26/09/15 - Edinburgh Seaside

Distance - 5 Miles
Geocaches - 2
Walk From - 25 Walks in Edinburgh and Lothian

Last Night
A chance to show the Student what Edinburgh Night Life can be like.  So where else to take him but Rose Street?  We walk the length, passing the pissed, the desperate, the buskers and the hen parties.

Unexpectedly, we grab the last table in Dirty Dicks.  Rejoicing our joy, I go to the bar to order drinks only to have an excitable chef come running over to question the age of our Student.  Its OK I say, it's 7:30pm, he is 17 and drinking coke and we are all eating.

Edinburgh, once again, maintains the honour of the only City where I have been ejected from a pub.  This time two years ago, it was the Guildford Arms for the exact same reason. We are sent elsewhere, where we check their web site and laugh long and hard at their "Child Friendly Claim".

Today's Walk
Edinburgh, once again, throws up unexpected surprises.

I'm out the flat at 8am and driving the short distance to Cramond.  I know its by the sea - nestling on the shore of the Firth of Forth.  I was not expecting it to resemble a Cornish fishing village.

It's lovely.

Unexpected Edinburgh - Crammond

This is a walk of thirds.

The first third is along the River Almond - all rock strewn, with the occasional weir to add to the drama.

River Almond

At Cramond Old Bridge, I head in land - walking through what must be Edinburgh's millionaire's row.  No two properties are the same in style by all undoubtedly share a high price tag.

Cramond Old Bridge

The final third is a drop down Silverknowes golf course to pick up the promenade.  A proper seaside feel with kids with ice-creams and the smell of seaweed in the air.

Silverhowes

Edinburgh Seaside

Soon back at the car to reflect on how I can only be 15 minutes out of the City and walk in a completely different experience.

Edinburgh, unfriendly family licencing apart, is a wonderful and varied City that throws up constant surprises.