tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-54494478422347130782024-03-16T01:10:28.642+00:00Leo du Feu - Landscape, Art, Nature, BirdsLeo du Feu Painter of landscape and naturehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08209949942922567508noreply@blogger.comBlogger199125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5449447842234713078.post-25606911206944016262024-02-01T10:43:00.011+00:002024-02-01T10:46:40.431+00:00Scotland By Rail - Caldercruix - Hillend Reservoir<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: right;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEii_h6qy2q1JlDIhsacFNImJCfI4jHpi9sjakxTRNhhaOdXtQB7Y8k_yhgia8SYkdwA3Xii_JbjCgAXz0HzJD2OaMVsBx03A5MFUpDR3yUrhAL8w5fLJ9d5XjvZCr4N_KIJjymz1xgfQgw_menwbSbSKDVur06bWG82XDneoCQ44MuxFpekRNX9lgWL/s1061/Supported%20by%20ScotRail%20CoreMark_RGB.jpg" style="background-color: white; clear: left; color: #45818e; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-decoration-line: none;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><img border="0" data-original-height="670" data-original-width="1061" height="126" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEii_h6qy2q1JlDIhsacFNImJCfI4jHpi9sjakxTRNhhaOdXtQB7Y8k_yhgia8SYkdwA3Xii_JbjCgAXz0HzJD2OaMVsBx03A5MFUpDR3yUrhAL8w5fLJ9d5XjvZCr4N_KIJjymz1xgfQgw_menwbSbSKDVur06bWG82XDneoCQ44MuxFpekRNX9lgWL/w200-h126/Supported%20by%20ScotRail%20CoreMark_RGB.jpg" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 1px solid rgb(255, 255, 255); box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.1) 1px 1px 5px; padding: 5px; position: relative;" width="200" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjEDsPmLADku0TtKEmXXHnSxcdLKkE6nCoETk8bYhSQMD7L-PmzdQvq7ImDvwaNUAhD_tF0U8-NmGqCUclAt9cH7d7ljCPthYSaXeEeVVTX2ZLtNV_DXaQ6allGMdCjIgqXZ_h_H2FKD9fxJEYrCzCLDLCc-_0uusCq3HhlXMDp0VUQISoQeuKq_et5LBE/s4032/Leo%20du%20Feu,%20Bathgate,%20Caldercruix,%20Glasgow,%2025.01.2024%20(15).jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: #444444;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjEDsPmLADku0TtKEmXXHnSxcdLKkE6nCoETk8bYhSQMD7L-PmzdQvq7ImDvwaNUAhD_tF0U8-NmGqCUclAt9cH7d7ljCPthYSaXeEeVVTX2ZLtNV_DXaQ6allGMdCjIgqXZ_h_H2FKD9fxJEYrCzCLDLCc-_0uusCq3HhlXMDp0VUQISoQeuKq_et5LBE/w640-h480/Leo%20du%20Feu,%20Bathgate,%20Caldercruix,%20Glasgow,%2025.01.2024%20(15).jpg" width="640" /></span></a></div><span style="color: #444444;"><br /></span><p><span style="color: #444444; font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">A full there and back railway day from Burntisland to Glasgow via Edinburgh, Bathgate and Caldercruix. </span></p><p><span style="color: #444444; font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="color: #444444; font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">I </span>had to be in both Bathgate and Glasgow and hoped I had an hour or two of spare time in between. I wanted to explore somewhere new to me so studied the Ordance Survey, looking at every station stop between Bathgate and Glasgow. There are a lot! I especially look for nearby green spaces. Caldercruix sat on the <a href="https://www.sustrans.org.uk/find-a-route-on-the-national-cycle-network/national-cycle-network-routes-in-glasgow-and-the-surrounding-area" target="_blank">National Cycle Network, Route 75</a> and was just to the west of an enticing large area of water - Hillend Reservoir.</span></p><p><span style="color: #444444; font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="color: #444444; font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">I started in Burntisland as usual. Warm low cloud colours reflected on damp mossy wall as I looked down on the roof of my studio at Burntisland railway station. My studio is open by appointment - just get in touch - and on various Open Studio days. Looking across the docks, across the Forth, to Arthurs Seat and Edinburgh visible on the horizon.</span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div style="background-color: white; text-align: start;"><span style="color: #444444; font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="background-color: white; text-align: start;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhU5vWXHK9yDHXKzPBKwu-9fvcFBOdT-WAUVLeV5zDd46j5zAtcxPxWG2rfgNNNNEusJ-9cyzpYYX34Zaw8rwTq1_OMYWeUAebhoxOuDgzwRggSYsGmWsJSuqne1L2a2Ng7-bPeYgXHN-3dydSP1k-uqfzZcSqnmqX3pMQ9K38JxY0Z76X8gJFQupyDJJc/s3652/Leo%20du%20Feu,%20Bathgate,%20Caldercruix,%20Glasgow,%2025.01.2024%20(1).jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: #444444; font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2975" data-original-width="3652" height="522" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhU5vWXHK9yDHXKzPBKwu-9fvcFBOdT-WAUVLeV5zDd46j5zAtcxPxWG2rfgNNNNEusJ-9cyzpYYX34Zaw8rwTq1_OMYWeUAebhoxOuDgzwRggSYsGmWsJSuqne1L2a2Ng7-bPeYgXHN-3dydSP1k-uqfzZcSqnmqX3pMQ9K38JxY0Z76X8gJFQupyDJJc/w640-h522/Leo%20du%20Feu,%20Bathgate,%20Caldercruix,%20Glasgow,%2025.01.2024%20(1).jpg" width="640" /></span></a></div><div style="background-color: white; text-align: start;"><span style="color: #444444; font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="background-color: white; text-align: start;"><br /></div><div style="background-color: white; text-align: start;"><span style="color: #444444; font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">I looked for seals on the rocks between Burntisland and Aberdour. A well known sight to those who use this railway line often. Today there were none but I spied a lovely little huddle of redshanks standing tight against the wind and rain. I jotted down what I could remember of them in my sketchbook.</span></div><span style="color: #444444; font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiUWYF0V1EAYFeV49obVzfPg_7uIhw459HgJQPdkTQ9rPPg8G2D5LXhfnnQUhjS5OvraltipMoV99Tz-6imsDV6Kxu6VOJ2jC1QSH66Levr3cmnshsEhHea3tZkLPn5R-tbLdG1hc6fUji3vve5Dqe4YIP3f6TfbLQkrPtgf9ooSfEv1moG2fxQ4uUJGtw/s3024/Leo%20du%20Feu,%20Bathgate,%20Caldercruix,%20Glasgow,%2025.01.2024%20(2).jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: #444444; font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="3021" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiUWYF0V1EAYFeV49obVzfPg_7uIhw459HgJQPdkTQ9rPPg8G2D5LXhfnnQUhjS5OvraltipMoV99Tz-6imsDV6Kxu6VOJ2jC1QSH66Levr3cmnshsEhHea3tZkLPn5R-tbLdG1hc6fUji3vve5Dqe4YIP3f6TfbLQkrPtgf9ooSfEv1moG2fxQ4uUJGtw/w400-h400/Leo%20du%20Feu,%20Bathgate,%20Caldercruix,%20Glasgow,%2025.01.2024%20(2).jpg" width="400" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #444444; font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #444444; font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="color: #444444; font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">Bathgate. View from the station bridge:</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #444444; font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #444444; font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><iframe allowfullscreen='allowfullscreen' webkitallowfullscreen='webkitallowfullscreen' mozallowfullscreen='mozallowfullscreen' width='320' height='266' src='https://www.blogger.com/video.g?token=AD6v5dwe_-1w3yHyAyVHndTJXgMBc4w8m2z_az3dkIHmMtgU_q9SxPvDq12ErezIvnr9J1JSvUvmMXtxCe2Zj8ybHw' class='b-hbp-video b-uploaded' frameborder='0'></iframe></span></div><span style="color: #444444; font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="color: #444444; font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="color: #444444; font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="color: #444444; font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">Back on the train, I love the view along this moorland stretch, National Cycle Network Route 75 running alongside. There must be a lot of wildlife to spot out there, I hope to return with my bike. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="color: #444444; font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="color: #444444; font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">A kestrel was flying over the moor, it's the almost invisible speck in this photo:</span></div><span style="color: #444444; font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgH_BfAuTmT5EPtnvG38D7mxashJsaqumL7VIbLq2dE2IlC4CEVa6K17yXTUboLo5zgLqI_hTSjP3Stq8xS3pCdqPfAl12IqaTZDafJMOybTE10L_WDYLJZGbL4Qs5KeRMLUOdLIBQk_WDkLgpJHcDLhcsi7qhTftxKDVdEWYuoN2P3-iiFrXmGvCrJ7Uk/s4032/Leo%20du%20Feu,%20Bathgate,%20Caldercruix,%20Glasgow,%2025.01.2024%20(4).jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: #444444; font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgH_BfAuTmT5EPtnvG38D7mxashJsaqumL7VIbLq2dE2IlC4CEVa6K17yXTUboLo5zgLqI_hTSjP3Stq8xS3pCdqPfAl12IqaTZDafJMOybTE10L_WDYLJZGbL4Qs5KeRMLUOdLIBQk_WDkLgpJHcDLhcsi7qhTftxKDVdEWYuoN2P3-iiFrXmGvCrJ7Uk/w640-h480/Leo%20du%20Feu,%20Bathgate,%20Caldercruix,%20Glasgow,%2025.01.2024%20(4).jpg" width="640" /></span></a></div><div style="background-color: white; text-align: start;"><span style="color: #444444; font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="background-color: white; text-align: start;"><br /></div><div style="background-color: white; text-align: start;"><span style="color: #444444; font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">Cyclepath & footpath runs alongside. So tempting.</span></div><span style="color: #444444; font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgijGtDAAV7GHTtAPeflyL9lQ7ks6BoF-lxFuNlcycfReND94Q5ETYw4FOHfhVLmHtQ5jIPQzuNXtqUKsKlKDKKFu07mffkGbgpsRR6gGEtywH1PfnvXs1ZBV4sbjBqGpF1Zs8ht06oKn0UMw8d-kK28KoZOpc2XxZ0S2LMt9enITGsoeoyXaygpYWDMJ0/s4032/Leo%20du%20Feu,%20Bathgate,%20Caldercruix,%20Glasgow,%2025.01.2024%20(5).jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: #444444; font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgijGtDAAV7GHTtAPeflyL9lQ7ks6BoF-lxFuNlcycfReND94Q5ETYw4FOHfhVLmHtQ5jIPQzuNXtqUKsKlKDKKFu07mffkGbgpsRR6gGEtywH1PfnvXs1ZBV4sbjBqGpF1Zs8ht06oKn0UMw8d-kK28KoZOpc2XxZ0S2LMt9enITGsoeoyXaygpYWDMJ0/w640-h480/Leo%20du%20Feu,%20Bathgate,%20Caldercruix,%20Glasgow,%2025.01.2024%20(5).jpg" width="640" /></span></a></div><div style="background-color: white; text-align: start;"><span style="color: #444444; font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="background-color: white; text-align: start;"><br /></div><div style="background-color: white; text-align: start;"><span style="color: #444444; font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">Hillend Reservoir, east end. From the train I saw cormorant, goosander, great crested grebe. My Bathgate appointment had run late so I had only an hour ahead of me for my Caldercruix walk. I wished I had three.</span></div><span style="color: #444444; font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh8BhthPDDhrjK84LnJWHYaNzDlfestGLXLwHTFCxQIMxRY3CzCR552lBZaBIoqvCA6aAHLBmZ9L2LHk0RTFc3qfh3jwteq5OulaJMtw8GjEgah1JZDH9fl91JQJAH1sVTDaMSs9wwhY4qioZ2vwO5Odz8mB2YfANBiT2RnpuxMzcyaXOJzrv3Y3xnMsfs/s4032/Leo%20du%20Feu,%20Bathgate,%20Caldercruix,%20Glasgow,%2025.01.2024%20(6).jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: #444444; font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh8BhthPDDhrjK84LnJWHYaNzDlfestGLXLwHTFCxQIMxRY3CzCR552lBZaBIoqvCA6aAHLBmZ9L2LHk0RTFc3qfh3jwteq5OulaJMtw8GjEgah1JZDH9fl91JQJAH1sVTDaMSs9wwhY4qioZ2vwO5Odz8mB2YfANBiT2RnpuxMzcyaXOJzrv3Y3xnMsfs/w640-h480/Leo%20du%20Feu,%20Bathgate,%20Caldercruix,%20Glasgow,%2025.01.2024%20(6).jpg" width="640" /></span></a></div><div style="background-color: white; text-align: start;"><span style="color: #444444; font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="background-color: white; text-align: start;"><span style="color: #444444; font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="background-color: white; text-align: start;"><br /></div><div style="background-color: white; text-align: start;"><b><span style="color: #444444; font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">In Caldercruix</span></b></div><div style="background-color: white; text-align: start;"><span style="color: #444444; font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="background-color: white; text-align: start;"><span style="color: #444444; font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">Walk east along Station Road to pass the Village Inn then the village shop. Cross the B825 to this fence decorated by Caldercruix Community Council. Countryside starts here!</span></div><div style="background-color: white; text-align: start;"><span style="color: #444444; font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZK1sHw_QXnXoJ3OXuCwSV2HIeOM7dhpOF9vUa7yTV0cUxS0cQBiJAutPk8aoA4Y655sCaa5TQsiBeodKVkPEam0aKfuXWouH-mR57IKRagUQRQlsFemy3f0FZEsj-qbGRCjX1FbbI1tuyt4YQZFqBsPAnP68gfua-AimNOT9FTYdLGJUr7hky5GGSugo/s4032/Leo%20du%20Feu,%20Bathgate,%20Caldercruix,%20Glasgow,%2025.01.2024%20(18).jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: #444444; font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZK1sHw_QXnXoJ3OXuCwSV2HIeOM7dhpOF9vUa7yTV0cUxS0cQBiJAutPk8aoA4Y655sCaa5TQsiBeodKVkPEam0aKfuXWouH-mR57IKRagUQRQlsFemy3f0FZEsj-qbGRCjX1FbbI1tuyt4YQZFqBsPAnP68gfua-AimNOT9FTYdLGJUr7hky5GGSugo/w640-h480/Leo%20du%20Feu,%20Bathgate,%20Caldercruix,%20Glasgow,%2025.01.2024%20(18).jpg" width="640" /></span></a></div><div style="background-color: white; text-align: start;"><span style="color: #444444; font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="background-color: white; text-align: start;"><span style="color: #444444; font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="background-color: white; text-align: start;"><span style="color: #444444; font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">Lovely <a href="https://www.sustrans.org.uk/find-a-route-on-the-national-cycle-network/national-cycle-network-routes-in-glasgow-and-the-surrounding-area" target="_blank">Sustrans Route 75</a> sign. These signs bring back so many memories from so many family childhood walks.</span></div><span style="color: #444444; font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj7SNj2wrFcJPYVCTio2dwVf08RcDFVv6lBO232PeuwdJD7F5cyJCqr7rjWjVxXsiMYjV3AXrugUsy7ZNcwmEnjcGNrUsWhD2se5Tt0F-kCFyoJfTTRqfWX0HGmEPdrWkJrrF1Y37qRMpX_49osLb8daYoNWmKBI2UqewUQHXMxPsS0vhlQaQ6_g_8nm8w/s4032/Leo%20du%20Feu,%20Bathgate,%20Caldercruix,%20Glasgow,%2025.01.2024%20(7).jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: #444444; font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj7SNj2wrFcJPYVCTio2dwVf08RcDFVv6lBO232PeuwdJD7F5cyJCqr7rjWjVxXsiMYjV3AXrugUsy7ZNcwmEnjcGNrUsWhD2se5Tt0F-kCFyoJfTTRqfWX0HGmEPdrWkJrrF1Y37qRMpX_49osLb8daYoNWmKBI2UqewUQHXMxPsS0vhlQaQ6_g_8nm8w/w480-h640/Leo%20du%20Feu,%20Bathgate,%20Caldercruix,%20Glasgow,%2025.01.2024%20(7).jpg" width="480" /></span></a></div><div style="background-color: white; text-align: start;"><span style="color: #444444; font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="background-color: white; text-align: start;"><br /></div><div style="background-color: white; text-align: start;"><span style="color: #444444; font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">Now just explore! The reservoir is close. </span></div><div style="background-color: white; text-align: start;"><span style="color: #444444; font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="background-color: white; text-align: start;"><span style="color: #444444; font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">I decided to take note of all wildlife I saw and heard while there<span> and to record it afterwards on the <a href="https://www.bto.org/our-science/projects/birdtrack" target="_blank">British Trust for Ornithology BirdTrack</a> app afterwards - citizen science contributing to conservation knowledge and policy. And it's fun!</span></span></div><span style="color: #444444; font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhc5yBdkiL94iYv0QqUwnlEYyOlKiQaNqu_Gcn404iBjOlpHsMRdbssVIIW3nhkf6jogVOJ-LOZ5iVvEdQvSWxlZ37gwt_YgFmt8SwJOV0qND0odKbmjDALO6H0yDwxncix8AA8Saq5ZXVl4NYGF3OBLd7FD1zY4LWFsbUdhpn1TRb28x24U_363E2QxSY/s4032/Leo%20du%20Feu,%20Bathgate,%20Caldercruix,%20Glasgow,%2025.01.2024%20(8).jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: #444444; font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhc5yBdkiL94iYv0QqUwnlEYyOlKiQaNqu_Gcn404iBjOlpHsMRdbssVIIW3nhkf6jogVOJ-LOZ5iVvEdQvSWxlZ37gwt_YgFmt8SwJOV0qND0odKbmjDALO6H0yDwxncix8AA8Saq5ZXVl4NYGF3OBLd7FD1zY4LWFsbUdhpn1TRb28x24U_363E2QxSY/w640-h480/Leo%20du%20Feu,%20Bathgate,%20Caldercruix,%20Glasgow,%2025.01.2024%20(8).jpg" width="640" /></span></a></div><div style="background-color: white; text-align: start;"><br /></div><div style="background-color: white; text-align: start;"><span style="color: #444444; font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="background-color: white; text-align: start;"><span style="color: #444444; font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">North Calder Water:</span></div><span style="color: #444444; font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhpaidynsa9uTOC48cpIOPgdZeDijf2JFkKtaET2qzhmGG7U_jXFBbwBPOFw_fT4x8tM5qx2k9bNEjAdnKosiX9TJkdHDpfe7GK6drgRGRz8cyNBajmvpRXzdRgc-bVRn9WKC-odniTi-PNpdYedIR_X4QllaBusvHuJ4pdTXWZ0-DKeQBTs5DSAJUOsEU/s4032/Leo%20du%20Feu,%20Bathgate,%20Caldercruix,%20Glasgow,%2025.01.2024%20(9).jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: #444444; font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhpaidynsa9uTOC48cpIOPgdZeDijf2JFkKtaET2qzhmGG7U_jXFBbwBPOFw_fT4x8tM5qx2k9bNEjAdnKosiX9TJkdHDpfe7GK6drgRGRz8cyNBajmvpRXzdRgc-bVRn9WKC-odniTi-PNpdYedIR_X4QllaBusvHuJ4pdTXWZ0-DKeQBTs5DSAJUOsEU/w640-h480/Leo%20du%20Feu,%20Bathgate,%20Caldercruix,%20Glasgow,%2025.01.2024%20(9).jpg" width="640" /></span></a></div><span style="color: #444444; font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><div style="background-color: white; text-align: start;"><br /></div><div style="background-color: white; text-align: start;"><br /></div>Approaching the reservoir:</span></div><div style="background-color: white; text-align: start;"><span style="color: #444444; font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiQstXA8DnrNHuTSijO3qXK4vyOUy7DE_5j70IOO176W4eURn24yyCJZlFZz36KxWczWmUlKwYdnU0DTcOWUMDcLAo6VWmPefWjDCdIbhgC6fMUdy2b2XnBnwSDJXK6qnqhBCNNPc8xwx2APlcI6Rj_k4vhkf7RHs2YrR9D3c_esTVmdxwjaemPDGVGdHY/s4032/Leo%20du%20Feu,%20Bathgate,%20Caldercruix,%20Glasgow,%2025.01.2024%20(11).jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: #444444; font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiQstXA8DnrNHuTSijO3qXK4vyOUy7DE_5j70IOO176W4eURn24yyCJZlFZz36KxWczWmUlKwYdnU0DTcOWUMDcLAo6VWmPefWjDCdIbhgC6fMUdy2b2XnBnwSDJXK6qnqhBCNNPc8xwx2APlcI6Rj_k4vhkf7RHs2YrR9D3c_esTVmdxwjaemPDGVGdHY/w640-h480/Leo%20du%20Feu,%20Bathgate,%20Caldercruix,%20Glasgow,%2025.01.2024%20(11).jpg" width="640" /></span></a></div><div style="background-color: white; text-align: start;"><span style="color: #444444; font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="background-color: white; text-align: start;"><br /></div><div style="background-color: white; text-align: start;"><span style="color: #444444; font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">Very impressive after so much rain.