The ruins of medieval Tantallon are magestic in their decay, and despite the ravages of both war and time the castle still commands the coast of the Firth of Forth at North Berwick. For those interested, Historic Scotland has more information on the history of the castle.
View east from Tantallon Castle
Intruder's silhouette
View to Bass Rock from Tantallon Castle
Tantallon Castle and Bass Rock
Central tower, Tantallon
Defenses, and view to the east
Ruined defensive wall, Tantallon
A glorious afternoon at Dunbar, on the coast of the Firth of Forth (slightly east of Edinburgh)
view of the coast at Dunbar
Exploration by photography
View at Dunbar
Panorama from Dunbar
Dust bath
We made the trip up to Edinburgh for the second of the May long weekends to visit friends (our first trip there in over a year), and while there took advantage of the weather to finally explore the lovely and atmospheric Edinburgh Castle …
St Andrews Cross over the ramparts of Edinburgh Castle
Edinburgh Castle - barracks
Internal arch of St Catherine's Chapel
View across the city, towards Arthur's Seat
Halfmoon battery, Edinburgh Castle
Chapel of the Scottish National War Memorial
Internal doorway in the garden, Edinburgh Castle
The elegant, sweeping, grey/green/blue leaves of a gum tree … sometimes it takes seeing a completely incongruous stand of eucalypts in a thoroughly English garden to make you realise that it’s the little things that add up to what you miss about home
A curtain of gum leaves, Kew Gardens
Where's a koala when there's food to be had?
I didn’t record the name of these tiny flowers, but they were just lovely
Tiny purple flowers, Kew Gardens
Flowers in a beautiful ‘free form’ memorial flower bed – Snake’s Head Fritillary / Chequered daffodil / drooping tulip …
Close-up drooping tulips
Chequered daffodils
Mauve hyacynth blooms
Hyacynth buds, Kew Gardens
Ornamental cherry blossom buds, Kew Gardens
Pink & mauve blooms, Kew Gardens
