Another Edinburgh walk we have never done, so it was off to Cramond Island to finish week four of Doddie Aid 2023. Cramond is an island in the firth of forth, accessible via a causeway at low tide, on the side of the path is an anti boat boom which was constructed in world war two. We had a nosey around the old bunkers and posed in the random frame hanging in a tree, another glorious spring like day.
Week four started with a quick climb up Traprain Law, the ponies were sheltering down at the bottom, casually snacking on the gorse bushes. I was within touching distance of the car when I fell like a sack of spuds! I spotted the woman getting in to the car next door was sporting a similar look and also getting a towel out of the boot to sit on. On the Sunday I noticed that this was the first week I had closed all the movement and exercise rings on the fitness App on my phone since the week before I tested positive for Covid last May (got a wee medal!) On Wednesday I took a day off work and we ventured to Corstorphine Hill for the first time ever. There is a five story hill tower, a walled garden and a quarry which contains an underground nuclear bunker, plus we spotted the Edinburgh zoo zebras. We also investigated the deluxe Ormiston bug hotel (garden goals!) and the Burns Night inspired post box topper.
Started on Sunday with a walk around Gifford community woodland, as you near Broadwoodside the owners of the farmhouse have added wee points of interest and random sculptures, some of which we spotted. Then after a coffee and scone we had a stroll around a very quiet Gosford Estate. This weeks close to home walks have been improved by the addition of a few inches of snow and blue skies though a quick trip to the office highlighted the more dramatic scenery of the Borders. Ended the week with a walk around Humbie Church woods, apparently famous for harbouring the only colony of the North African herb, Cochlearis Megalosperma in Scotland (not that I would know it if it leapt up and bit me to be honest!)