</span></div><span style="color: #444444; font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh2JMA0PhAcQ9-7aCfBL1Kx7QD-aIyjnOvBxKYKKHfL1qqh0nzK16X_JX_MTDj5WwzRJfJUWYDRY5VY0RFoLfYSyQ7OQVg4b95X4G8YMIyj2-7XxtVkc9zrPUPRxloYMZndnqinqhTccnMkghJZQpkCit9_mnxTlME9kvOTmHl6accdguJuPirC_xkR7Oc/s4032/Leo%20du%20Feu,%20Bathgate,%20Caldercruix,%20Glasgow,%2025.01.2024%20(12).jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: #444444; font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh2JMA0PhAcQ9-7aCfBL1Kx7QD-aIyjnOvBxKYKKHfL1qqh0nzK16X_JX_MTDj5WwzRJfJUWYDRY5VY0RFoLfYSyQ7OQVg4b95X4G8YMIyj2-7XxtVkc9zrPUPRxloYMZndnqinqhTccnMkghJZQpkCit9_mnxTlME9kvOTmHl6accdguJuPirC_xkR7Oc/w640-h480/Leo%20du%20Feu,%20Bathgate,%20Caldercruix,%20Glasgow,%2025.01.2024%20(12).jpg" width="640" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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text-align: center;"><br /></div><span style="color: #444444; font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">Reaching the reservoir, unfortunately only ten spare minutes:<br /></span><span style="color: #444444; font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjuYesV_tb5hB3VcBGu6R6a4EkKHVvkyNDZzJuxhf-18cI4DhEasq3zQ5jab4Iax8Mcrc2oy1CKQ7pNbn-_QavGws3bLmH16uu7MA20f6A8JM9bf4RBnCw6SHIGuwOk3MxrFzTQYN9Xu6MLsyvhEwy8T-gr8yO78VJtZBUeNzVEOk7Siv3JcuFxbvKDlqM/s4032/Leo%20du%20Feu,%20Bathgate,%20Caldercruix,%20Glasgow,%2025.01.2024%20(15).jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: #444444; font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjuYesV_tb5hB3VcBGu6R6a4EkKHVvkyNDZzJuxhf-18cI4DhEasq3zQ5jab4Iax8Mcrc2oy1CKQ7pNbn-_QavGws3bLmH16uu7MA20f6A8JM9bf4RBnCw6SHIGuwOk3MxrFzTQYN9Xu6MLsyvhEwy8T-gr8yO78VJtZBUeNzVEOk7Siv3JcuFxbvKDlqM/w640-h480/Leo%20du%20Feu,%20Bathgate,%20Caldercruix,%20Glasgow,%2025.01.2024%20(15).jpg" width="640" /></span></a></div><span style="color: #444444; 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text-align: start;"><span style="color: #444444; font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="background-color: white; text-align: start;"><br /></div><div style="background-color: white; text-align: start;"><span style="color: #444444; font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">I got out my binoculars, scanned all round, spotted a white blob - a dipper's chest! I got my stuff out and made this speedy watercolour:</span></div><div style="background-color: white; text-align: start;"><span style="color: #444444; font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="background-color: white; text-align: start;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiL094Az1mGMQr6FL9XgIJjDQjOjoPwT4Mwtp2XMiymGOx9cP1VHRLpYyG23CrpM028L_G7e-CKa-cMBAFp_0uJcBnrL9rXJeYtYdNiMzxJ8dXqL1NUdLdw-_WbGtXMkzIk5grdSPeWYUOdELDp99a6UHs-KWWrT-5KXTx3BcO-MgTvyDZZLpCFpxtqMSo/s3700/Leo%20du%20Feu,%20Bathgate,%20Caldercruix,%20Glasgow,%2025.01.2024%20(14).jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: #444444; font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3700" data-original-width="2849" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiL094Az1mGMQr6FL9XgIJjDQjOjoPwT4Mwtp2XMiymGOx9cP1VHRLpYyG23CrpM028L_G7e-CKa-cMBAFp_0uJcBnrL9rXJeYtYdNiMzxJ8dXqL1NUdLdw-_WbGtXMkzIk5grdSPeWYUOdELDp99a6UHs-KWWrT-5KXTx3BcO-MgTvyDZZLpCFpxtqMSo/w492-h640/Leo%20du%20Feu,%20Bathgate,%20Caldercruix,%20Glasgow,%2025.01.2024%20(14).jpg" width="492" /></span></a></div><span style="color: #444444; 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font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /><br /></span></div><div style="background-color: white; text-align: start;"><span style="color: #444444; font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">Then a fast walk back to station, wishing I had time to stop and paint this beautiful tree group too:</span></div><div style="background-color: white; text-align: start;"><span style="color: #444444; font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgwVaPU0jhTM4UxLPjvI5oYqN9tmAn3Z1Uh3N48TE056LiPU849cqOrF8l5Wk1sPxSyVq3HLLwZPxFcj_paGKHaqw6OwfK7j-yunl1QaEhMyT-w4kHExO8mMKeBsIvDpH0SPWBOXX-WRb_iMepM_pSBNTgY4LH5lghWC0lE5O6rxnRDknJyqnQMr7ebBwY/s3715/Leo%20du%20Feu,%20Bathgate,%20Caldercruix,%20Glasgow,%2025.01.2024%20(17).jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: #444444; font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3456" data-original-width="3715" height="596" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgwVaPU0jhTM4UxLPjvI5oYqN9tmAn3Z1Uh3N48TE056LiPU849cqOrF8l5Wk1sPxSyVq3HLLwZPxFcj_paGKHaqw6OwfK7j-yunl1QaEhMyT-w4kHExO8mMKeBsIvDpH0SPWBOXX-WRb_iMepM_pSBNTgY4LH5lghWC0lE5O6rxnRDknJyqnQMr7ebBwY/w640-h596/Leo%20du%20Feu,%20Bathgate,%20Caldercruix,%20Glasgow,%2025.01.2024%20(17).jpg" width="640" /></span></a></div><span style="color: #444444; font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><div style="background-color: white; text-align: start;"><br /></div><div style="background-color: white; text-align: start;"><br /></div><div style="background-color: white; text-align: start;">And to cycle to some of these places:</div><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhLcIOJGWyNBFaH0llr3NCrXLF7neey6hvx3FjUbpC7LYMN0tVZWncAIVxoXUOh7gTSL4NTDWcEcVZNhPYXjbs91eJ-jAw7_uTEzfTmJiw3ZehoarnWT_Skfz72V8BDRo9XfGBJEAWlskQeN3XXNQr4p5-xYSRcFJT4HnHuEpAQHJxSoBqDFHJGmbS0-xM/s4032/Leo%20du%20Feu,%20Bathgate,%20Caldercruix,%20Glasgow,%2025.01.2024%20(19).jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: #444444; font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhLcIOJGWyNBFaH0llr3NCrXLF7neey6hvx3FjUbpC7LYMN0tVZWncAIVxoXUOh7gTSL4NTDWcEcVZNhPYXjbs91eJ-jAw7_uTEzfTmJiw3ZehoarnWT_Skfz72V8BDRo9XfGBJEAWlskQeN3XXNQr4p5-xYSRcFJT4HnHuEpAQHJxSoBqDFHJGmbS0-xM/w640-h480/Leo%20du%20Feu,%20Bathgate,%20Caldercruix,%20Glasgow,%2025.01.2024%20(19).jpg" width="640" /></span></a></div><span style="color: #444444; font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="background-color: white; text-align: start;"><span style="color: #444444; font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><b>Glasgow:</b></span></div><div style="background-color: white; text-align: start;"><span style="color: #444444; font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="background-color: white; text-align: start;"><span style="color: #444444; font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">The day finished with a late afternoon - early evening few hours in Glasgow. Delivering a couple of newly finished paintings to a gallery and enjoying half an hour with my book in a cosy bookshop.</span></div><div style="background-color: white; text-align: start;"><br /></div><div style="background-color: white; text-align: start;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhKJFBLwgJFb_tfdk24_detOttOlXjrKudDzWZ0KM9N3RMq9tyQ2bukxZCKUWduaY6NXT5kbVj-wM7I7aOtVrKF1lahyphenhyphenqkkQj08AOE6X5Yw4tp8mlzEFjEf-Ne9UWwiAjW-ZgN703DTIbKmEmmT8ejyuprNa6PzHFiMioj8hlOxf-BxmaHkjplstXt3U8E/s4032/Leo%20du%20Feu,%20Bathgate,%20Caldercruix,%20Glasgow,%2025.01.2024%20(25).jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: #444444; font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhKJFBLwgJFb_tfdk24_detOttOlXjrKudDzWZ0KM9N3RMq9tyQ2bukxZCKUWduaY6NXT5kbVj-wM7I7aOtVrKF1lahyphenhyphenqkkQj08AOE6X5Yw4tp8mlzEFjEf-Ne9UWwiAjW-ZgN703DTIbKmEmmT8ejyuprNa6PzHFiMioj8hlOxf-BxmaHkjplstXt3U8E/w640-h480/Leo%20du%20Feu,%20Bathgate,%20Caldercruix,%20Glasgow,%2025.01.2024%20(25).jpg" width="640" /></span></a></div><span style="color: #444444; 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text-align: center;"><br style="background-color: white; color: #444444; font-family: Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px;" /></div>Leo du Feu Painter of landscape and naturehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08209949942922567508noreply@blogger.com0Caldercruix, Millstream Cres, Caldercruix, Airdrie ML6 7RJ, UK55.8879861 -3.888614227.577752263821154 -39.0448642 84.198219936178845 31.2676358tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5449447842234713078.post-47475788894349918312023-10-18T16:06:00.009+01:002023-10-19T22:15:14.546+01:00Postcards from the Line - Linlithgow - 21st Oct to 19th Nov 2023<p><span style="color: #444444; font-family: helvetica;">(sorry for such horrible varied font sizes etc, I can't work out how to make the glitches go away)</span></p><p><span style="color: #444444;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="color: #444444; font-size: large;">October! I</span><span face="verdana, geneva, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #444444; font-size: large;">t must be time for </span><span face="Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #444444; font-size: large;"><i>Postcards from The Line</i>! </span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><span style="color: #444444;"><span style="background-color: white;"><i>Postcards from the Line </i>is an annual exhibition at</span></span><span style="background-color: white; color: #444444;"> the Line Gallery in Linlithgow - my</span><span style="background-color: white; color: #444444;"> lovely hometown gallery and the first gallery to ever exhibit my work, at least 20 years ago.</span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #444444;">There are usually well more than 200 artworks, all sized A5 or under, all unframed, huge variety of media, 2D and 3D,<b><i> all </i></b></span><span style="background-color: white; color: #444444;"><b><i>£100 or under***</i></b></span><span style="background-color: white; color: #444444;">. It is a really really exciting exhibition. I delivered my ten this week and was allowed a sneak preview as the big sorting began:</span></span></p><p><span style="background-color: white; color: #444444; font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhVOQRHcXsiYttJQWgwRTKmzCiKjDF51RwJzcQnDiVNvckQFa_5l-2p5TCfAaMrT5Cw6SkR9CIHH8_65SMH3hrY5KI3SD5NQdkwFmgUoDf8BPMMUDHiXjtpQHStRkF8CbOl0Std6M4WVDao0uraOh4oarWyHXXxvX4KNhIw-sUAQ4oPbYcmGwcNH92fFJw/s1034/Postcards%20from%20the%20Line,%20Oct%202023.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><img border="0" data-original-height="600" data-original-width="1034" height="371" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhVOQRHcXsiYttJQWgwRTKmzCiKjDF51RwJzcQnDiVNvckQFa_5l-2p5TCfAaMrT5Cw6SkR9CIHH8_65SMH3hrY5KI3SD5NQdkwFmgUoDf8BPMMUDHiXjtpQHStRkF8CbOl0Std6M4WVDao0uraOh4oarWyHXXxvX4KNhIw-sUAQ4oPbYcmGwcNH92fFJw/w640-h371/Postcards%20from%20the%20Line,%20Oct%202023.jpg" width="640" /></span></a></div><p></p><div><div><span style="color: #444444; font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><span face="verdana, geneva, sans-serif" style="background-color: white;">The exhibition begins with an <b><i>opening celebration</i></b> this </span>Saturday 21st October<span style="background-color: white;"> at 2p</span>m. </span></div><div><span style="color: #444444; font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="color: #444444; font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">Then runs until 4pm on Sunday 19th November at:</span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div><div><span style="color: #444444; font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><a href="http://www.thelineonline.co.uk/" style="background-color: white; text-decoration-line: none;"><b>The Line Gallery</b></a><br style="background-color: white;" /><span face="verdana, geneva, sans-serif" style="background-color: white;">238 High Street, Linlithgow, EH49 7EF</span><br style="background-color: white;" /><br /><span face="verdana, geneva, sans-serif" style="background-color: white;">Opening Hours:</span></span></div><div><span style="color: #444444; font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><span face="verdana, geneva, sans-serif" style="background-color: white;">Thurs - Sat 10 - 5</span><br style="background-color: white;" /><span face="verdana, geneva, sans-serif" style="background-color: white;">Sun 1 - 4</span></span></div><div><span style="color: #444444;"><span face="verdana, geneva, sans-serif" style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br style="background-color: white;" /></span></span><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">- <a href="http://www.thelineonline.co.uk/contactTheLineGallery.html">thelineonline.co.uk</a></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><span style="color: #444444;">- </span><a href="https://www.facebook.com/linlithgowline/">facebook.com/linlithgowline</a></span></div></div><div><div style="background-color: white;"><span style="color: #444444; font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="background-color: white;"><span style="color: #444444; font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="color: #444444; font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">If you're interested in buying any of my ten works please contact Gail and Elisabet at the Line by emailing <a href="mailto:all@thelineonline.co.uk" style="text-decoration-line: none;"><b>all@thelineonline.co.uk</b></a> or phoning <b>+44 (0)1506 670 268</b>.</span></span></div><div><b style="background-color: white;"><span style="color: #444444; font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></b></div><div><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="color: #444444; font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">They are all based on places I have been, things I have seen. Nearly all painted out in situ. Here they are:</span></span></div><div><b style="background-color: white;"><span style="color: #444444; font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></b></div><div><b style="background-color: white;"><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhzVRurIDUgz2nt3G2XT5AZjl7483ZWCt6tpcsm20YD5UXsyc-yk5Y2LD0vDRLV2-sugYp7RL-uV3Ezt0y44SYJD9c5OcOEIv4Lg_YrrM0Q4EytZ7Jgvn41ZFw8rHsyXgTSAPsNVF8GImCaUn_zTqMEelTe_H_P27xJAh8CTZa0_vA-evSJaq3SxExA7-g/s840/Leo%20du%20Feu,%20Loch%20Arklet,%20New%20Year's%20Eve,%2015x21cm.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><span style="color: #444444; font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><img border="0" data-original-height="600" data-original-width="840" height="458" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhzVRurIDUgz2nt3G2XT5AZjl7483ZWCt6tpcsm20YD5UXsyc-yk5Y2LD0vDRLV2-sugYp7RL-uV3Ezt0y44SYJD9c5OcOEIv4Lg_YrrM0Q4EytZ7Jgvn41ZFw8rHsyXgTSAPsNVF8GImCaUn_zTqMEelTe_H_P27xJAh8CTZa0_vA-evSJaq3SxExA7-g/w640-h458/Leo%20du%20Feu,%20Loch%20Arklet,%20New%20Year's%20Eve,%2015x21cm.jpg" width="640" /></span></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td class="tr-caption"><i><span style="color: #444444; font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">Loch Arklet</span></i></td><td class="tr-caption"><span style="color: #444444; font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">, watercolour, </span></td><td class="tr-caption"><span style="color: #444444; font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">15x21cm</span></td><td class="tr-caption"><span style="color: #444444; font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">, £55</span></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #444444; font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><img border="0" data-original-height="600" data-original-width="864" height="445" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEheFksu6ufVHD4JngYMI0RjsmXguJRyRt407MMR99CwVQ7qlkxl6HSg7o9_AXwy7TUG-FoF3Uq1CCor8rx4QPJtpq0_-NVT7Ql2cBjDtsbuCH95QBqNsX3GoID_IyJv-KPXgIII-zPzq3Dd9UUnvYzxH7guuKwNLG33S2TVUucYICO1dravYDyYCE6Ik58/w640-h445/Leo%20du%20Feu,%20Longhaven%20cliffs,%2015x21cm.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;" width="640" /></span></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td class="tr-caption"><i><span style="color: #444444; font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">Longhaven cliffs</span></i></td><td class="tr-caption"><span style="color: #444444; font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">, ink</span></td><td class="tr-caption"><span style="color: #444444; font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">, 15x21cm</span></td><td class="tr-caption"><span style="color: #444444; font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">, £55</span></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEheFksu6ufVHD4JngYMI0RjsmXguJRyRt407MMR99CwVQ7qlkxl6HSg7o9_AXwy7TUG-FoF3Uq1CCor8rx4QPJtpq0_-NVT7Ql2cBjDtsbuCH95QBqNsX3GoID_IyJv-KPXgIII-zPzq3Dd9UUnvYzxH7guuKwNLG33S2TVUucYICO1dravYDyYCE6Ik58/s864/Leo%20du%20Feu,%20Longhaven%20cliffs,%2015x21cm.jpg"><span style="color: #444444; font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"></span></a></div><div><b style="background-color: white;"><span style="color: #444444; font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></b></div><span style="color: #444444; font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br /></span><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><img border="0" data-original-height="600" data-original-width="848" height="453" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEim_68LArHHi2s3RZxPQauCnf3KeHWbEVpXPd4hF26ZPr9sxkxPR8ntR8L3-y30a4lUCg_Nw0HA_PkkJnJBdJd0oLr7rs3B-HcvTwDonFHXPR0yOnqzQEUH-0rTm49-lLi1HHt39EbH44K9-vwZ23zv4jGFKvNBcDnZGuyt_7BT5rTFTTEzFVes3qJD30g/w640-h453/Leo%20du%20Feu,%20Montecassino,%2015x21cm.