A very bright and sunny walk down the first part of the Union Canal from Fountainbridge, Edinburgh. It reminded me of walks by the river...

I took a walk from Trinity, down the old railway paths to Newhaven today. Something about the winter light and the architecture in this...

A few weeks ago we wandered out on the sand at Cramond Beach at low tide. It's right on the flight path for the nearby Edinburgh airport,...

A wet and dreary Sunday, weather-wise. We visited the famous Rosslyn Chapel and walked down to the castle afterwards. The chapel itself...

On the beach at North Berwick today. We visited the Scottish Seabird Centre and learnt a lot about local marine wildlife and the threats...

A few snaps from a walk by the Forth at Musselburgh today. I didn't take many as I spent most of the time birdwatching. Very close views...

Around Leith today. One of those quiet, grey autumn days. I'm not sure if it's quiet because of COVID restrictions or just because half...

We walked through Trinity down to Newhaven Harbour, on what began as a pleasantly sunny autumn day. From Newhaven, we could see a thick...

A couple of weeks ago at the Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh. Scales tipping into autumn.

Some photos from our first visit to Jupiter Artland, in mid-August. Since then I’ve been volunteering here one day a week, invigilating...

In early August we paid a visit to Little Sparta, the garden of Ian Hamilton Finlay. The garden is reached by a farm track which leads to...

This afternoon we slogged up Scald Law, the tallest hill in the Pentlands. It was worth it for the views, the fresh air and the flask of...

Threave Garden & Estate is managed by the National Trust for Scotland. It features a large 19th-century house, gardens which are...

Today has been a wet, grey day. But we still managed to go for a walk along the coast from Musselburgh, and have ice cream by the...

Photographs from Kippford and Rough Island, which can be reached at low tide via a causeway across the estuary.

Scenes from the Galloway Forest Park, early August.

Our summer holiday this year was in Dumfries and Galloway, in the south-west corner of Scotland. We booked it before the pandemic took...

Picking summer fruits at Craigie’s Farm near Queensferry. A favourite childhood activity revisited.

One of the few good things about lockdown has been having more time to explore our local area. Today we walked up Corstorphine Hill,...

Wandering around the botanics, which are looking lovely, even on a grey day.

We took our first trip out to the Pentland Hills today, walking up to Bonaly Reservoir.

Around Newhaven harbour today.

Walked up to the castle today and back through the city. It still feels strange seeing most places closed at what would normally be the...

Our second trip outside of Edinburgh since lockdown easing. Something about the light today called for black and white.