from the center of Scotland into the North Sea), you can just make out the mountains of the Highlands in the distance. |
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| I went down by a different route, this one of the southwest side of the hill, and got this great profile view of the Salisbury Crags cast against the sunset. |
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| One last shot of the sunset and then back to my flat. |