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;" width="640" /></span></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;"></span><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td class="tr-caption"><i><span style="color: #444444; font-size: medium;">Montecassino</span></i></td><td class="tr-caption"><span style="color: #444444; font-size: medium;">, watercolour</span></td><td class="tr-caption"><span style="color: #444444; font-size: medium;">, 15x21cm, £75</span></td><td class="tr-caption"><span style="color: #444444; font-size: medium;"><br /><br /></span></td></tr></tbody></table></b></td></tr></tbody></table><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEim_68LArHHi2s3RZxPQauCnf3KeHWbEVpXPd4hF26ZPr9sxkxPR8ntR8L3-y30a4lUCg_Nw0HA_PkkJnJBdJd0oLr7rs3B-HcvTwDonFHXPR0yOnqzQEUH-0rTm49-lLi1HHt39EbH44K9-vwZ23zv4jGFKvNBcDnZGuyt_7BT5rTFTTEzFVes3qJD30g/s848/Leo%20du%20Feu,%20Montecassino,%2015x21cm.jpg"><span style="color: #444444; font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"></span></a></div><div><b style="background-color: white;"><span style="color: #444444; font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></b></div><span style="color: #444444; font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br /></span><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><img border="0" data-original-height="600" data-original-width="429" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhxNPGeNxHTwcDj1a8-9ZrO5-q1M925CGHBxpjwSdOmUIageMmkKSkq0X0mZr7YmDtFYkg9U0fddesTUw7NGK2SbCMT4Rbv6axOJjWO_rPxfcQFrcw4aCau6IPlV6Mwi4CMbaYdedOUD7i3HJ4HR6kUwv1N14VcCHwP_XY_QSxbX0jbU6uOdBwrOLt_aMA/w458-h640/Leo%20du%20Feu,%20Scurdie%20Ness%20lighthouse,%2021x15cm.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;" width="458" /></span></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td class="tr-caption"><span style="color: #444444; font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><i>Scurdie Ness lighthouse</i>, </span></td><td class="tr-caption"><span style="color: #444444; font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">ink, </span></td><td class="tr-caption"><span style="color: #444444; font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">21x15cm</span></td><td class="tr-caption"><span style="color: #444444; font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">, £50</span></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhxNPGeNxHTwcDj1a8-9ZrO5-q1M925CGHBxpjwSdOmUIageMmkKSkq0X0mZr7YmDtFYkg9U0fddesTUw7NGK2SbCMT4Rbv6axOJjWO_rPxfcQFrcw4aCau6IPlV6Mwi4CMbaYdedOUD7i3HJ4HR6kUwv1N14VcCHwP_XY_QSxbX0jbU6uOdBwrOLt_aMA/s600/Leo%20du%20Feu,%20Scurdie%20Ness%20lighthouse,%2021x15cm.jpg"><span style="color: #444444; font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #444444; font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #444444; font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><img border="0" data-original-height="600" data-original-width="844" height="454" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj-S_tuSNnsNTQQJDURVF3zuwqQ-c_PYV9UfjtaCBXae7dHZZE__t2vvFGPjc-2WnFyCvuIPKawIOpOGBIur0GKyfBUSYggLu60EMhGxtvtjLfo08NlIQZvLn1tUVdDu1EhrlXtXml9OIYjqlLwYYYhWX__nIzS2kFlxxcjR4boe8SUi2ClkFgANmhAxCE/w640-h454/Leo%20du%20Feu%20-%20cormorant%20isle,%2015x21cm.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;" width="640" /></span></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td class="tr-caption"><span style="color: #444444; font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><i>cormorant isle</i>, </span></td><td class="tr-caption"><span style="color: #444444; font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">acrylic</span></td><td class="tr-caption"><span style="color: #444444; font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">, 15x21cm</span></td><td class="tr-caption"><span style="color: #444444; font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">, £100</span></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj-S_tuSNnsNTQQJDURVF3zuwqQ-c_PYV9UfjtaCBXae7dHZZE__t2vvFGPjc-2WnFyCvuIPKawIOpOGBIur0GKyfBUSYggLu60EMhGxtvtjLfo08NlIQZvLn1tUVdDu1EhrlXtXml9OIYjqlLwYYYhWX__nIzS2kFlxxcjR4boe8SUi2ClkFgANmhAxCE/s844/Leo%20du%20Feu%20-%20cormorant%20isle,%2015x21cm.jpg"><span style="color: #444444; font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #444444; font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #444444; font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><img border="0" data-original-height="600" data-original-width="832" height="462" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjajN_iBes1VP1FjXacGMOuPqUJwDRghK3QBOBVa7pIbmh-4g1ATu_yMFbyPDCGzFAEekfwRnLB_LcjMqfkMLzwIfwIFQVHQARi9-uENTnmpnn5viPlpEEohKiHpTWK-63KGbfpyjDpYE9z2BEvI8mM0LELtIiuBoOCSZ8EJ-ICMbk2oCsTQlVXA6mH8a8/w640-h462/Leo%20du%20Feu,%20Old%20Wardour%20Castle,%2015x21cm.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;" width="640" /></span></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td class="tr-caption"><span style="color: #444444; font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">Old Wardour Castle</span></td><td class="tr-caption"><span style="color: #444444; font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">, watercolour</span></td><td class="tr-caption"><span style="color: #444444; font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">, 15x21cm</span></td><td class="tr-caption"><span style="color: #444444; font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">, £75</span></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjajN_iBes1VP1FjXacGMOuPqUJwDRghK3QBOBVa7pIbmh-4g1ATu_yMFbyPDCGzFAEekfwRnLB_LcjMqfkMLzwIfwIFQVHQARi9-uENTnmpnn5viPlpEEohKiHpTWK-63KGbfpyjDpYE9z2BEvI8mM0LELtIiuBoOCSZ8EJ-ICMbk2oCsTQlVXA6mH8a8/s832/Leo%20du%20Feu,%20Old%20Wardour%20Castle,%2015x21cm.jpg"><span style="color: #444444; font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #444444; font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #444444; font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><img border="0" data-original-height="600" data-original-width="876" height="438" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgex-v_dT2ueiiU7TOtjtk3W26jFbhyphenhyphenETNWNsHnMZ73NA6rElCw4Ie77_K5kTYjF3o-GZLVk0pjlDfcnrkNbZlYPipGe2niyfPpSviEs9nOsOi-QA9uAlT6DygQYHnxasjasM2dqwddeY9ng5nm4aUzPrLLdo0YFiC28BdjjoMna5sNPo7iuNWT7YH_Za8/w640-h438/Leo%20du%20Feu,%20woodland%20rain,%2015x21cm.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;" width="640" /></span></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td class="tr-caption"><span style="color: #444444; font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><i>woodland rain</i>, </span></td><td class="tr-caption"><span style="color: #444444; font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">ink, </span></td><td class="tr-caption"><span style="color: #444444; font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">15x21cm, </span></td><td class="tr-caption"><span style="color: #444444; font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">£85</span></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgex-v_dT2ueiiU7TOtjtk3W26jFbhyphenhyphenETNWNsHnMZ73NA6rElCw4Ie77_K5kTYjF3o-GZLVk0pjlDfcnrkNbZlYPipGe2niyfPpSviEs9nOsOi-QA9uAlT6DygQYHnxasjasM2dqwddeY9ng5nm4aUzPrLLdo0YFiC28BdjjoMna5sNPo7iuNWT7YH_Za8/s876/Leo%20du%20Feu,%20woodland%20rain,%2015x21cm.jpg"><span style="color: #444444; font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #444444; font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #444444; font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><img border="0" data-original-height="600" data-original-width="836" height="459" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg6yKg4n7ZfhY1AzwG6bCOKqFHsCTtpxhYtpnesPl3dL8mWpwx6QQY58YetEbYhhsz8VeqUfMD2neUvt9ojNQsJ78vxOq3W-Mvr4R7stYupma24402MN-A-VFfrvJ_GK8fNECSR9OoX6yFMBEFZkBs6EGbBcsAm6lDVORuCCUgi9j8vOUaqhzV8azcFCjY/w640-h459/Leo%20du%20Feu%20-%20the%20early%20morning%20mist,%20Rosemount%2015x21cm.JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;" width="640" /></span></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td class="tr-caption"><i><span style="color: #444444; font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">the early morning mist, Rosemount</span></i></td><td class="tr-caption"><span style="color: #444444; font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">, acrylic, </span></td><td class="tr-caption"><span style="color: #444444; font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">15x21cm</span></td><td class="tr-caption"><span style="color: #444444; font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">, £100</span></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg6yKg4n7ZfhY1AzwG6bCOKqFHsCTtpxhYtpnesPl3dL8mWpwx6QQY58YetEbYhhsz8VeqUfMD2neUvt9ojNQsJ78vxOq3W-Mvr4R7stYupma24402MN-A-VFfrvJ_GK8fNECSR9OoX6yFMBEFZkBs6EGbBcsAm6lDVORuCCUgi9j8vOUaqhzV8azcFCjY/s836/Leo%20du%20Feu%20-%20the%20early%20morning%20mist,%20Rosemount%2015x21cm.JPG"><span style="color: #444444; font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #444444; font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #444444; font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><img border="0" data-original-height="600" data-original-width="850" height="452" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhfB_wlkcsI5AlayWPoZzcfTGdz5ttyFIhgV1T88zR8dN0ngBiToCs-cFmlVxqUxJ4bhktQep3qSuYT1pBYwcRhIncJu3MOhyphenhyphenMngOC5OsBHCiBc6_eJhdgIuonXo5vSd43xWx0CiO7Cmlw8PocxyB7TQrb0tKU3-LkhNIdX49QlQlqcU-OTWrTZrd_BFFk/w640-h452/Leo%20du%20Feu,%20drumming%20snipe,%2015x21cm.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;" width="640" /></span></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td class="tr-caption"><i><span style="color: #444444; font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">drumming snipe</span></i></td><td class="tr-caption"><span style="color: #444444; font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">, watercolour</span></td><td class="tr-caption"><span style="color: #444444; font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">, 15x21cm</span></td><td class="tr-caption"><span style="color: #444444; font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">, £85</span></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhfB_wlkcsI5AlayWPoZzcfTGdz5ttyFIhgV1T88zR8dN0ngBiToCs-cFmlVxqUxJ4bhktQep3qSuYT1pBYwcRhIncJu3MOhyphenhyphenMngOC5OsBHCiBc6_eJhdgIuonXo5vSd43xWx0CiO7Cmlw8PocxyB7TQrb0tKU3-LkhNIdX49QlQlqcU-OTWrTZrd_BFFk/s850/Leo%20du%20Feu,%20drumming%20snipe,%2015x21cm.jpg"><span style="color: #444444; font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #444444; font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #444444; font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><img border="0" data-original-height="600" data-original-width="850" height="452" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgsC8ARp0RRv2h-MibvHt7tMEeh4LWF49goYdewPTe80Qr2RVWv8eLZw5KBOFHYi_7FemJAZKkntTbp5E39rSG6o2z6_VT_bCNok0K9yYf1SZ4tTEMrN8NIFVH6orB534AFNmlhTdO3xK78EL5FD-MQVFvsEz23MszA6hPO9BUk1ToMrDLW5zf_rsCYdx0/w640-h452/Leo%20du%20Feu,%20Bass%20Rock%20&%20Tantallon%20Castle,%2015x21cm.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;" width="640" /></span></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;"></span><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td class="tr-caption"><span style="color: #444444; font-size: medium;"><i>Bass Rock & Tantallon Castle</i>, </span></td><td class="tr-caption"><span style="color: #444444; font-size: medium;">watercolour</span></td><td class="tr-caption"><span style="color: #444444; font-size: medium;">, 15x21cm, £95</span></td><td class="tr-caption"></td></tr></tbody></table></b></td></tr></tbody></table><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgsC8ARp0RRv2h-MibvHt7tMEeh4LWF49goYdewPTe80Qr2RVWv8eLZw5KBOFHYi_7FemJAZKkntTbp5E39rSG6o2z6_VT_bCNok0K9yYf1SZ4tTEMrN8NIFVH6orB534AFNmlhTdO3xK78EL5FD-MQVFvsEz23MszA6hPO9BUk1ToMrDLW5zf_rsCYdx0/s850/Leo%20du%20Feu,%20Bass%20Rock%20&%20Tantallon%20Castle,%2015x21cm.jpg"><span style="color: #444444; font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"></span></a></div><span style="color: #444444; font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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font-family: helvetica; font-size: large; font-weight: 400;"><br /></span></div></b></div></div></div>Leo du Feu Painter of landscape and naturehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08209949942922567508noreply@blogger.com0238 High St, Linlithgow EH49 7ES, UK55.9761683 -3.605291227.665934463821152 -38.761541199999996 84.28640213617885 31.5509588tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5449447842234713078.post-66591291240222247022023-10-09T14:33:00.004+01:002023-10-26T15:35:16.483+01:00November exhibition - a family trio - Edinburgh 4-9 Nov 2023<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhWcNM_FxKUuW7ttN1j83FhXmuZ8ICnOXJLs0BTL2P2yndkY1D97uYNe6jlFES1kFYv25R4vTQCxx5OmF4v4QZQrWil-1VmrdVzkuVk6lVxSjjoxRxWR9VWX9MNRABJpt6NcMg_IN0LEaUzM_UiRa8C6rK_YonYvCPBAsgbV94TtBdcurbzQdn4t6IhtbU/s2122/Leo,%20Dorothea,%20Susan,%20Life%20Room%20Nov%202023%20poster%20LOWER%20RES.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2122" data-original-width="1500" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhWcNM_FxKUuW7ttN1j83FhXmuZ8ICnOXJLs0BTL2P2yndkY1D97uYNe6jlFES1kFYv25R4vTQCxx5OmF4v4QZQrWil-1VmrdVzkuVk6lVxSjjoxRxWR9VWX9MNRABJpt6NcMg_IN0LEaUzM_UiRa8C6rK_YonYvCPBAsgbV94TtBdcurbzQdn4t6IhtbU/w452-h640/Leo,%20Dorothea,%20Susan,%20Life%20Room%20Nov%202023%20poster%20LOWER%20RES.jpg" width="452" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><div>A family exhibition of painting, printmaking and ceramics on Edinburgh's gallery street. A family show by me, Susan Smith and Dorothea Reid. Dorothea and Susan are first cousins and grew up in Peterhead on the Aberdeenshire coast. Susan is my mum. All three of us are very much inspired by environment and place and are delighted and excited to be exhibiting together after well more than a decade of talking about it.</div><div><br /></div><div><div>----------------------------</div><div><br /></div></div><div><div>We'd love to see you on our<b> </b><i><b>opening day, Saturday 4th November 10am - 6pm.</b></i></div><div>Refreshments will be served 🍷</div><div>All are most welcome.</div><div><br /></div><div><a href="https://www.theliferoom.co.uk/exhibitions" target="_blank"><b>The Life Room</b></a></div><div>23b Dundas Street<br />Edinburgh<br />EH3 6QQ<i><b><br /></b></i></div><div><i>(access is up a short flight of external steps)</i></div><div><br /></div><div>Following that our opening times are:</div><div>Sun 5th, 11am - 6pm</div><div>Mon 6th, 11am - 6pm</div><div>Tues 7th, 11am - 6pm</div><div>Wed 8th, 11am - 6pm</div><div>Thur 9th, 11am - 5pm</div><div><br /></div><div>All three of us will be there on the opening day. Other days we will take it in turns a bit so if you hope to chat with a particular one of us please get in touch first to check which days and times we'll be in.</div><div><br /></div></div><div><br /></div><div>----------------------------</div><div><br /></div><div><b>About the Exhibition:</b></div><div><b><br /></b></div><div>
<p style="line-height: 100%; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><b>Leo du Feu,
Dorothea Reid, Susan Smith</b></p>
<p style="line-height: 100%; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><i>a family
exhibition of painting, original printmaking and ceramics</i></p></div><div><b><br /></b></div><div><div><i>First cousins Dorothea Reid and Susan Smith grew up in and on the outskirts of Peterhead on Scotland’s North-East coast. Both went on to study art, Susan completing her MFA in Fine Art at Edinburgh College of Art in the 1970’s, Dorothea her BA Ceramics & Glass and MA Art & Design Ceramics at Bucks New University in the early 2000’s. Susan’s son Leo du Feu followed in his mum’s footsteps attending Edinburgh College and completing his BA Honours Drawing and Painting degree in 2006.<br /><br />Around the time Leo was finishing at ECA the three relatives spent time together on gallery visits to London and in Buckinghamshire where Dorothea now lives near a magical ancient woodland called Burnham Beeches. As they explored the woods they sketched and talked and decided they one day must exhibit their work together. A decade and a half later, their November 2023 exhibition in The Life Room on Dundas Street is the result of this.<br /><br />All three artists are inspired by natural things. By place, landscape, trees, plants and creatures. By history, people, culture. Dorothea is a ceramicist and a printmaker. Susan is a painter, a linocut printmaker and a tapestry weaver. Leo is a painter and sketcher-by-train with a love for miniature and discovered worlds.</i></div><div><br /></div><div><div><a href="http://www.leodufeu.co.uk" target="_blank">www.leodufeu.co.uk</a></div><div><a href="http://www.instagram.com/leodufeu" target="_blank">www.instagram.com/leodufeu</a></div><div><a href="http://www.facebook.com/leodufeuartist" target="_blank">www.facebook.com/leodufeuartist</a></div><div><br /></div><div><div><a href="http://www.dorotheareid.co.uk/" target="_blank">www.dorotheareid.co.uk</a><br /><a href="http://www.instagram.com/dorothea.reid.90" target="_blank">www.instagram.com/dorothea.reid.90</a></div><div><br /><a href="http://www.susansmithartist.co.uk" target="_blank">www.susansmithartist.co.uk</a><br /><a href="http://www.instagram.com/susanscrowsnest" target="_blank">www.instagram.com/susanscrowsnest</a><br /><a href="http://www.facebook.com/susansmithartist" target="_blank">www.facebook.com/susansmithartist</a><br /><br /><br /><div>----------------------------</div><br />I will be displaying a selection of works covering the various different aspects of my art output: outdoor pastels and paintings; Scotland By Rail pieces; Discovered Worlds; wood engravings; and a new batch of my miniatures painted on found pottery sherds, stones and the like.</div><div><br /></div></div><div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiovhU1RV4z7D_BWfXvAqjiqo7dPTCjzxx8hP5n8j5Uvk-gcgf9HJsZuN_3cK2ttpuTQ5BJ2BdxTvLIn6-xkLMnxf6BM1tS1xGoJLVuHJ_5hfiILYXjN2PGQprfNYUKYIR_tP4yy7f5rZOOcETqYneyGXyB-abkekLfdjgG4GoImg7L99bZhnqXV7Z0oHg/s3504/Leo%20du%20Feu,%20miniatures%20on%20found%20objects.