This is the result of a 2 1/2 hour walk around and up the Braid Hills, second highest of the Seven Hills of Edinburgh. Five hills down; two more to go.
Showing posts with label Hills of Edinburgh. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Hills of Edinburgh. Show all posts
Wednesday, July 22, 2009
Muddy
This is the result of a 2 1/2 hour walk around and up the Braid Hills, second highest of the Seven Hills of Edinburgh. Five hills down; two more to go.
Sunday, July 5, 2009
4 of 7 Hills
Edinburgh like most of Scotland is not flat. I know, shocking. In fact, there are seven hills in Edinburgh. The most well known are Castle Rock (on which Edinburgh Castle is perched), Calton Hill, and Arthur's Seat. There's also Blackford Hill (home of the Royal Observatory), Braid Hills, Craiglockhart Hill, and Corstorphine Hill.
If you're crazy and so inclined, there's even the 7 Hills of Edinburgh race every year. There were 330 finishers this year, with the winner finnishing in 01:43:06.
Today I went on a walk of four of the seven hills with 5 other walkers. It took us 4 hours, 5 hours if you count the walk down the last hill to the pub at the end. Of course we stopped to admire the view at the top of each hill, so maybe it was only about 4 hours or so of walking and climbing.
Whatever. It works out to be over 8 1/2 miles of walking.
If you're interested, here is the map.
The 8.69 miles were on top of a 4.71 mile run this morning. I'm not sure why I thought this was a good idea. The question now is whether I'm going to be able to walk to work tomorrow.
Even though it was feeling like my legs were going to fall off towards the end, it was a great day out! Pleasant walking company. A beautiful day after a brief but heavy downpour at the start. And a pint of cider at the end.
Here are some pictures of some of the views.
If you're crazy and so inclined, there's even the 7 Hills of Edinburgh race every year. There were 330 finishers this year, with the winner finnishing in 01:43:06.
Today I went on a walk of four of the seven hills with 5 other walkers. It took us 4 hours, 5 hours if you count the walk down the last hill to the pub at the end. Of course we stopped to admire the view at the top of each hill, so maybe it was only about 4 hours or so of walking and climbing.
Whatever. It works out to be over 8 1/2 miles of walking.
If you're interested, here is the map.
The 8.69 miles were on top of a 4.71 mile run this morning. I'm not sure why I thought this was a good idea. The question now is whether I'm going to be able to walk to work tomorrow.
Even though it was feeling like my legs were going to fall off towards the end, it was a great day out! Pleasant walking company. A beautiful day after a brief but heavy downpour at the start. And a pint of cider at the end.
Here are some pictures of some of the views.
Castle Rock - This is a picture taken from the Esplanade. The blue stadium seating is for the Tatoo.
Scott Monument and the Princes Street Gardens, walking from Edinburgh Castle to Calton Hill
Looking back toward Edinburgh Castle from Calton Hill
Top of Calton Hill
Walking toward Arthur's Seat from Calton Hill
Looking back toward Calton Hill from Arthur's Seat
Top of Arthur's Seat
View from Arthur's Seat
View from from Arthur's Seat
Looking back toward Arthur's Seat from Blackford Hill
Toward the top of Blackford Hill
Braid Hills from the top of Blackford Hill. Farther away in the distance are the Pentand Hills.
Craiglockhart Hill from the top of Blackford Hill
Corstorphine Hill from the top of Blackford Hill
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