The beginning

Welcome to my blog - Out & About in Tayside & Fife!

I want to record some of my trips around the area, and perhaps inspire other people.

The entries will primarily be about places in Tayside and Fife, but from time to time I will share notes about trips to the wider world. As I am interested in astronomy and geology there will be comments on these topics as well from time to time.

So to start the blog off here is:

Edinburgh!

Edinburgh Castle (left of centre) viewed from Arthur's Seat - Edinburgh's volcano.

The walk up Arthur's Seat does not take long. You steadily rise higher and higher, obtaining better and better views of the city and its surroundings. The final section is quite rocky, until you arrive on the smooth, polished basalt summit. Notice the sunlight reflecting off the foreground rocks. Although the weather is fine and sunny this afternoon, it is quite windy on the crowded top.


The next day I visited the impressive Edinburgh University quad on the corner of Chambers St and South Bridge. A pleasant place for a rest!

Edinburgh University quad

And then into the National Museum of Scotland next door. But where have all the fossils gone?

Natural science in the National Museum of Scotland

Here is a self-portrait taken in the museum.

Yes, I am somewhere in this picture of the atrium of the museum. 

However, I notice that not all of Edinburgh's architecture is so regular and geometric.

Maybe I am overdoing things!

Here is a view of Arthur's Seat form the Castle car park. I climbed up there yesterday!

Arthur's Seat, from the Castle car park.