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2656" data-original-width="3504" height="486" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiovhU1RV4z7D_BWfXvAqjiqo7dPTCjzxx8hP5n8j5Uvk-gcgf9HJsZuN_3cK2ttpuTQ5BJ2BdxTvLIn6-xkLMnxf6BM1tS1xGoJLVuHJ_5hfiILYXjN2PGQprfNYUKYIR_tP4yy7f5rZOOcETqYneyGXyB-abkekLfdjgG4GoImg7L99bZhnqXV7Z0oHg/w640-h486/Leo%20du%20Feu,%20miniatures%20on%20found%20objects.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Leo du Feu</td></tr></tbody></table></div></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; 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margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Dorothea Reid</td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table><div><br /></div><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjK1yLj6KLGppQ58hCSEhBnWDM8BHER2phMRPTYwMRbAb_-ud3HJgaaCj36N65oOctqIhCcSs0cN5aolHtBZIkQrJTsT-Ftuoxf1GC-4eRX2H2Vd6UrJd4JtpRVJucxOWV1L5HEkDl7_UVC6QnmvjAtO_x0CHMn8ZwDNwx360-13VG9AtSDUpj30c8aWqI/s1440/Susan%20Smith,%20100%20Days,%20mixed%20media.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="987" data-original-width="1440" height="438" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjK1yLj6KLGppQ58hCSEhBnWDM8BHER2phMRPTYwMRbAb_-ud3HJgaaCj36N65oOctqIhCcSs0cN5aolHtBZIkQrJTsT-Ftuoxf1GC-4eRX2H2Vd6UrJd4JtpRVJucxOWV1L5HEkDl7_UVC6QnmvjAtO_x0CHMn8ZwDNwx360-13VG9AtSDUpj30c8aWqI/w640-h438/Susan%20Smith,%20100%20Days,%20mixed%20media.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Susan Smith</td></tr></tbody></table><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Susan Smith</td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div><br /></div><div><div>----------------------------</div><div><br /></div></div><div><br /></div><div>Please feel most free to share this info and/or the exhibition poster with your friends, family and colleagues. If you would like a higher res version of the flyer to print out and put anywhere such as your office or friendly local cafe or library please let me know and I'll be delighted to send it to you! It's exciting and nerve wracking to be putting on an exhibition again and all help with spreading the word is very much appreciated.</div></div><div><br /></div><div><div><br />We look forward to welcoming you to our exhibition :)</div><div><br /></div><div>Thank you.<br /><br /><i>Leo, Susan, Dorothea</i></div><div>The Life Room<br />4th - 9th November 2023</div><div><br style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;" /></div></div><div><br /></div><div>--------</div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><b>Let me know if you wish to sign up to my art e-mailing list for future exhibitions and other arty things - </b><span style="text-align: center;"><b><a href="https://leodufeu.co.uk/contact" target="_blank">leodufeu.co.uk/contact</a> </b></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div></div> <p></p>Leo du Feu Painter of landscape and naturehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08209949942922567508noreply@blogger.com023b Dundas St, Edinburgh EH3 6QQ, UK55.957088799999987 -3.198803827.646854963821141 -38.3550538 84.267322636178832 31.9574462tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5449447842234713078.post-91493148886004764502023-07-19T23:27:00.000+01:002023-07-19T23:27:18.064+01:00Scotland By Rail - Aviemore - Rothiemurchus forest<div dir="auto" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEibMsp09GaFv5gwb9gWSq6x5t-x-TCONPnpHwohpbuUG71n9m8MC8eiQ-pqxYl2kk5qgtyQbSzkURHde6WDuIkZc5tIncyusXXdYL-dktT2VKs8CyPKrDs7vPmhDH4chQMwJ-t5Hz1jSez2vxCeGNkrgwyOVBMLrkFSQhulKo7sR_8JJNlL86D0FaCKhUs/s1440/Leo%20du%20Feu,%20Scotland%20By%20Rail,%20Aviemore,%20Rothiemurchus%20Forest%20(2).jpg" imageanchor="1" style="font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1079" data-original-width="1440" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEibMsp09GaFv5gwb9gWSq6x5t-x-TCONPnpHwohpbuUG71n9m8MC8eiQ-pqxYl2kk5qgtyQbSzkURHde6WDuIkZc5tIncyusXXdYL-dktT2VKs8CyPKrDs7vPmhDH4chQMwJ-t5Hz1jSez2vxCeGNkrgwyOVBMLrkFSQhulKo7sR_8JJNlL86D0FaCKhUs/w640-h480/Leo%20du%20Feu,%20Scotland%20By%20Rail,%20Aviemore,%20Rothiemurchus%20Forest%20(2).jpg" width="640" /></a><div dir="auto" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><br /></div><div dir="auto" style="text-align: left;"><div dir="auto" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="670" data-original-width="1061" height="126" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEii_h6qy2q1JlDIhsacFNImJCfI4jHpi9sjakxTRNhhaOdXtQB7Y8k_yhgia8SYkdwA3Xii_JbjCgAXz0HzJD2OaMVsBx03A5MFUpDR3yUrhAL8w5fLJ9d5XjvZCr4N_KIJjymz1xgfQgw_menwbSbSKDVur06bWG82XDneoCQ44MuxFpekRNX9lgWL/w200-h126/Supported%20by%20ScotRail%20CoreMark_RGB.jpg" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 1px solid rgb(255, 255, 255); box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.1) 1px 1px 5px; padding: 5px; position: relative;" width="200" /></div><br /></div><div dir="auto" style="text-align: left;">A Scotland By Rail trip to Aviemore. </div><div dir="auto" style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div dir="auto" style="text-align: left;">This blog post doesn't explore the town itself but travels straight out to Rothiemurchus forest at Coylumbridge for wildlife, walking in prime Scottish native woodland, mountain views.</div><div dir="auto"><br /></div><div dir="auto"><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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(Even better from Edinburgh as you get to go over the Forth Rail Bridge) The gorgeous Fife coast, Lomond Hills, views across the River Tay, Perth, <span style="font-family: inherit;">Dunkeld</span>, <span style="font-family: inherit;">Pitlochry</span>, through/over the <span style="font-family: inherit;">Drumochter Pass</span> - the highest point on the UK mainline rail network at 1,484ft. Through Kingussie, past <span style="font-family: inherit;">Ruthven Barracks</span>, <span style="font-family: inherit;">Loch Insh</span>. Then arrive into <span style="font-family: inherit;">Aviemore</span>. If you're lucky a <span style="font-family: inherit;"><span class="xt0psk2" style="display: inline; font-family: inherit;">Strathspey Steam Railway</span></span> steam locomotive will be there to meet you, sharing the lovely <span style="font-family: inherit;"><a style="color: #385898; cursor: pointer; font-family: inherit;" tabindex="-1"></a></span>wooden chalet-style station with <span style="font-family: inherit;"><span class="xt0psk2" style="display: inline; font-family: inherit;">ScotRail</span></span> and other operators.</div><div dir="auto"><br /></div><div dir="auto"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEipV0zTH6cLub42R3JY3PgXfEfXp0JkqYtDGqRHbxkSfkSin1n_xihi-dO0rhG_YVFy-NP5b83M7rvRonKPeucstN6-wl3vT0zuc5GcoBMPgfmZ6Y97EHvtou4LuG8wPblaq9VVrWQXaMhLWqSoHpaiO3bw6vpRQsXamN4kNszPZfaZnsvRbJyCJ91Zars/s4032/Leo%20du%20Feu,%20Scotland%20By%20Rail,%20Aviemore,%20Rothiemurchus%20Forest%20(12).jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEipV0zTH6cLub42R3JY3PgXfEfXp0JkqYtDGqRHbxkSfkSin1n_xihi-dO0rhG_YVFy-NP5b83M7rvRonKPeucstN6-wl3vT0zuc5GcoBMPgfmZ6Y97EHvtou4LuG8wPblaq9VVrWQXaMhLWqSoHpaiO3bw6vpRQsXamN4kNszPZfaZnsvRbJyCJ91Zars/w640-h480/Leo%20du%20Feu,%20Scotland%20By%20Rail,%20Aviemore,%20Rothiemurchus%20Forest%20(12).jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div dir="auto"><br /></div><div dir="auto">Once you're in Aviemore you can easily get to our walk start spot - buses leave Aviemore hourly and the journey is only a few minutes. Get off in Coylumbridge and you're pretty much in the Rothiemurchus forest. We took the Glen Einich track which starts on the west side of a small woodland campsite. Or you could walk to here from Aviemore station, an approx 3km walk, not quite two miles, pavement all the way.</div><div dir="auto"><br /></div><div dir="auto"><br /></div><div dir="auto">We spent the afternoon in <span style="font-family: inherit;">the</span> forest, just walking there and back along a main footpath. </div><div dir="auto"><br /></div><div dir="auto">Scots pine, ash, silver birch, rowan...</div><div dir="auto"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh_s4dbXVmKu-enBuPPq7wXVNW7eUVWhVvOy96_7LjGGMMfUvp0Mn-UYNVa_Lmz3bVLyVueJZyEVLY4e0h9afhDJHxtLAhxNoEVlhXVw4AvvQXunzuT-7qsOtt7-yiu558oP1csKO2w-2wAmZ2mVgPDybxYhxWnUjEI19sYlPisHoUZkdKl332dlfQ0zew/s4032/Leo%20du%20Feu,%20Scotland%20By%20Rail,%20Aviemore,%20Rothiemurchus%20Forest%20(14).jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh_s4dbXVmKu-enBuPPq7wXVNW7eUVWhVvOy96_7LjGGMMfUvp0Mn-UYNVa_Lmz3bVLyVueJZyEVLY4e0h9afhDJHxtLAhxNoEVlhXVw4AvvQXunzuT-7qsOtt7-yiu558oP1csKO2w-2wAmZ2mVgPDybxYhxWnUjEI19sYlPisHoUZkdKl332dlfQ0zew/w480-h640/Leo%20du%20Feu,%20Scotland%20By%20Rail,%20Aviemore,%20Rothiemurchus%20Forest%20(14).jpg" width="480" /></a></div><br /><div dir="auto"><br /></div><div dir="auto"><br /></div><div dir="auto">At a small lochan we watched a pair of common <span style="font-family: inherit;">sandpipers</span> and their full-size but still slightly fluffy youngster. We sat near to the <span style="font-family: inherit;">lochan</span> and watched them do their stuff. I took shaky videos including the young one among the grasses. 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text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen='allowfullscreen' webkitallowfullscreen='webkitallowfullscreen' mozallowfullscreen='mozallowfullscreen' width='320' height='266' src='https://www.blogger.com/video.g?token=AD6v5dzSDDa1a-P5mEQTYk-ue6XyFA-tomoB8iM6hfBUMpuwg-oYvV1f6A2QxOIWp0QSQp5FeRn1oHQ0qjbrgt9XZg' class='b-hbp-video b-uploaded' frameborder='0'></iframe></div><div style="text-align: center;">listen to the call in this one</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div></div><div dir="auto"><br /></div><div dir="auto">We watched a young <span style="font-family: inherit;">bullfinch</span>, a young <span style="font-family: inherit;">robin</span>, a young <span style="font-family: inherit;">wren</span>, young long-tailed tits. We heard and saw a great spotted <span style="font-family: inherit;">woodpecker</span> and a <span style="font-family: inherit;">crossbill</span> as they flew (separately) over our heads. Willow warblers sang loudly in quite a few places. We saw lots of moths and once there was the flicker of a lizard as it darted off a lichen covered rock.</div><div dir="auto"><br /></div><div dir="auto">We watched a wood ant slowly and jerkily pull along a metallic blue beetle, dead, many times the ant's own size and weight. A bit later we stopped at a wood ant nest, the whole large brown rounded mound alive with movement.</div><div dir="auto"><br /></div><div dir="auto"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgvKW5yPTGfM-ZsRM34YQKVMaC5bjJ7YGm6mBJosjpQifuuTKYYT1Llj3Sys7i8PsTKXzwG56c3wXSrcqa-9xwtEk49nDoQ54Vtjrs3rV0qTWFvfxsIXTtgKWhh6PD_-MJqXPaybCM_F7Hbj-QzWbyEZO_WAaFkmYm6A_oaJKJ-xlB-s8PKYnB9f9Wqark/s1440/Leo%20du%20Feu,%20Scotland%20By%20Rail,%20Aviemore,%20Rothiemurchus%20Forest%20(4).jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1034" data-original-width="1440" height="460" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgvKW5yPTGfM-ZsRM34YQKVMaC5bjJ7YGm6mBJosjpQifuuTKYYT1Llj3Sys7i8PsTKXzwG56c3wXSrcqa-9xwtEk49nDoQ54Vtjrs3rV0qTWFvfxsIXTtgKWhh6PD_-MJqXPaybCM_F7Hbj-QzWbyEZO_WAaFkmYm6A_oaJKJ-xlB-s8PKYnB9f9Wqark/w640-h460/Leo%20du%20Feu,%20Scotland%20By%20Rail,%20Aviemore,%20Rothiemurchus%20Forest%20(4).jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div dir="auto"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen='allowfullscreen' webkitallowfullscreen='webkitallowfullscreen' mozallowfullscreen='mozallowfullscreen' width='320' height='266' src='https://www.blogger.com/video.g?token=AD6v5dzv3j1xAP5KKtVdqg-HIqSy2JXCTwfMLHPO0hkHxv5zf3zD4RmyCs827HZI_1EXkl9wAol7zEWDc9jITkETew' class='b-hbp-video b-uploaded' frameborder='0'></iframe></div><br /><div dir="auto"><br /></div><div dir="auto"><br /></div><div dir="auto">We looked at orchids and other flowers all alongside the track. We ate from the <span style="font-family: inherit;">blaeberries</span> which were growing in great numbers amongst the heather. <span style="font-family: inherit;">Juniper</span> lined our route a lot of the way. </div><div dir="auto"><br /></div><div dir="auto">An is-it-a-<span style="font-family: inherit;">golden eagle</span> quickly became a <span style="font-family: inherit;">buzzard</span>. For that first moment its wingtips had looked so long and spread, then it mewed and became the buzzard that it really was</div><div dir="auto"><br /></div><div dir="auto">One of our stops was looking over open land - pine and other native trees regenerating rapidly thanks to deer being fenced out. Imagine if we had wolves back here, doing it naturally.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1079" data-original-width="1440" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjULQfzKA0oI3IkfvIZMEB_o3bwRh2yG7QPClTOOF61W_jEzTvby8_WMEDqs6nBTgGpGzVfAF2dqViAxh49yuFCGiAJX4zHTPfiANaGdidn8vNsoR1d8iMbmsYBympUL7df68E6SdT99oTR4pre4KJjLBePwHAYIDVu3ozcA0_lxGNw2MvpfEGQetYdxpU/w640-h480/Leo%20du%20Feu,%20Scotland%20By%20Rail,%20Aviemore,%20Rothiemurchus%20Forest%20(1).jpg" width="640" /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><div dir="auto">I worked in <span style="font-family: inherit;">soft pastel</span> looking looking over the open land and past the pine tops to the exciting jagged sheer scree of the <span style="font-family: inherit;">Lairig Ghru</span>.</div><div dir="auto"><br style="color: #050505;" /></div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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color: #444444; font-family: Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px;" /></div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div>Leo du Feu Painter of landscape and naturehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08209949942922567508noreply@blogger.com0Coylumbridge, Aviemore PH22 1QU, UK57.174776 -3.79883128.864542163821156 -38.955081 85.485009836178847 31.357419tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5449447842234713078.post-1354429896753561782023-06-07T14:03:00.003+01:002023-06-07T17:26:19.311+01:00Scotland By Rail - Cupar & walk to Ceres village<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: right;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjrH6cDYjBfxWvdHW8bhK7uCMAZggxJdZLRIP1hELeXhUi2QiKVtrKYTdmzBZxknRW1MNzFzIOK4xeUDd7XvRIyXmK-qL2OQkCCCdxbFAt_y5YYjFR_AJgketQM3RSZWZFOYXSVOfuXbgLrx0IKe4vKFZefjM9AQEr2cuBftEY_6uBde26bHWx0MrCA" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"></a><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgYviQjaUb0D53VJimkuamEBOO4Ycbi9iqsQ-GsyRKxmV1tGmTv9v6uRkJY19JGH0jwuJ2HfCY_cjiF9qcK4QKFmYPdnLAKyckTrBwOCyr6AcUCZ2P22OHkPZRgHeJUMaogsOFFz_kB6d04q-wV2Bqp-dI5k7Q468mfjRUQb-_jQuLJJrR7zdim-cqF/s2884/Leo%20du%20Feu,%20Cupar,%2029.03.2023%20(31).jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2122" data-original-width="2884" height="294" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgYviQjaUb0D53VJimkuamEBOO4Ycbi9iqsQ-GsyRKxmV1tGmTv9v6uRkJY19JGH0jwuJ2HfCY_cjiF9qcK4QKFmYPdnLAKyckTrBwOCyr6AcUCZ2P22OHkPZRgHeJUMaogsOFFz_kB6d04q-wV2Bqp-dI5k7Q468mfjRUQb-_jQuLJJrR7zdim-cqF/w400-h294/Leo%20du%20Feu,%20Cupar,%2029.03.2023%20(31).jpg" width="400" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjrH6cDYjBfxWvdHW8bhK7uCMAZggxJdZLRIP1hELeXhUi2QiKVtrKYTdmzBZxknRW1MNzFzIOK4xeUDd7XvRIyXmK-qL2OQkCCCdxbFAt_y5YYjFR_AJgketQM3RSZWZFOYXSVOfuXbgLrx0IKe4vKFZefjM9AQEr2cuBftEY_6uBde26bHWx0MrCA" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"></a><span style="color: #444444; font-family: arial;"><img alt="" data-original-height="126" data-original-width="200" height="126" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjrH6cDYjBfxWvdHW8bhK7uCMAZggxJdZLRIP1hELeXhUi2QiKVtrKYTdmzBZxknRW1MNzFzIOK4xeUDd7XvRIyXmK-qL2OQkCCCdxbFAt_y5YYjFR_AJgketQM3RSZWZFOYXSVOfuXbgLrx0IKe4vKFZefjM9AQEr2cuBftEY_6uBde26bHWx0MrCA=w200-h126" width="200" /></span></div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: right;"><span style="color: #444444; font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div></div></div><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="color: #444444; font-family: arial;">A railway day out to Cupar earlier this year. A damp day, but I like that. What an interesting place I found Cupar to be and what a lovely walk out into the countryside and over the hill to the village of Ceres, footpath all the way.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="color: #444444; font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="color: #444444; font-family: arial;">Cupar is just what I like. Historic, old and interesting buildings pulling my eyes all over, alleys and wynds to explore. Good charity shops, cafes, bakers. A museum & heritage centre. Countryside nearby and a riverside walk through the centre of the town.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="color: #444444; font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="color: #444444; font-family: arial;">Before I caught the train I was in my studio (<a href=" https://www.theartline.co.uk/venues/burntisland" target="_blank">Burntisland Station Studio</a>) - contact me to find out when next Open Studio will be or to arrange a visit) looking at one of my favourite art books - The Coast Road Diaries by <a href="https://www.katedownie.com/" target="_blank">Kate Downie</a> - knowing I was going to be visiting her (stunning) studio in Ceres later on. This day I was especially drawn to a large painting, The Burren Lime Path. The colours and the cool fitted well with the weather. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="color: #444444; font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #444444; font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiunTbso2jE8eGX34kqNWnDUIp1XqPlojlGEPNQBDOEjkc_JrjKV74nO6Y6_5Pyyuo5loJSt3aSC55wrqEiHu1fnarjdFQ7V4JPSY48yS1IVSLwDKggRoA9WQm48wRyoR39H629kBrJjc2j9RJXaIiLLo12s_56nimDSuz61OrHWhJpNfarAO6xmjz9/w640-h480/Leo%20du%20Feu,%20Cupar,%2029.03.2023%20(1).jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;" width="640" /></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #444444; font-family: arial; text-align: left;"><i><span style="font-size: x-small;">Kate Downie, The Burren Lime Path, oil on linen, 85x130cm.<br />The Coast Road Diaries published by <a href="https://scottish-gallery.co.uk" target="_blank">The Scottish Gallery</a>, 2009</span></i></span></td></tr></tbody></table><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiunTbso2jE8eGX34kqNWnDUIp1XqPlojlGEPNQBDOEjkc_JrjKV74nO6Y6_5Pyyuo5loJSt3aSC55wrqEiHu1fnarjdFQ7V4JPSY48yS1IVSLwDKggRoA9WQm48wRyoR39H629kBrJjc2j9RJXaIiLLo12s_56nimDSuz61OrHWhJpNfarAO6xmjz9/s4032/Leo%20du%20Feu,%20Cupar,%2029.03.2023%20(1).jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><i><span style="color: #444444; font-family: arial; font-size: x-small;"></span></i></a></div><div><span style="color: #444444; font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><br /></div><span style="color: #444444; font-family: arial;">On the train I made my own sketch through rain streaked window, later I realised the colours had turned out very similar to those in The Burren Lime Path. </span><div><span style="color: #444444; font-family: arial;"><br /></span><div><span style="color: #444444; font-family: arial;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhWzTmVaCZyRWEj42-q01SoyfSM3xS1q7Gy1wyt-c1hFrQb5yEb6JL38vBWDfZGc3OTuwLnwZNgDqRJy80TLYcYHMWrvnhoC98MQ8l6_PwamTwtX99EKxq1Lu-xhmBO6TDa65U0Db3whvZMQelUb5SlJJ618vEwsMztkimmL8RF0055aQAxTTuuKgZy/s4032/Leo%20du%20Feu,%20Cupar,%2029.03.2023%20(3).jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: #444444; font-family: arial;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhWzTmVaCZyRWEj42-q01SoyfSM3xS1q7Gy1wyt-c1hFrQb5yEb6JL38vBWDfZGc3OTuwLnwZNgDqRJy80TLYcYHMWrvnhoC98MQ8l6_PwamTwtX99EKxq1Lu-xhmBO6TDa65U0Db3whvZMQelUb5SlJJ618vEwsMztkimmL8RF0055aQAxTTuuKgZy/w480-h640/Leo%20du%20Feu,%20Cupar,%2029.03.2023%20(3).jpg" width="480" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #444444; font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #444444; font-family: arial;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEik67C8VkIq2Z2F-4q5EhBsyqV1E7_HTzAUcVetfEeQKF2AMsEzKDkewpk-HfldTjv4kd0AahiEnFKyyH9SmVv7zcMcqJd8bqiTOllwf0dguZqXNwtpZsMfwrLTrvxv0SeblKWTJY3sMuEnVfjSnANnoJPNeW1lVzFQ8gs29a91dUnt9knkK9YPpzB_/s4032/Leo%20du%20Feu,%20Cupar,%2029.03.2023%20(2).jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: #444444; font-family: arial;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEik67C8VkIq2Z2F-4q5EhBsyqV1E7_HTzAUcVetfEeQKF2AMsEzKDkewpk-HfldTjv4kd0AahiEnFKyyH9SmVv7zcMcqJd8bqiTOllwf0dguZqXNwtpZsMfwrLTrvxv0SeblKWTJY3sMuEnVfjSnANnoJPNeW1lVzFQ8gs29a91dUnt9knkK9YPpzB_/w640-h480/Leo%20du%20Feu,%20Cupar,%2029.03.2023%20(2).jpg" width="640" /></span></a></div></div><div><span style="color: #444444; font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="color: #444444; font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="color: #444444; font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><span style="color: #444444; font-family: arial;">Alighting at Cupar. Note the signal box.</span></div><div><span style="color: #444444; font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="color: #444444; font-family: arial;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEid1CWNjT_DBGGOqUaymNuQW1VK1SBUCsJ_3-SqTcwgzxbmK0de2_Y-ZoWm6NhhBH126E5RdJ5ZXlH4HJww2_aVyLS44GSsFDWaZyO33BAAwzubeVtSgjjx5i5BALeGZEKoyebFXO-_xqwr_ytgmZsRcN_IDLBcMw6kCd0PabA1XbwtQS-qCYZG-OXO/s4032/Leo%20du%20Feu,%20Cupar,%2029.03.2023%20(4).jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: #444444; font-family: arial;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEid1CWNjT_DBGGOqUaymNuQW1VK1SBUCsJ_3-SqTcwgzxbmK0de2_Y-ZoWm6NhhBH126E5RdJ5ZXlH4HJww2_aVyLS44GSsFDWaZyO33BAAwzubeVtSgjjx5i5BALeGZEKoyebFXO-_xqwr_ytgmZsRcN_IDLBcMw6kCd0PabA1XbwtQS-qCYZG-OXO/w640-h480/Leo%20du%20Feu,%20Cupar,%2029.03.2023%20(4).jpg" width="640" /></span></a></div><div><span style="color: #444444; font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="color: #444444; font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="color: #444444; font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><span style="color: #444444; font-family: arial;">Cupar is part of Fife's Artline, as is my own Burntisland Station Studio. </span></div><div><span style="color: #444444; font-family: arial;">Read more about us here - <a href="https://www.theartline.co.uk/venues/cupar/" target="_blank">www.theartline.co.uk/venues/cupar</a></span></div><div><span style="color: #444444; font-family: arial;">And in the latest edition of artwork newspaper, page 4 - <a href="http://www.artwork.co.uk/adimages/AW226.pdf" target="_blank">www.artwork.co.uk</a></span></div><div><span style="color: #444444; font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="color: #444444; font-family: arial;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhWJRgLOc6jOleNaOI6SN4_mbOnTl6wkzVe8KN1Yc7uooBxbxZyxoPBQfth0oQfqk9W2yj9E8NhZqv21n1drsdAVPZqSi2Ub3m8KK3oZ8KFF77NovM6rssIaAlgMQvUQET_pKrz-afl7fANJhTrrp92TU65NXesxq4pd12vN9AIJVYg0-mKiAN8eTWp/s3380/Leo%20du%20Feu,%20Cupar,%2029.03.2023%20(5).jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; 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font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="color: #444444; font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="color: #444444; font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="color: #444444; font-family: arial;">But I didn't go down there yet, I explored the town first.</span></div><div><span style="color: #444444; font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><span style="color: #444444; font-family: arial;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEidVsh78rcjFR8txL3VuxNzQ9A-WQwPc0sxFm-6kTrF-qQifm_FMEIyvVGBCJAJbvgqYRg-1Qbhnsu91zhiIKn5Mj-aRaY69RbCeHE7yU2cMN1RLsvo6RlZophwaqe6n1k3Y82L6JxxNv7byavKrK0ctmWlPZoAKf4PSuim32EqqgrB6VL3SQ2TmXk4/s3261/Leo%20du%20Feu,%20Cupar,%2029.03.2023%20(7).jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: #444444; font-family: arial;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3261" data-original-width="2027" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEidVsh78rcjFR8txL3VuxNzQ9A-WQwPc0sxFm-6kTrF-qQifm_FMEIyvVGBCJAJbvgqYRg-1Qbhnsu91zhiIKn5Mj-aRaY69RbCeHE7yU2cMN1RLsvo6RlZophwaqe6n1k3Y82L6JxxNv7byavKrK0ctmWlPZoAKf4PSuim32EqqgrB6VL3SQ2TmXk4/w398-h640/Leo%20du%20Feu,%20Cupar,%2029.03.2023%20(7).jpg" width="398" /></span></a></div><div><span style="color: #444444; 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font-family: arial;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #444444; font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #444444; font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #444444; font-family: arial;">Blackthorn was in full blossom (sloes follow blackthorn blossom, I grow them in our hedge at home).</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #444444; font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #444444; font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjrw_drek04QW1zgYlRRHAuE6n3CSjLWYy_VQg-Maot2MsmdbLtEaxu1kkTKn9OXvj2plGt4c6-9uDnv8Kf7kJe08CHiBHhjI42lGIFtL1XvVQH-ZpATmWAqrDVAC3VdBUTLGeyUXjYdJofGrh1GSaXmcqViDA-DnLv1RItLIRXoPjMKDrj29HCA8b0/s4032/Leo%20du%20Feu,%20Cupar,%2029.03.2023%20(16).jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; 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margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: #444444; font-family: arial;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhjCgkChe54uFWRWrWM_LKOmHRa5XjRawyY79lINLZlWthA2i4tn2d21mjs0UScuWm91YLWZ2YcNHUKz8_2HgEOcyvPZDL4h4QWRQixe9Ct1NLfMAd1E5xHGyh3n4uSl81GnihsVrClBRPgi2jKJ-wQ37H7QWiQ4rzHYnphYAguSelp1HIoyQQNWADN/w640-h480/Leo%20du%20Feu,%20Cupar,%2029.03.2023%20(17).jpg" width="640" /></span></a></div><div><span style="color: #444444; font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="color: #444444; font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="color: #444444; font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="color: #444444; font-family: arial;">Here stalked a heron.</span></div><div><span style="color: #444444; font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><span style="color: #444444; font-family: arial;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhkCqXgm999CXwG1W2mYJK0kbk2VHibWhrMhg16ULI9gCjYBhHxNGSSKCMzpd4s-e5cA9x0fDCh-JET7LmvR8J3Dos1lUtBHHrREakjwz56s-dvvmuIKc3rbJEjvqNZrqqYgVQV8iBfRdDhLMnlv2gNmct-JgaFAf8DeC7MlarWBMD-GeX-w8BCdwAV/s4032/Leo%20du%20Feu,%20Cupar,%2029.03.2023%20(19).jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; 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margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: #444444; font-family: arial;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiREH5qmntGlZtMoPYtjr-VMsXmivXamXWw4A72VzZlujN19nRPKu_Pyq8lORGdUFbfBaB7fwPUw317dRSXtAU0yvCapQqdt_pHq2G2YtrunCM-8xAnkgq6JiADyBL4nGe9am4kELevleVfZh1pJQtEhKt15jenZjY7v7CWCRKp-bV-1Mtl4yBzbTTq/w640-h480/Leo%20du%20Feu,%20Cupar,%2029.03.2023%20(20).jpg" width="640" /></span></a></div><div><span style="color: #444444; font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="color: #444444; font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="color: #444444; font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="color: #444444; font-family: arial;">Then walking south out of the town, past a big Tesco and an ALDI and onto Ceres Road. Stay on the pavement as you pass the entrance to Cupar Golf Club then whole length of cemetery.</span></div><div><span style="color: #444444; font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><span style="color: #444444; font-family: arial;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh8aoxQ4kEVq4mo_7702TGEpdIbDPLbzgMJbZ-JLRupCnhKWZ44QT921nHAKOupYkOE880hvq0UX4FHNUGW0P2ALYem1ujLLJpuTRyJfMpxnuQC46YS3-mCZl2_1FLfTpA3buyP4KbuH-0pAlVutSKhqJHZVsSHbkvosqeDAS37iweCO7gt15_UNbd4/s4032/Leo%20du%20Feu,%20Cupar,%2029.03.2023%20(21).jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: #444444; font-family: arial;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh8aoxQ4kEVq4mo_7702TGEpdIbDPLbzgMJbZ-JLRupCnhKWZ44QT921nHAKOupYkOE880hvq0UX4FHNUGW0P2ALYem1ujLLJpuTRyJfMpxnuQC46YS3-mCZl2_1FLfTpA3buyP4KbuH-0pAlVutSKhqJHZVsSHbkvosqeDAS37iweCO7gt15_UNbd4/w640-h480/Leo%20du%20Feu,%20Cupar,%2029.03.2023%20(21).jpg" width="640" /></span></a></div><div><span style="color: #444444; font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="color: #444444; font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="color: #444444; font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="color: #444444; font-family: arial;">Shortly after the cemetery wall ends the road angles slightly left and you cross carefully over to get onto the footpath. Next stop is Ceres village, off road all the way from here.</span></div><div><span style="color: #444444; font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><span style="color: #444444; font-family: arial;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhap9BZu0VVU6YsyRgjFLb4czELQgeKeDIzBtZ_Pw-uTTUQhYtUglt1lmR2cmznTElbQJCHaZCg-Ts_SR_HTBtu14cfmYZqqk4QMD8svcZ4kHY1-Fg6ucync8lYwI1Dt5QwiVHRW9c7CRTouyhzA8C--9_x-0aWYjqCRGi1U3eQmhjE68ps-lYsfPbQ/s4032/Leo%20du%20Feu,%20Cupar,%2029.03.2023%20(22).jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: #444444; font-family: arial;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhap9BZu0VVU6YsyRgjFLb4czELQgeKeDIzBtZ_Pw-uTTUQhYtUglt1lmR2cmznTElbQJCHaZCg-Ts_SR_HTBtu14cfmYZqqk4QMD8svcZ4kHY1-Fg6ucync8lYwI1Dt5QwiVHRW9c7CRTouyhzA8C--9_x-0aWYjqCRGi1U3eQmhjE68ps-lYsfPbQ/w640-h480/Leo%20du%20Feu,%20Cupar,%2029.03.2023%20(22).jpg" width="640" /></span></a></div><div><span style="color: #444444; font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="color: #444444; font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="color: #444444; font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="color: #444444; font-family: arial;">This blackthorn was glowing in the damp. Blackthorn flowers come out before their leaves do so you seem them set strongly against dark spinkey wood. Hawthorn flowers come out after their leaves do so you see them set against a background of green.</span></div><div><span style="color: #444444; font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><span style="color: #444444; font-family: arial;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgk5kkpAoHreJOvtqY2KjMo6YjeItUSo3W58blZXsuJBbnG_hYV72UlHe-wf8cG-AsnyJiaQA4qQIrzyl3bsbaU-Mjq6KybtcBgXWsRm7c6MMx2MjzLP9TQWnkWVbuG9bZjyXdqJZBVLpYCzJpC4nlcjZY3rlxmex9H2sMQsMC3QFpoiyt1N4c_wC9N/s4032/Leo%20du%20Feu,%20Cupar,%2029.03.2023%20(23).jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: #444444; font-family: arial;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgk5kkpAoHreJOvtqY2KjMo6YjeItUSo3W58blZXsuJBbnG_hYV72UlHe-wf8cG-AsnyJiaQA4qQIrzyl3bsbaU-Mjq6KybtcBgXWsRm7c6MMx2MjzLP9TQWnkWVbuG9bZjyXdqJZBVLpYCzJpC4nlcjZY3rlxmex9H2sMQsMC3QFpoiyt1N4c_wC9N/w480-h640/Leo%20du%20Feu,%20Cupar,%2029.03.2023%20(23).jpg" width="480" /></span></a></div><div><span style="color: #444444; font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="color: #444444; font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="color: #444444; font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><span style="color: #444444; font-family: arial;">Walk uphill uphill. At this first junction continue straight on, not right. Detour right to explore old earthworks. A short while later you can detour left to explore Owlet Wood.</span></div><div><span style="color: #444444; font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="color: #444444; font-family: arial;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhBf17xvAUE2knS0MkR8UPUuwYQEdDmEA5bGf065IsbdE3Aa77NTBpMg2EkF5zzUimTdrEtNHZj-evmQxlT_W_hA4GkO51oizj_7gPPAt6a2ZiqxvOGTs94HnphQRkEsncbYA66KTkWr8vOOweY7iIrKt5MekDljiacAGDyuTdQfkQQpNa7oXguWUB0/s4608/Leo%20du%20Feu,%20Cupar,%2029.03.2023%20(24).jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: #444444; font-family: arial;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3456" data-original-width="4608" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhBf17xvAUE2knS0MkR8UPUuwYQEdDmEA5bGf065IsbdE3Aa77NTBpMg2EkF5zzUimTdrEtNHZj-evmQxlT_W_hA4GkO51oizj_7gPPAt6a2ZiqxvOGTs94HnphQRkEsncbYA66KTkWr8vOOweY7iIrKt5MekDljiacAGDyuTdQfkQQpNa7oXguWUB0/w640-h480/Leo%20du%20Feu,%20Cupar,%2029.03.2023%20(24).jpg" width="640" /></span></a></div><span style="color: #444444; font-family: arial;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #444444; font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #444444; font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="color: #444444; font-family: arial;">Further up, now field on my left, in the woods on my right I spotted...</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="color: #444444; font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #444444; font-family: arial;"><br /></span><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg0Do9rs-RjuSmehebu-67HoxxhjmvnVuupDbP4OlZSzxX3I_PtZ3D9kIycvs78RZTE3aqBhbeAsCURm6nAwni7z0DiZuMaCtGqz8UiOYcYYdIjnKRzumnFXP-ZjJig6Sg2fvD-CVkD7LQhEqcM2JRcHxoc8-_DnxlPTkTaaex9PXhr4rxgf5NXDtZy/s4032/Leo%20du%20Feu,%20Cupar,%2029.03.2023%20(26).jpg"><span style="color: #444444; font-family: arial;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg0Do9rs-RjuSmehebu-67HoxxhjmvnVuupDbP4OlZSzxX3I_PtZ3D9kIycvs78RZTE3aqBhbeAsCURm6nAwni7z0DiZuMaCtGqz8UiOYcYYdIjnKRzumnFXP-ZjJig6Sg2fvD-CVkD7LQhEqcM2JRcHxoc8-_DnxlPTkTaaex9PXhr4rxgf5NXDtZy/w640-h480/Leo%20du%20Feu,%20Cupar,%2029.03.2023%20(26).jpg" width="640" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #444444; font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #444444; font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #444444; font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #444444; font-family: arial;">Can you see it now?</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #444444; font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #444444; font-family: arial;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg6cP0Jr2oq71N9DOhw9GrmWgkHkOtsOEzl4zMLn5bJQKOeHESglAx6YZU8bwJ6-RsXOPonyHhCS8h5H-pdVxBplr7SV8FUK1D7lFnSmLN-sweKv4ABcileZ09IP9Ig5fI821Mxbep4ykJMAWGVDQRTsGEPv6nP8OifF4Ax5qgDxdGe5v-I4-IOaxvN/s4032/Leo%20du%20Feu,%20Cupar,%2029.03.2023%20(25).jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: #444444; font-family: arial;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg6cP0Jr2oq71N9DOhw9GrmWgkHkOtsOEzl4zMLn5bJQKOeHESglAx6YZU8bwJ6-RsXOPonyHhCS8h5H-pdVxBplr7SV8FUK1D7lFnSmLN-sweKv4ABcileZ09IP9Ig5fI821Mxbep4ykJMAWGVDQRTsGEPv6nP8OifF4Ax5qgDxdGe5v-I4-IOaxvN/w640-h480/Leo%20du%20Feu,%20Cupar,%2029.03.2023%20(25).jpg" width="640" /></span></a></div></div></div><div><span style="color: #444444; font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="color: #444444; font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="color: #444444; font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="color: #444444; font-family: arial;">Now? There are two...</span></div><div><span style="color: #444444; font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="color: #444444; font-family: arial;">Scroll to very end for the answer.</span></div><div><span style="color: #444444; font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><span style="color: #444444; font-family: arial;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgIohCqYTWsvXnGT71JNbpFDh-UQKR1r9fz7Zn-qNZLY_l94DR5Rr-6lf4hiOEQ5TdCIK-o-51gxWAbQ7aSa3l6ZQIB8HzSm1-jsu09NNfIFA6qYNMph9E13Z6N1hczHnyv3Ph1ndkvkqlx8EgGBnQnQJF4iFuCa7Ri3qw4q1QQ-hgG0y19Z2oI5UlF/s2424/Leo%20du%20Feu,%20Cupar,%2029.03.2023%20(25.2).jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: #444444; font-family: arial;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1500" data-original-width="2424" height="396" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgIohCqYTWsvXnGT71JNbpFDh-UQKR1r9fz7Zn-qNZLY_l94DR5Rr-6lf4hiOEQ5TdCIK-o-51gxWAbQ7aSa3l6ZQIB8HzSm1-jsu09NNfIFA6qYNMph9E13Z6N1hczHnyv3Ph1ndkvkqlx8EgGBnQnQJF4iFuCa7Ri3qw4q1QQ-hgG0y19Z2oI5UlF/w640-h396/Leo%20du%20Feu,%20Cupar,%2029.03.2023%20(25.2).jpg" width="640" /></span></a></div><div><span style="color: #444444; font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="color: #444444; font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="color: #444444; font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><span style="color: #444444; font-family: arial;">I stopped to sketch again, oil pastel in sketchbook.</span></div><div><span style="color: #444444; font-family: arial;"><br /><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjxoAJ6N9bqpZ5EhblZDzpKOAqLpgQV-HthSY-xnRxqT4GOFeSguW6vRgmwbyAtnNhH5h-sZNbxT5yrStZRdnoyOfupYPpBaTh0PksLQNHYYTF465dftdrE7BdyLYg59HXiDLlUjGD3ZVmzVywojiJllhc4GR8V4JPiJfS_ao4MMF6Hf7DhcDyf3GDC/s4032/Leo%20du%20Feu,%20Cupar,%2029.03.2023%20(27).jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: #444444; font-family: arial;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjxoAJ6N9bqpZ5EhblZDzpKOAqLpgQV-HthSY-xnRxqT4GOFeSguW6vRgmwbyAtnNhH5h-sZNbxT5yrStZRdnoyOfupYPpBaTh0PksLQNHYYTF465dftdrE7BdyLYg59HXiDLlUjGD3ZVmzVywojiJllhc4GR8V4JPiJfS_ao4MMF6Hf7DhcDyf3GDC/w640-h480/Leo%20du%20Feu,%20Cupar,%2029.03.2023%20(27).jpg" width="640" /></span></a></div><div><span style="color: #444444; font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="color: #444444; font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="color: #444444; font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="color: #444444; font-family: arial;">A red van drove past.</span></div><div><span style="color: #444444; font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="color: #444444; font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh8-csdRXEQoL2efzzIrxJmf2Ad4XjCSjlYE4iK2cfd4c3UdiHLgGBkz2JZnih-jzF7H7Qfkr86FuYBIR__h--fowAxYuVgsrL1c6JxJOG67JVv8cTIvHiQICbHIGLtm_Ez_1x8lQWTW32rZkE-x7hIqa6X7RI1m8USECh54DZ2q3-qC_OjwsNYdo1r/s2884/Leo%20du%20Feu,%20Cupar,%2029.03.2023%20(31).jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: #444444; font-family: arial;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2122" data-original-width="2884" height="470" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh8-csdRXEQoL2efzzIrxJmf2Ad4XjCSjlYE4iK2cfd4c3UdiHLgGBkz2JZnih-jzF7H7Qfkr86FuYBIR__h--fowAxYuVgsrL1c6JxJOG67JVv8cTIvHiQICbHIGLtm_Ez_1x8lQWTW32rZkE-x7hIqa6X7RI1m8USECh54DZ2q3-qC_OjwsNYdo1r/w640-h470/Leo%20du%20Feu,%20Cupar,%2029.03.2023%20(31).jpg" width="640" /></span></a></div><span style="color: #444444; 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font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="color: #444444; font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="color: #444444; font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><span style="color: #444444; font-family: arial;">Between the gorse.</span></div><div><span style="color: #444444; font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="color: #444444; font-family: arial;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgX1rMBm6tovHiduhXA39DovT2L9KaSdJa9D8vy4Yvozz_Tu_bwhLdWiEstQRjWbtDRqwj_R3wpdKqam3ZtWlxjn2QVyGJ9NQlS1rPoWbeI1FSU3kuBGQ9pE3dncmTUs4PJd9U_k80YNcRHXnVXw1zm7IOzg5ovQTBkc4ppKwwIZKIUv5nOV44i6aVj/s4397/Leo%20du%20Feu,%20Cupar,%2029.03.2023%20(29).jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: #444444; font-family: arial;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3456" data-original-width="4397" height="504" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgX1rMBm6tovHiduhXA39DovT2L9KaSdJa9D8vy4Yvozz_Tu_bwhLdWiEstQRjWbtDRqwj_R3wpdKqam3ZtWlxjn2QVyGJ9NQlS1rPoWbeI1FSU3kuBGQ9pE3dncmTUs4PJd9U_k80YNcRHXnVXw1zm7IOzg5ovQTBkc4ppKwwIZKIUv5nOV44i6aVj/w640-h504/Leo%20du%20Feu,%20Cupar,%2029.03.2023%20(29).jpg" width="640" /></span></a></div><div><span style="color: #444444; font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="color: #444444; font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="color: #444444; font-family: arial;">And down into Ceres.</span></div><div><span style="color: #444444; font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><span style="color: #444444; font-family: arial;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiXOdGAYWt0eHFcpgT3UgOT9ch3vELrfMG6oOPaw-5qV1HfWV3SdjxnMaEmdy9chwq3FuiEdNreRD9CrCbicbPN8HozpkDPO5d5h3b11DQrfp3JXfQd9NV40R7kTKgsOy6Vk499ANAIYo6viTkzvDbeLZJ_ORd9rGmTshn2-tVTUlNuHnGFTeTMHaBR/s4032/Leo%20du%20Feu,%20Cupar,%2029.03.2023%20(30).jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: #444444; font-family: arial;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiXOdGAYWt0eHFcpgT3UgOT9ch3vELrfMG6oOPaw-5qV1HfWV3SdjxnMaEmdy9chwq3FuiEdNreRD9CrCbicbPN8HozpkDPO5d5h3b11DQrfp3JXfQd9NV40R7kTKgsOy6Vk499ANAIYo6viTkzvDbeLZJ_ORd9rGmTshn2-tVTUlNuHnGFTeTMHaBR/w640-h480/Leo%20du%20Feu,%20Cupar,%2029.03.2023%20(30).jpg" width="640" /></span></a></div><span style="color: #444444; font-family: arial;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #444444; font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="color: #444444; font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="color: #444444; font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="color: #444444; font-family: arial;">In Ceres is the Fife Folk Museum</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="color: #444444; font-family: arial;">- <a href="https://www.fifefolkmuseum.org/" target="_blank">www.fifefolkmuseum.org</a></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="color: #444444; font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="color: #444444; font-family: arial;">A mile or so from Ceres is </span><span style="color: #444444; font-family: arial;">National Trust for Scotland's </span><span style="color: #444444; font-family: arial;">Hill of Tarvit Mansion and Garden</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="color: #444444; font-family: arial;">- <a href="https://www.nts.org.uk/visit/places/hill-of-tarvit-mansion" target="_blank">www.nts.org.uk/visit/places/hill-of-tarvit-mansion</a></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="color: #444444; font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="color: #444444; font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="color: #444444; font-family: arial;">I hope to go back and make these the subject of future Scotland By Rail blog posts.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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color: #444444; font-family: Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif; text-align: start;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEii_h6qy2q1JlDIhsacFNImJCfI4jHpi9sjakxTRNhhaOdXtQB7Y8k_yhgia8SYkdwA3Xii_JbjCgAXz0HzJD2OaMVsBx03A5MFUpDR3yUrhAL8w5fLJ9d5XjvZCr4N_KIJjymz1xgfQgw_menwbSbSKDVur06bWG82XDneoCQ44MuxFpekRNX9lgWL/s1061/Supported%20by%20ScotRail%20CoreMark_RGB.jpg" style="clear: left; color: #45818e; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-decoration-line: none;"><img border="0" data-original-height="670" data-original-width="1061" height="126" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEii_h6qy2q1JlDIhsacFNImJCfI4jHpi9sjakxTRNhhaOdXtQB7Y8k_yhgia8SYkdwA3Xii_JbjCgAXz0HzJD2OaMVsBx03A5MFUpDR3yUrhAL8w5fLJ9d5XjvZCr4N_KIJjymz1xgfQgw_menwbSbSKDVur06bWG82XDneoCQ44MuxFpekRNX9lgWL/w200-h126/Supported%20by%20ScotRail%20CoreMark_RGB.jpg" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 1px solid rgb(255, 255, 255); box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.1) 1px 1px 5px; padding: 5px; position: relative;" width="200" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br style="background-color: white; color: #444444; font-family: Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px;" /></div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><i>*** nature quiz answer - two Roe deer!</i><br /> <p></p></div></div>Leo du Feu Painter of landscape and naturehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08209949942922567508noreply@blogger.com1Cupar KY15, UK56.320235 -3.01013728.010001163821151 -38.166387 84.630468836178835 32.146113tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5449447842234713078.post-40267072567920952592023-03-11T00:45:00.005+00:002023-03-11T00:45:52.547+00:00Scotland By Rail - Edinburgh Gateway, Edinburgh Park sculpture & nature, Union Canal to Wester Hailes & WHALE Arts Agency<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEg2FlULrlGDYdbQOTGvEPSzOuclaylTJ8XuQ-SR-IK3iwpJE4EtxJ6u8HG2emm5v_VGDJzIqZskMKyCR4ewLgomfEoqWiBLlTN2GPNq8F54hbcdXYBGpq9YOPjBrLmKhNEsGA15mRDovgF7LTx-Lvnv4ULmTGRirYRflqU0R70OQLGw9opR0-FiRmVE" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><img alt="" data-original-height="2236" data-original-width="2816" height="509" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEg2FlULrlGDYdbQOTGvEPSzOuclaylTJ8XuQ-SR-IK3iwpJE4EtxJ6u8HG2emm5v_VGDJzIqZskMKyCR4ewLgomfEoqWiBLlTN2GPNq8F54hbcdXYBGpq9YOPjBrLmKhNEsGA15mRDovgF7LTx-Lvnv4ULmTGRirYRflqU0R70OQLGw9opR0-FiRmVE=w640-h509" width="640" /></span></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">goosander, Edinburgh Park, pastel, 24x30cm</span></i></td></tr></tbody></table><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: right; margin-left: 1em; text-align: right;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjw7rfUGiaaEWbW5VnP06fRkAX9b7MQDJzkJmsgse-EiXYf2XS8n_mfw1Bc2j1SyM6-NOIfH6yMR-mxR9UKu5qbO-pRZnDzERswBSiImfs9N3fpveFtwt14DZVPGzH-IC0cf7hN31T6BNhtHhqhnFMGBREGSud5GCE8BQvzO9vkE-y0_9gSKtP6laGZ/s1061/Supported%20by%20ScotRail%20CoreMark_RGB.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><img border="0" data-original-height="670" data-original-width="1061" height="126" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjw7rfUGiaaEWbW5VnP06fRkAX9b7MQDJzkJmsgse-EiXYf2XS8n_mfw1Bc2j1SyM6-NOIfH6yMR-mxR9UKu5qbO-pRZnDzERswBSiImfs9N3fpveFtwt14DZVPGzH-IC0cf7hN31T6BNhtHhqhnFMGBREGSud5GCE8BQvzO9vkE-y0_9gSKtP6laGZ/w200-h126/Supported%20by%20ScotRail%20CoreMark_RGB.jpg" width="200" /></span></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><div style="text-align: right;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Leo du Feu</span></div><span style="font-family: arial;"><div style="text-align: right;">Community Rail Champion</div></span></td></tr></tbody></table><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br /></span><div><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><i>A walk from Edinburgh Gateway station, alongside the trams, past the Gyle, through Edinburgh Park business parky sculpture parky area, past Edinburgh Park station, along the Union Canal to WHALE Arts Agency in Wester Hailes.</i></span></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="font-size: medium;">As I've talked about before, wherever possible I try to work nature and walking into my day.</span></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Because, well, nature, you know, it's great. </span></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="font-size: medium;">And because I'm not a gym person.</span></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Though I </span><i style="font-family: arial;">can </i><span style="font-family: arial;">do about 8 push-ups. Maybe 10 on a good day. </span></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Though that implies I do them every day.</span></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Walking is my exercise.</span><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">So when I was asked to stand in running an art session at <a href="https://www.whalearts.co.uk/" target="_blank">WHALE Arts Agency</a> I knew that although I could get the train to Haymarket then change onto another one out to Wester Hailes station I would much rather get a bit of a walk in.</span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">So I got off at Edinburgh Gateway and had a very happy time walking my route, looking at the sculptures and plantings and wildlife of Edinburgh Park (the area, not the station), coffee and twenty minutes reading my book near Edinburgh Park (the station, not the area), enjoying the canal and hoping hoping to see an otter there as I did last time. I didn't this time.</span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">Then two hours of lovely chat while painting birds with palette knife and acrylic at WHALE.</span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">Then the walk back to Edinburgh Gateway, getting a bit of shopping done along the way.</span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">Here's the walk.</span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEijnoLofqQ3Oe5E77X60oYRvEdeU2L6rDOhRjIn_fV3-dXQN1LIburYqxO16MNDOF8W4V9vLH56nMgphovlOHhC4-HMjH8HyjNqYKid108hg6mRZlC2Qm7tsJTZZfGu0dgp8RZA60f-KF9T8wPHMAHDJzIUPW7EpRQ9ZRO1ZMwe8pWnCXKLkcvM848A" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><img alt="" data-original-height="1814" data-original-width="2419" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEijnoLofqQ3Oe5E77X60oYRvEdeU2L6rDOhRjIn_fV3-dXQN1LIburYqxO16MNDOF8W4V9vLH56nMgphovlOHhC4-HMjH8HyjNqYKid108hg6mRZlC2Qm7tsJTZZfGu0dgp8RZA60f-KF9T8wPHMAHDJzIUPW7EpRQ9ZRO1ZMwe8pWnCXKLkcvM848A=w640-h480" width="640" /></span></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">tramlines seen from Edinburgh Gateway station</span></td></tr></tbody></table><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br /></span><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiB7cqsTpwuAGXCafiZ7n0NMl7kylVdUZCZWIAO-PcXHk_zBhvXUJ1MUxAShUvR5fxh5h4c8i6mNA-2Q5yXPu8rEiPV6sB20IksI4H_JlVCA0l0IJNxqSIui6EiIuij1Zc0ONV-60jZLt_0NQl5XklzR5m1fQfEawyeOPB0sboQXeF72eE6Ckuhstvj" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><img alt="" data-original-height="1814" data-original-width="2419" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiB7cqsTpwuAGXCafiZ7n0NMl7kylVdUZCZWIAO-PcXHk_zBhvXUJ1MUxAShUvR5fxh5h4c8i6mNA-2Q5yXPu8rEiPV6sB20IksI4H_JlVCA0l0IJNxqSIui6EiIuij1Zc0ONV-60jZLt_0NQl5XklzR5m1fQfEawyeOPB0sboQXeF72eE6Ckuhstvj=w640-h480" width="640" /></span></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">concrete sculpture & poetry @ Edinburgh Gateway station.<br />the grassy areas around here are brilliant wildflower meadows in summer.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgJELXoZ4cQ9x2xo3j4LSQUnnxYpUPsOQWjZ3msCIo0W53Qdy-rHFNYbk80kQuWHB2_IapugwAn9Qfw4nSDp9WO6Ar2P6oEo775qH82xtQl8dLia4_N22Ou3Ote4QdimPBukuk4lFF1rYgM3x5mwuojS5qMtsf2ldgbP7C6MuNughV7SuiRvIkPk34U" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><img alt="" data-original-height="1814" data-original-width="2419" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgJELXoZ4cQ9x2xo3j4LSQUnnxYpUPsOQWjZ3msCIo0W53Qdy-rHFNYbk80kQuWHB2_IapugwAn9Qfw4nSDp9WO6Ar2P6oEo775qH82xtQl8dLia4_N22Ou3Ote4QdimPBukuk4lFF1rYgM3x5mwuojS5qMtsf2ldgbP7C6MuNughV7SuiRvIkPk34U=w640-h480" width="640" /></span></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">sculpture and tram stop, The Gyle</span></td></tr></tbody></table><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEh91bfDd9OJ4yexCD7VR42CkCPGOTQIu0ghszicm2ecm49Dyf7rzAbhTpIrq5OXnhLJB1TI1qiWOmqCqfjpMF-rKCXhKa2S7icwZ1We89N8goxY8oZSoS8DKN8kM7VEZ-nwxvUMflteRu-fBb30pOeHAFHRcZgbrkNOPWUThDtXxczvep4pa4OuMF0R" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><img alt="" data-original-height="2074" data-original-width="2765" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEh91bfDd9OJ4yexCD7VR42CkCPGOTQIu0ghszicm2ecm49Dyf7rzAbhTpIrq5OXnhLJB1TI1qiWOmqCqfjpMF-rKCXhKa2S7icwZ1We89N8goxY8oZSoS8DKN8kM7VEZ-nwxvUMflteRu-fBb30pOeHAFHRcZgbrkNOPWUThDtXxczvep4pa4OuMF0R=w640-h480" width="640" /></span></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">through Edinburgh Park area the trams run off-road across lush green turf</span></td></tr></tbody></table><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhQ7cW8KYhHxjVAysBnpa2MJEf6SKv3FqzLYDUJLHoiS6P-8DVO5cVp2dod3wryz0scLXnRFBFQoxXvZUORpge1sI8BL-er0N2E7ToNotSXPcwXmeonZn6XTfRICD7cX-U2s3qPQidXpvGzoKSukm06uhaDvs9ORxYYZQOu23UXAwviPxOhLtI0DppQ" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><img alt="" data-original-height="1814" data-original-width="2419" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhQ7cW8KYhHxjVAysBnpa2MJEf6SKv3FqzLYDUJLHoiS6P-8DVO5cVp2dod3wryz0scLXnRFBFQoxXvZUORpge1sI8BL-er0N2E7ToNotSXPcwXmeonZn6XTfRICD7cX-U2s3qPQidXpvGzoKSukm06uhaDvs9ORxYYZQOu23UXAwviPxOhLtI0DppQ=w640-h480" width="640" /></span></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">Edinburgh Park is a place of offices - and water, reedbeds, trees, public art. A really inspiring area. Everywhere be planned so thoughtfully, bringing people into such close contact with nature.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhbyygZRU3D2nO1g0zSG6QbCrpFWVcBdvk9TWnJjLBV5_hDgzPwyc42mtvLV2GJlY6QtuAqxxr7efNDarqLnM0NeoydxK1QOhNSTCXqfyLucD2TYyH5kaBSBuJiCuu-a6Dt21rXL3L0AP5Hx0Vw82deaHfRIPnGv7vGdS50kTQYBsDGP08tb-IRrVV6" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><img alt="" data-original-height="1814" data-original-width="2419" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhbyygZRU3D2nO1g0zSG6QbCrpFWVcBdvk9TWnJjLBV5_hDgzPwyc42mtvLV2GJlY6QtuAqxxr7efNDarqLnM0NeoydxK1QOhNSTCXqfyLucD2TYyH5kaBSBuJiCuu-a6Dt21rXL3L0AP5Hx0Vw82deaHfRIPnGv7vGdS50kTQYBsDGP08tb-IRrVV6=w640-h480" width="640" /></span></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">poets' walk. Norman MacCaig</span></td></tr></tbody></table><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEi0pYZ4EVDir-PxAuDkuaPesuH9bJIKgMUVhWlvz3NojDla8n7FgSL6Rjpklw8iLo_1chq-XgCpT6mvs7suiZpIKRtdpjMc89TjRFP_qHHfrP5wIcw_O5yTvlNrW6j6taEhE1duOzNp56xO95aUY1zJlIKFFIksTQ5MOD3ys0q0s8dVU5iRMzT41wVF" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><img alt="" data-original-height="1814" data-original-width="2419" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEi0pYZ4EVDir-PxAuDkuaPesuH9bJIKgMUVhWlvz3NojDla8n7FgSL6Rjpklw8iLo_1chq-XgCpT6mvs7suiZpIKRtdpjMc89TjRFP_qHHfrP5wIcw_O5yTvlNrW6j6taEhE1duOzNp56xO95aUY1zJlIKFFIksTQ5MOD3ys0q0s8dVU5iRMzT41wVF=w640-h480" width="640" /></span></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">poets' walk. Naomi Mitchison.<br />In this photo there are also five waterbirds from four different species</span></td></tr></tbody></table><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEggX8IDPq8s0eGq4KZz7TA1IAG2c8wAvurM6LbG1wQ6c6CYbUEuBAIJ1vHT9wXRT9oudxqUQOTTJlIWFvms0wA1LnWKGxiyVcWDm8Z24eO7gq5gWNC4_P-LqFg2mnD5RvNApPuaSRAF236fF5IswarLvZgL8Y1IDd9eXubVcFOXvAbQaQR83Fbs_-Gv" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><img alt="" data-original-height="2236" data-original-width="2816" height="509" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEggX8IDPq8s0eGq4KZz7TA1IAG2c8wAvurM6LbG1wQ6c6CYbUEuBAIJ1vHT9wXRT9oudxqUQOTTJlIWFvms0wA1LnWKGxiyVcWDm8Z24eO7gq5gWNC4_P-LqFg2mnD5RvNApPuaSRAF236fF5IswarLvZgL8Y1IDd9eXubVcFOXvAbQaQR83Fbs_-Gv=w640-h509" width="640" /></span></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">male goosander, pastel, 24x30cm</span></td></tr></tbody></table></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Also:</span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">female goosander</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="font-size: medium;">mallard</span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="font-size: medium;">moorhen</span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">black-headed gull</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiiw7EBwtgcM2wNSevysN6WUXCG1z0SsX5FnDQA-u7Xx1E76CrL93CEYNCId5TeQfBbWiSd5Nv-iaXO63nziyEpJNnO88ZpNe4et68JZypIBvTf2JwbPyGj96WvyLQa_gPB6ZE6LLh2V-nkEUsUQkQxGasJ--tl_RTAFl2BRQANtYPz7h0-TqSlmXBo" style="margin-left: 1em; 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margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><img alt="" data-original-height="1814" data-original-width="2419" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiGNNE4EB9f53Z6cwznvW_Al8R689ZsppQmqgu2cMoWkx1r526hS7F71icRqp-ZjqBm5qGYL1qGKwpbw0JLCdd7k559hrEjCdBmpTLHqLY_3JR4SyP02VQVCQyTdG3BwbERXmk7lGrAU7EXc7JkL3v7eqVbP2vQzrMRSA8Pl5aL8SU1KfDwX7wJXQj6=w640-h480" width="640" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEh7nv1M-IbPlM6AoDkhNB8HG2J3e6Ao4NDxbazvYMiqmmOJwMc5-quPv1GoNHLjKNokal0ZUxK4itex1azyOxFHZG87mCK1NrfZcb2OtAE_lZO0kPSlaBrpiScAGszb-jPr8SdPDh9JiVRCyt8ZBwTlgP9p24-U9XLDBp6Xf-zHGdMQV77y-dc31dMe" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="1814" data-original-width="2419" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEh7nv1M-IbPlM6AoDkhNB8HG2J3e6Ao4NDxbazvYMiqmmOJwMc5-quPv1GoNHLjKNokal0ZUxK4itex1azyOxFHZG87mCK1NrfZcb2OtAE_lZO0kPSlaBrpiScAGszb-jPr8SdPDh9JiVRCyt8ZBwTlgP9p24-U9XLDBp6Xf-zHGdMQV77y-dc31dMe=w640-h480" width="640" /></a></span></div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhyGhDP19kx12pVFDu6BeXe70aK1XvI0u4dvcZagyN5peHkH9yYSUGl4E_iui80OWCu3BvpGfSCkkYwnjMdGtCV3s-vGOb8noBb4aB4v7O9YfT99YgTlMWyJxP2Na2JqhYWAC3huy-JcCaHrl2d4RPTRwgtH1s84CBNwslbUzDJcEDZrDyO9mVsyf2t" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><img alt="" data-original-height="1814" data-original-width="2419" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhyGhDP19kx12pVFDu6BeXe70aK1XvI0u4dvcZagyN5peHkH9yYSUGl4E_iui80OWCu3BvpGfSCkkYwnjMdGtCV3s-vGOb8noBb4aB4v7O9YfT99YgTlMWyJxP2Na2JqhYWAC3huy-JcCaHrl2d4RPTRwgtH1s84CBNwslbUzDJcEDZrDyO9mVsyf2t=w640-h480" width="640" /></span></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">I love these tall tactile ceramic sculptures </span></td></tr></tbody></table><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgtlWv7gG4Bm6pBPY4l5JL9xrmqm_EEs1zvER4zYDMGYEXEUfsU1y-CYGsZsqfyUxjkDzZLbmXcWUm16sFKL100Ixn45iVBljlsdahG3XFd5PEYSCoxc1by5OLBBGn69GEeGRjPomVJUiT9S3NWf8ZPNixE_Z3n1c7_s0iFVjiKuQPPBz7rPRdHeg1k" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><img alt="" data-original-height="1814" data-original-width="2419" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgtlWv7gG4Bm6pBPY4l5JL9xrmqm_EEs1zvER4zYDMGYEXEUfsU1y-CYGsZsqfyUxjkDzZLbmXcWUm16sFKL100Ixn45iVBljlsdahG3XFd5PEYSCoxc1by5OLBBGn69GEeGRjPomVJUiT9S3NWf8ZPNixE_Z3n1c7_s0iFVjiKuQPPBz7rPRdHeg1k=w640-h480" width="640" /></span></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eduardo_Paolozzi" target="_blank"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">Paolozzi</span></a></td></tr></tbody></table><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br /></span><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiHv5VpAdi3w94CupteI8d5qFTNouzo40SQEe7F5QvzKhhy7nWEG33U2ZMC5_LQfMwJ2LgK8JJF346nOdNrTbKWRohv9iaPOtduWPIkZU2TbhnVeqYACOHsDWFzpmeVClkhJuE1fog6-6P2qTiM8rCUHK1e-eOjbMn6wFtk86FQ7JmSx3WjmdZVsz_F" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><img alt="" data-original-height="2419" data-original-width="1814" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiHv5VpAdi3w94CupteI8d5qFTNouzo40SQEe7F5QvzKhhy7nWEG33U2ZMC5_LQfMwJ2LgK8JJF346nOdNrTbKWRohv9iaPOtduWPIkZU2TbhnVeqYACOHsDWFzpmeVClkhJuE1fog6-6P2qTiM8rCUHK1e-eOjbMn6wFtk86FQ7JmSx3WjmdZVsz_F=w480-h640" width="480" /></span></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://www.myedinburghpark.com/news/watch-vulcan-arrives-at-edinburgh-park-with-poetry-by-janette-ayachi" target="_blank"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><i>Vulcan</i><br />Sir Eduardo Paolozzi<br />1999</span></a></td></tr></tbody></table></div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br /></span><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjWUpShwx1j5ObRiF00mev95_1v_RhWbNb7IciqVzAU9NGEyEim79dfbCbTm-qiz6TerijPda2SUICOzlTjjjAXvOdYgBI33IvfM9ogQ6dgkyeR-ywYr-EiRFbONKqoxcAKceWw7YgM3eqU6HRxvc4ErL0hMQT4ljVQVVQxCYbivm1bEI9RFpTnmO9w" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><img alt="" data-original-height="1814" data-original-width="2419" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjWUpShwx1j5ObRiF00mev95_1v_RhWbNb7IciqVzAU9NGEyEim79dfbCbTm-qiz6TerijPda2SUICOzlTjjjAXvOdYgBI33IvfM9ogQ6dgkyeR-ywYr-EiRFbONKqoxcAKceWw7YgM3eqU6HRxvc4ErL0hMQT4ljVQVVQxCYbivm1bEI9RFpTnmO9w=w640-h480" width="640" /></span></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">trees, hedges, grasses, everywhere.<br />Everywhere should and could be like this</span></td></tr></tbody></table></div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEju45T3yswwTMdWB6TXkzWB9VcTlz3383BaLZ8wHzqWPx7kGQZfMU3DSrfhzmtp0ElAiXUAXQp6uVyKeBtLTxNIEheAiWcT6JUDqd859_tx5sQKU-QzVozm4cbwELEIYRPEJv78jhdsw9T0mXbVtXpKyhfExItqXeQ1SQsqcx68tFKyRT-MWaCA9X6A" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><img alt="" data-original-height="2419" data-original-width="1814" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEju45T3yswwTMdWB6TXkzWB9VcTlz3383BaLZ8wHzqWPx7kGQZfMU3DSrfhzmtp0ElAiXUAXQp6uVyKeBtLTxNIEheAiWcT6JUDqd859_tx5sQKU-QzVozm4cbwELEIYRPEJv78jhdsw9T0mXbVtXpKyhfExItqXeQ1SQsqcx68tFKyRT-MWaCA9X6A=w480-h640" width="480" /></span></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">On the right, poles and metal cabling designed specifically to allow climbing plants to wind their way up and form a green screen. </span></td></tr></tbody></table><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiIv0ppPHGBgu5a5R9EI9zwGzN2SwywzPcvMKxU_emd8MeVnwfQ5a2Q21VwNiC2hw-swZBmNppaR-dWS86JdxzkI9bLkg6m0VNh2IBiZ5G3T4EY6cMyKwNNfRFSYZYfVy1oz_UvMz4h0oSJMM84x4nqL6gef7gXzpVH2GqNnT8rNQk6qPsjlvem6g86" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><img alt="" data-original-height="1814" data-original-width="2419" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiIv0ppPHGBgu5a5R9EI9zwGzN2SwywzPcvMKxU_emd8MeVnwfQ5a2Q21VwNiC2hw-swZBmNppaR-dWS86JdxzkI9bLkg6m0VNh2IBiZ5G3T4EY6cMyKwNNfRFSYZYfVy1oz_UvMz4h0oSJMM84x4nqL6gef7gXzpVH2GqNnT8rNQk6qPsjlvem6g86=w640-h480" width="640" /></span></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">Edinburgh Park future plans</span></td></tr></tbody></table><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhq0hVllNschPBpZcGswVnH_K6RIXRvZiBy8Zab04qm4e9JQvuabdEo5flO-62Lr0CYztuZ7RQyrJ3NLzJSFbCGbkJ4-OfEfV7xIKM52u6iddIo_nqyZgXkiYCjb0Z5GQcgLJjRHl_yBBqp1Q9kqEUrw235MWUDtmLiBz2bFrIrky6K-ymt2z4evoEm" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><img alt="" data-original-height="1189" data-original-width="966" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhq0hVllNschPBpZcGswVnH_K6RIXRvZiBy8Zab04qm4e9JQvuabdEo5flO-62Lr0CYztuZ7RQyrJ3NLzJSFbCGbkJ4-OfEfV7xIKM52u6iddIo_nqyZgXkiYCjb0Z5GQcgLJjRHl_yBBqp1Q9kqEUrw235MWUDtmLiBz2bFrIrky6K-ymt2z4evoEm=w520-h640" width="520" /></span></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">spot the grey wagtail.<br />Hint, grey wagtails are bright yellow underneath</span></td></tr></tbody></table><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjUXhmc58umGSbpknN4LP3LfgHmsaTFQQPZlPzvlQhstYZWBcmMGccGS-cYh6geCRWszgfBXSkhEfvMys2Kpw-JpwpiObUAPP6aOi0UaZEaAtNO_hjVq1OXxbxVxvl-ohpB8aUdT4jk4X2rQdYgmt_Ot5JIjZNpQWOvcMfSUcSkLzJ01DZ-3rb0JW2f" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><img alt="" data-original-height="1814" data-original-width="2419" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjUXhmc58umGSbpknN4LP3LfgHmsaTFQQPZlPzvlQhstYZWBcmMGccGS-cYh6geCRWszgfBXSkhEfvMys2Kpw-JpwpiObUAPP6aOi0UaZEaAtNO_hjVq1OXxbxVxvl-ohpB8aUdT4jk4X2rQdYgmt_Ot5JIjZNpQWOvcMfSUcSkLzJ01DZ-3rb0JW2f=w640-h480" width="640" /></span></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">Under the railway by Edinburgh Park station (you can also go up and over the railway via steps and bridge in the station</span></td></tr></tbody></table><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjg-7iqm5eWMJWb6dwiASOkKuOHIoLR77XzbDYii4RRrEyahZaWIsV8Agg871R-Hy9x25lu18nETuiiuZIUi2P25vwnEvSI2FPdYfpgn9qmZcwHwJA6VyNTgUHqD0PJN2Q_I6l1k_MScmxdo6yZTtjcabGQFmazWYmS2CWQ3eeyJEzlBF4JMvkBUDKF" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><img alt="" data-original-height="2074" data-original-width="2765" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjg-7iqm5eWMJWb6dwiASOkKuOHIoLR77XzbDYii4RRrEyahZaWIsV8Agg871R-Hy9x25lu18nETuiiuZIUi2P25vwnEvSI2FPdYfpgn9qmZcwHwJA6VyNTgUHqD0PJN2Q_I6l1k_MScmxdo6yZTtjcabGQFmazWYmS2CWQ3eeyJEzlBF4JMvkBUDKF=w640-h480" width="640" /></span></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">five minute walk uphill then onto the Union Canal</span></td></tr></tbody></table><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br /></span><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhJklWWMDWfDysKzLxJcJKR0k2ZwiZ1_PDq_9N2IQpyIFmzjHlLeaRdNnt1vYVDsICQdqovG-Epe6D72Vuuywiq_J6RKZRhOhjm07cwRGM9Y5KbJOWZ4N_b9DrllgaeYUWxY9z-PFrhhNfcoaDFVDpz5tVhNB6xsNmyvHx_CIsrIzuYcn0ihwYpxnGE" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><img alt="" data-original-height="1814" data-original-width="2419" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhJklWWMDWfDysKzLxJcJKR0k2ZwiZ1_PDq_9N2IQpyIFmzjHlLeaRdNnt1vYVDsICQdqovG-Epe6D72Vuuywiq_J6RKZRhOhjm07cwRGM9Y5KbJOWZ4N_b9DrllgaeYUWxY9z-PFrhhNfcoaDFVDpz5tVhNB6xsNmyvHx_CIsrIzuYcn0ihwYpxnGE=w640-h480" width="640" /></span></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">This feels like childhood. I grew up by the canal so I always love being back on one.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEho63b7RVkkR36usTlwEFyIcxUZOhejrIbf5sSyodmiW3GTu8XcxBlWl0HNxMti6AGEIhGjIjzaGe7nW1sgdFbkqTuulqz6X-344Q78ApjZjAA-7BEpjJS091f-q2hL1xcu2-Rz1Xcg_PR9aC_RPBd1OgwU0In7kZoqrumZPwNehuxC2rYLdAGOiJBm" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><img alt="" data-original-height="1814" data-original-width="2419" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEho63b7RVkkR36usTlwEFyIcxUZOhejrIbf5sSyodmiW3GTu8XcxBlWl0HNxMti6AGEIhGjIjzaGe7nW1sgdFbkqTuulqz6X-344Q78ApjZjAA-7BEpjJS091f-q2hL1xcu2-Rz1Xcg_PR9aC_RPBd1OgwU0In7kZoqrumZPwNehuxC2rYLdAGOiJBm=w640-h480" width="640" /></span></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">nature-painted shipping containers by the canal<br /><a href="https://www.edartfestcommunityengagement.com/wester-hailes-canal-connections" target="_blank">edartfestcommunityengagement.com/wester-hailes-canal-connections</a></span></td></tr></tbody></table><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br /></span><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhgenKQkzGx1nYTOP8AGlzTC0QP16Ccpto5AOCLqs2yf-CnmX_y3kuwg00IeXWpKSX65ONODtYhLecSfwL8kZ7yAEJEbfPnb8fkE4GiG36Q9JEYok7TO_vfL6SQRoSE9KU6PkkwVRBArkBPmj_kWvoNeCBJNt45c9IJ_-cdoBME4OxG9Va7WQw4uCBD" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><img alt="" data-original-height="2419" data-original-width="1814" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhgenKQkzGx1nYTOP8AGlzTC0QP16Ccpto5AOCLqs2yf-CnmX_y3kuwg00IeXWpKSX65ONODtYhLecSfwL8kZ7yAEJEbfPnb8fkE4GiG36Q9JEYok7TO_vfL6SQRoSE9KU6PkkwVRBArkBPmj_kWvoNeCBJNt45c9IJ_-cdoBME4OxG9Va7WQw4uCBD=w480-h640" width="480" /></span></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">At exactly this spot, a year or few ago, I saw an otter. <br /><br />I spotted bubbles in the canal.<br />I walked fast to the edge and stood at the very front of what you see in this photo.<br />The bubbles came right up to me and at the same moment that something about the bubble trail and swirling of mud made me think "otter..?..!", an otter head popped out of the water a foot from my foot. <br />It got a very great shock and splashed straight back in.<br />Gone.<br /><br />This time I saw no otter.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiHOnZD5SrnzCb6D2aMticS3QHndYTXsJKrdvSUzEP8gQ1cnS-7bx26lpXFEv53yhHcByiU5xEpcCom05zuJ70R5MdwyCN274uOoct9t9OHG3MKQQ4roAntji9BK-hGAWD20oauC2BWaCdtOhJg4WUpif-qcAPb6RVidKn6v44j1fsJCkML7eV1g-ti" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><img alt="" data-original-height="1814" data-original-width="2419" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiHOnZD5SrnzCb6D2aMticS3QHndYTXsJKrdvSUzEP8gQ1cnS-7bx26lpXFEv53yhHcByiU5xEpcCom05zuJ70R5MdwyCN274uOoct9t9OHG3MKQQ4roAntji9BK-hGAWD20oauC2BWaCdtOhJg4WUpif-qcAPb6RVidKn6v44j1fsJCkML7eV1g-ti=w640-h480" width="640" /></span></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">3 bullfinches in this photo - two rusty red males & one female the same colour as most of the photo.<br /><br />And a hanging poo bag, that obligatory decoration on shrubs and trees all across Scotland.</span></td></tr></tbody></table></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><img alt="" data-original-height="792" data-original-width="1053" height="482" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEixwqKO-783P43pPadfGD3mjYbcBQyr5yHuuZDJGGrk3HIldYvgtYBMLSC6Do0MI_xJmsnOLgemLs8TskMCPI14ambqE_O4Ce671s1l_plvZrXtxq6MMIUkz2Q6IeVX-Pr2bnGeCZEE7JfGUWHRYBvbaVhAJF44JTke4A9VuhBy4PVt9zGIhEbrGQiU=w640-h482" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;" width="640" /></span></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">can you spot them?</span></td></tr></tbody></table><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEixwqKO-783P43pPadfGD3mjYbcBQyr5yHuuZDJGGrk3HIldYvgtYBMLSC6Do0MI_xJmsnOLgemLs8TskMCPI14ambqE_O4Ce671s1l_plvZrXtxq6MMIUkz2Q6IeVX-Pr2bnGeCZEE7JfGUWHRYBvbaVhAJF44JTke4A9VuhBy4PVt9zGIhEbrGQiU" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"></span></a></div></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEimZn4om1Zgoehj_irqfc4EQyGl0KB8HzHE2oQk5Cisyi4bVsUQdoZqQj631erLRxl-nOrYeRm4hUbvj96t1AkHwhFZ70EuL06v_i-yg1yCTEtD9f7vPra5Bt2cqumJG2rwTXG-Dsni3eg3k0ef5vNGh_9khEVg6XTuf33nqg3Tl8V2l5buTrC-i0gu" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><img alt="" data-original-height="1814" data-original-width="2419" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEimZn4om1Zgoehj_irqfc4EQyGl0KB8HzHE2oQk5Cisyi4bVsUQdoZqQj631erLRxl-nOrYeRm4hUbvj96t1AkHwhFZ70EuL06v_i-yg1yCTEtD9f7vPra5Bt2cqumJG2rwTXG-Dsni3eg3k0ef5vNGh_9khEVg6XTuf33nqg3Tl8V2l5buTrC-i0gu=w640-h480" width="640" /></span></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">off the canal and across the bridge for the last few minutes to WHALE</span></td></tr></tbody></table><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEg5aJAiOWUKxn9jabGVmsdAXQ47nDrfMXCuJT5gsbabT-hVv4P77rAnlOGDcWE40SNpKTXeHVh7dOICPl9aRaOTrCluenGnVEnPid6kDdLu_4xn2pR8BDo18h24CfERkgrPxOORpsQsNz2b2usbrBeon73MjEy4FDSvghlbqE4EvbDIpj300BaDNZI5" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><img alt="" data-original-height="1814" data-original-width="2419" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEg5aJAiOWUKxn9jabGVmsdAXQ47nDrfMXCuJT5gsbabT-hVv4P77rAnlOGDcWE40SNpKTXeHVh7dOICPl9aRaOTrCluenGnVEnPid6kDdLu_4xn2pR8BDo18h24CfERkgrPxOORpsQsNz2b2usbrBeon73MjEy4FDSvghlbqE4EvbDIpj300BaDNZI5=w640-h480" width="640" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><img alt="" data-original-height="1814" data-original-width="2419" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjb4MLGHe4kDXW9SLEqkVYx0EKMKI2LU1DkGaMwvYE7zJ3GF2dxvF96ZCkunqGqppIeafLUjxW9DS6Q6X5PWQ5r_o2CJUAR4uIv5_cqiRoHrQDOGX_e6DW95JPKdf1Fbok6P7hxNOYDnxsykYxdhQCQpvw-LIkSFAsPIx3fmcNQttjgy3ac10rrNQs9=w640-h480" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;" width="640" /></span></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">you can get here by bus too</span></td></tr></tbody></table><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjb4MLGHe4kDXW9SLEqkVYx0EKMKI2LU1DkGaMwvYE7zJ3GF2dxvF96ZCkunqGqppIeafLUjxW9DS6Q6X5PWQ5r_o2CJUAR4uIv5_cqiRoHrQDOGX_e6DW95JPKdf1Fbok6P7hxNOYDnxsykYxdhQCQpvw-LIkSFAsPIx3fmcNQttjgy3ac10rrNQs9" style="margin-left: 1em; 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font-size: medium;">WHALE Arts Agency</span></td></tr></tbody></table></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEglNLzrbeFEwOh3fg5f4c9tBzxG9txGYdU_8XH3tFJYPaWcP_ZZAPHFHo321CgcAK19pCpRGOD7zvPKz7bM7EQUJMBE47lN9CFCgX934C_F4qJMgbeKUF6ToawpSU7q_LTKRFiNDub-iZiITF0VshVcqSPxrcOUbYCR43uvFDVH43KAR96gxJRsgDbU" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><img alt="" data-original-height="2376" data-original-width="1814" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEglNLzrbeFEwOh3fg5f4c9tBzxG9txGYdU_8XH3tFJYPaWcP_ZZAPHFHo321CgcAK19pCpRGOD7zvPKz7bM7EQUJMBE47lN9CFCgX934C_F4qJMgbeKUF6ToawpSU7q_LTKRFiNDub-iZiITF0VshVcqSPxrcOUbYCR43uvFDVH43KAR96gxJRsgDbU=w488-h640" width="488" /></span></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">then avian acrylics with palette knife,<br />a lovely session for <a href="https://www.artinhealthcare.org.uk/" target="_blank">Art in Healthcare</a>'s <a href="https://roomforart.org/" target="_blank">Room For Art</a> social prescribing project<br /></span></td></tr></tbody></table></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiohQgoFYVPsgeM_1EoeTYjfrawv0ffKXygz4brbnwSxlDv1a1Mk-n8jdWM1LdYQT9Cu52BWnMBEbDC_XSzClVNoVervW1Gq6GYZDazSVwKw_SFrdEob4sQ2f34SKez87ZT71tLas_d0TIn9seNdD7oweM2e_TuCLLmesNt8JUAdmqL4HVl4PihSYjg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><img alt="" data-original-height="1831" data-original-width="1272" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiohQgoFYVPsgeM_1EoeTYjfrawv0ffKXygz4brbnwSxlDv1a1Mk-n8jdWM1LdYQT9Cu52BWnMBEbDC_XSzClVNoVervW1Gq6GYZDazSVwKw_SFrdEob4sQ2f34SKez87ZT71tLas_d0TIn9seNdD7oweM2e_TuCLLmesNt8JUAdmqL4HVl4PihSYjg=w445-h640" width="445" /></span></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">gull</span></td></tr></tbody></table><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhEo0n9ZBkOlSh1y-dQO4zB9Ij7SRKMQPuKbB2W-rp1wPYHaAXqJkqA_8QjdtYcNJfMZBQXLDARssgE1LQic0MKOxdKOz0sJ6YIE9pypgY5X6ewZ09gw4OBvWLVscXtXmcXURhvzP_Ptj3bCtQDt5vLmotf68HCSnI0i0jyVS6FUQctfCLAfhDbuSP-" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><img alt="" data-original-height="1204" data-original-width="1639" height="470" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhEo0n9ZBkOlSh1y-dQO4zB9Ij7SRKMQPuKbB2W-rp1wPYHaAXqJkqA_8QjdtYcNJfMZBQXLDARssgE1LQic0MKOxdKOz0sJ6YIE9pypgY5X6ewZ09gw4OBvWLVscXtXmcXURhvzP_Ptj3bCtQDt5vLmotf68HCSnI0i0jyVS6FUQctfCLAfhDbuSP-=w640-h470" width="640" /></span></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">great tit, male (females have a much narrower black vertical chest stripe</span></td></tr></tbody></table><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhbFSejm5kd0oBuQ0nDWn-rhaXy5XItodsnbzfhSMaN0FRk9C2AGSA3giA4u1A8MdCJVr6XFESGJACuIicSpj2ixxfhS5y0NruslRyCPcQYTXbBgpZnxrPNDkvEOLlulFON2cgs2LOcZRU6yy_mjzhWGuRod7Hkv5o4eNwlwhdScvWxqd0pdp6-9Pah" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><img alt="" data-original-height="1814" data-original-width="2212" height="524" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhbFSejm5kd0oBuQ0nDWn-rhaXy5XItodsnbzfhSMaN0FRk9C2AGSA3giA4u1A8MdCJVr6XFESGJACuIicSpj2ixxfhS5y0NruslRyCPcQYTXbBgpZnxrPNDkvEOLlulFON2cgs2LOcZRU6yy_mjzhWGuRod7Hkv5o4eNwlwhdScvWxqd0pdp6-9Pah=w640-h524" width="640" /></span></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">brimstone butterfly on lavender</span></td></tr></tbody></table><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhTVlvDS93LgYt0D-0PC5PzE0ZE3QsnSdxijx58KVPXOUxgwOWcYAXXi8F2SWHeSbqw1A4GyL5cVKy-qoOE_gCQJPtgrw6FYbcDc8VsYEVzfQFN16BREi3joxrfAzR5qyvx7kjBDrGfYEEJED4qfsb8zwODUWgMfh47XNEdIsNhCupC8FBV2ZEVQHP4" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><img alt="" data-original-height="1808" data-original-width="2162" height="535" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhTVlvDS93LgYt0D-0PC5PzE0ZE3QsnSdxijx58KVPXOUxgwOWcYAXXi8F2SWHeSbqw1A4GyL5cVKy-qoOE_gCQJPtgrw6FYbcDc8VsYEVzfQFN16BREi3joxrfAzR5qyvx7kjBDrGfYEEJED4qfsb8zwODUWgMfh47XNEdIsNhCupC8FBV2ZEVQHP4=w640-h535" width="640" /></span></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">robin</span></td></tr></tbody></table><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br /></span><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjpI2r_3bSI8xL_vgtJca7C9lbyqVozrgPhm2AUYJKyOnjFTT-qQbClYvMApNGXeXwK3BPdA4IXlrWmjFlZCMDVv_hu2cuu5_6EItwF99Z6ga-lNNluBB-WvdcYd48b2WRUJ3qxwyYxzwVdUd067O8usbOjD78JmTmOrwy_crTOIwprfpbGf0ii-2sh" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><img alt="" data-original-height="1191" data-original-width="1742" height="438" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjpI2r_3bSI8xL_vgtJca7C9lbyqVozrgPhm2AUYJKyOnjFTT-qQbClYvMApNGXeXwK3BPdA4IXlrWmjFlZCMDVv_hu2cuu5_6EItwF99Z6ga-lNNluBB-WvdcYd48b2WRUJ3qxwyYxzwVdUd067O8usbOjD78JmTmOrwy_crTOIwprfpbGf0ii-2sh=w640-h438" width="640" /></span></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">puffin</span></td></tr></tbody></table></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br /></span><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhgXXsdq0hkclMuCQrixZD1St4pnYWg4DZviEBEhBuK3sbSklcNxXESkUvfJYQLmjCPXnoqBUJbxwMnKVdFUae0B4oty7N4wkCJDKNvE6li8ukiicpG_InaKYxjDCDqBTVHxd1xNUCKmYJZdPCudt2611lGGI4-WOc4r8xPsQmFBcJam3KPDBnpP0X3" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><img alt="" data-original-height="1814" data-original-width="2419" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhgXXsdq0hkclMuCQrixZD1St4pnYWg4DZviEBEhBuK3sbSklcNxXESkUvfJYQLmjCPXnoqBUJbxwMnKVdFUae0B4oty7N4wkCJDKNvE6li8ukiicpG_InaKYxjDCDqBTVHxd1xNUCKmYJZdPCudt2611lGGI4-WOc4r8xPsQmFBcJam3KPDBnpP0X3=w640-h480" width="640" /></span></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">And back onto the canal</span></td></tr></tbody></table></div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br /><br /></span></div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="http://www.edinburghpark.com" target="_blank"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">www.edinburghpark.com</span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="https://www.whalearts.co.uk/" target="_blank"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">www.whalearts.co.uk</span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="https://www.artinhealthcare.org.uk/" target="_blank"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">www.artinhealthcare.org.uk</span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">-------------------------------------</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div></div></div></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #444444; text-align: start;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Edinburgh Gateway and Edinburgh Park stations are both in Edinburgh and trains are frequent.</span></span></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #444444; font-family: Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif; text-align: start;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #444444; font-family: Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif; text-align: start;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Check before your journey at </span><span style="font-family: arial;">- <b><a href="http://www.scotrail.co.uk/" style="color: #45818e; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">www.scotrail.co.uk</a></b></span></span></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #444444; font-family: Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif; text-align: start;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #444444; font-family: Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif; text-align: start;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #444444; font-family: Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif; text-align: start;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #444444; font-family: Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif; text-align: start;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Thank you for reading my Scotland By Rail blog.</span></span></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #444444; font-family: Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif; text-align: start;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #444444; font-family: Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif; text-align: start;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Spread the word and let me know about your own favourite railway days out.</span></span></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #444444; font-family: Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif; text-align: start;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #444444; font-family: Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif; text-align: start;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #444444; font-family: Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif; text-align: start;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Leo du Feu</span></span></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #444444; font-family: Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif; text-align: start;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="font-size: medium;">ScotRail Community Rail Champion</span></span></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #444444; font-family: Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif; text-align: start;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="font-size: medium;">March 2023</span></span></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #444444; font-family: Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif; text-align: start;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #444444; font-family: Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif; text-align: start;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="background-color: white; 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text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhtGITvxoyLkjuekUyg1wYBmWAUquuLPLDxEZ476KLV7oXDR2r16Z-paKhD5JclYvvxH6MIjw0f5kWZQKnEhiSkZphvJFuQVnR28X7ad3K9Yb6pv7Qh7dODAGXt6EB3lys4nKtFooM5LopW-R6-qb7Lj3NDJELqcpzVHP9gUqdd8fEPmnwLN4m4UiMg/s3074/20221219_143548.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2405" data-original-width="3074" height="500" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhtGITvxoyLkjuekUyg1wYBmWAUquuLPLDxEZ476KLV7oXDR2r16Z-paKhD5JclYvvxH6MIjw0f5kWZQKnEhiSkZphvJFuQVnR28X7ad3K9Yb6pv7Qh7dODAGXt6EB3lys4nKtFooM5LopW-R6-qb7Lj3NDJELqcpzVHP9gUqdd8fEPmnwLN4m4UiMg/w640-h500/20221219_143548.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: right;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #444444; font-family: arial; font-size: 13.2px; text-align: left;"><br /></span></div><div style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: right;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #444444; font-family: arial; font-size: 13.2px; text-align: left;"><br /></span></div><div style="background-color: white;"><div><div style="color: #444444; font-size: 13.2px; text-align: right;"><br /></div><div style="color: #444444; font-size: 13.2px; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;">An icy afternoon visiting <a href="https://www.historicenvironment.scot/visit-a-place/places/stirling-castle/overview/" target="_blank">Stirling Castle</a>.</span></div><div style="color: #444444; font-size: 13.2px; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div style="color: #444444; font-size: 13.2px; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Leaving coastal Burntisland where our snow of several days ago had melted within hours of falling, I forgot to think that more elevated, non-coastal Stirling might still have some. As got off the train onto crunching platforms our five year old was delighted - as was I! We love snow and ice in our family. Winter is meant to be cold. It makes the world seem so fresh.</span></div><div style="color: #444444; font-size: 13.2px; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: right;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjKeJVXan2V-wSp5cUnKYjnW4RPzKVfgB6nwu00_xPo77JJfjl2z5xupL51TL8GOPrXJu3QnmbXLdKb0MvjpyQx4XlrElotG7NnWbUGzWmk4uGcE0EkIEHx1sHuEHum-Pk1pjcWexhvpuErGRSyIC2XpjY_wHBALninTfNwtT4f9brpEJbTWhcon8aO/s1061/Supported%20by%20ScotRail%20CoreMark_RGB.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: right;"><img border="0" data-original-height="670" data-original-width="1061" height="133" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjKeJVXan2V-wSp5cUnKYjnW4RPzKVfgB6nwu00_xPo77JJfjl2z5xupL51TL8GOPrXJu3QnmbXLdKb0MvjpyQx4XlrElotG7NnWbUGzWmk4uGcE0EkIEHx1sHuEHum-Pk1pjcWexhvpuErGRSyIC2XpjY_wHBALninTfNwtT4f9brpEJbTWhcon8aO/w211-h133/Supported%20by%20ScotRail%20CoreMark_RGB.jpg" width="211" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Leo du Feu</span></span></div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-small;"><div style="text-align: left;">Community Rail Champion</div></span></td></tr></tbody></table><div style="color: #444444; font-size: 13.2px; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"></span></div><div style="color: #444444; font-size: 13.2px;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div style="color: #444444; font-size: 13.2px;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div style="color: #444444; font-size: 13.2px;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEirzVEXwOolT-ws7N4Dovgm-_kGCm830PXD1ZECi3NQsX4Si5pESrC7bhXULEEu7nnTGzefO3vmKnA604MRv8DQ44BccfvAM8L4zBL_g4nlc3feiqPQ6zrIQ5Nlrn0AtKnbCHYupfXt9Eamqnn-FhxSPIHyV2P7JRrCZe3QBmvPAyvdPLVVN5Fvr5tO/s4032/20221218_135835.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEirzVEXwOolT-ws7N4Dovgm-_kGCm830PXD1ZECi3NQsX4Si5pESrC7bhXULEEu7nnTGzefO3vmKnA604MRv8DQ44BccfvAM8L4zBL_g4nlc3feiqPQ6zrIQ5Nlrn0AtKnbCHYupfXt9Eamqnn-FhxSPIHyV2P7JRrCZe3QBmvPAyvdPLVVN5Fvr5tO/w640-h480/20221218_135835.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div style="color: #444444; font-size: 13.2px;"><br /></div><div style="color: #444444; font-size: 13.2px;"><br /></div><span style="font-family: arial;">We skated our way up the steep and picturesque old streets to the castle, me enjoying being back in this place we explored often as children. I pushed and pulled the baby and buggy and thought what a good toboggan the buggy might make on the way down. Oren made the most of every treacherous patch of iced over snow we came to.</span></div><div style="color: #444444; font-size: 13.2px;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhtEOjuCqrqwrPdgbPesM0MILish6hWRz_ylpfGeQW45AuvWS8dMZDlavNFLLXH49CtZnF-6uE9f05hG1IEcCUKFXMDrO_NVudWNQWNxBnof8XZ-xSNptl71BJKUBOp6WLuZYLdWU9VNYoCXHSKJ10A7tOHcn7M4RKk-Z-wp5laVyvwyO3gKKV1UO_1/s4032/20221218_141501.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhtEOjuCqrqwrPdgbPesM0MILish6hWRz_ylpfGeQW45AuvWS8dMZDlavNFLLXH49CtZnF-6uE9f05hG1IEcCUKFXMDrO_NVudWNQWNxBnof8XZ-xSNptl71BJKUBOp6WLuZYLdWU9VNYoCXHSKJ10A7tOHcn7M4RKk-Z-wp5laVyvwyO3gKKV1UO_1/w300-h400/20221218_141501.jpg" width="300" /></a></div><br /></div><div style="color: #444444; 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font-size: 13.2px;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div style="color: #444444; font-size: 13.2px;"><span style="font-family: arial;">The lovely little park sandwiched between Spittal Street, Baker Street and Bank Street (<i>can </i>you have a sandwich with three slices??) half way up the hill was looking especially beautiful, a great arena to play in.</span></div><div style="color: #444444; font-size: 13.2px;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div style="color: #444444; font-size: 13.2px;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div style="color: #444444; font-size: 13.2px;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjo6uD_1beU85Gs5HrM1ZJKQbUN5WSQZHSUtUUKaDwV3ns0UiPuKktr84ab-yd0Xvru9JBmXnoWjiZ9jYBzQSErCimoKXt82MY0SbtIETMtvUws6J5JOCM1iz6EPwBx-JdlObjJ5TfG0ZUvaok1mFhExtxCzV2R6dvBn2cPHtELwu23gKFWjjYY-6T7/s3779/20221218_142820.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; 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font-size: 13.2px;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div style="color: #444444; font-size: 13.2px; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Quite.</span></div><div style="color: #444444; font-size: 13.2px; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgH84SRaiwaBG7Msb7zAktylUnlsBB1aUG7gFN6iV5RtbMEAovCltOEwV99rSPO8q9kGBk_4eHaBiDlyanpfk_LWSC02bqp1Z9u8DFQa0oCdZRNDDuXFEPcnoHKr3vnFmzsqWzpT8J3KAcHdRpMiTLHE0l9lcSViRNf9Ls5Fme-yM57Ar57GH1szuY8/s4032/20221218_142951.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgH84SRaiwaBG7Msb7zAktylUnlsBB1aUG7gFN6iV5RtbMEAovCltOEwV99rSPO8q9kGBk_4eHaBiDlyanpfk_LWSC02bqp1Z9u8DFQa0oCdZRNDDuXFEPcnoHKr3vnFmzsqWzpT8J3KAcHdRpMiTLHE0l9lcSViRNf9Ls5Fme-yM57Ar57GH1szuY8/w480-h640/20221218_142951.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div></div><div style="color: #444444; font-size: 13.2px;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div style="color: #444444; font-size: 13.2px;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Reaching the top the Ochil Hills looked stunning with their snow tops, Wallace Monument dark in front of them. Oren found lots of snow mountains to climb in the car park while I looked down freezingly at that rather wonderful Old Town Cemetery and wondered how it can be that children don't feel the cold.</span></div><div style="color: #444444; font-size: 13.2px;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="color: #444444; font-family: arial; font-size: 13.2px;">- </span><span style="color: #444444; font-family: arial;"><span style="font-size: 13.2px;"><a href="https://www.oldtowncemetery.co.uk/stones/the-star-pyramid/" target="_blank">www.oldtowncemetery.co.uk/stones/the-star-pyramid/</a></span></span></div><div><span style="color: #444444; font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="color: #444444; font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjCtVHyvTJd4YM5xHMTHrtW37eYwsfe7xKgoJ6BmwdSsv2Z73qdYy6j1R0JwsfHce5BJYraAep1eAaDue47M3quZpEuTigscuU6emNaabSFDiYhfW3RgsGUUDyQa0-3Xoqvseqgjkc4akGt2bPf8GaSz6NxDAWfKTQ4UpZGE29-Nd608JyN-CjQzwBO/s4032/20221218_144749.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; 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font-size: 13.2px;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Inside the castle we explored and played. As dusk fell the Great Hall looked stunning from the outside and stunning from the inside, Christmas tree in place and stage all set up for a performance of A Christmas Carol with a very nice wintery snowy scene.</span></div><div style="color: #444444; font-size: 13.2px;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjA6e6nJNWaCDWf6yZWln4MNUf4sfbc1GWzkIj9VyQzPvU37OAhHqeGIroc4197c9mDzLlP3jmRVWlg7jLQQWoiGaxwYFjt2ovxRC87uaxSCsdkBXTZn7_f3b910ZYSQEP-E0PsfcD1t9qqNPnLoF3D-fHSgdg-DDj4nsi9I0UmW0bD-JH2Ds5oguBH/s4032/20221218_161655.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjA6e6nJNWaCDWf6yZWln4MNUf4sfbc1GWzkIj9VyQzPvU37OAhHqeGIroc4197c9mDzLlP3jmRVWlg7jLQQWoiGaxwYFjt2ovxRC87uaxSCsdkBXTZn7_f3b910ZYSQEP-E0PsfcD1t9qqNPnLoF3D-fHSgdg-DDj4nsi9I0UmW0bD-JH2Ds5oguBH/w640-h480/20221218_161655.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhzzKpUFsrnLa9sjkLzLILq55t5-4kE6-9L95nMSSlJh0jsTnKEQGoBBSseT3PUBiytIT5MQFg_x1BhVNsDHJPLnHnsczEJKocp1rgRbLkGVYV0D3WeNxEX3uTV_HreKeza1t1NhX_ByzGEJx9aKtXAUafgrVD6w_jQqfyj-rnIfe9gHUNME5b_lb3w/s4032/20221218_162024.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhzzKpUFsrnLa9sjkLzLILq55t5-4kE6-9L95nMSSlJh0jsTnKEQGoBBSseT3PUBiytIT5MQFg_x1BhVNsDHJPLnHnsczEJKocp1rgRbLkGVYV0D3WeNxEX3uTV_HreKeza1t1NhX_ByzGEJx9aKtXAUafgrVD6w_jQqfyj-rnIfe9gHUNME5b_lb3w/w480-h640/20221218_162024.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div style="color: #444444; font-size: 13.2px;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="color: #444444; font-family: arial; font-size: 13.2px;">In the Royal chambers a French courtier - dressed for the part and holding her needlework - pointed out some of the eleven unicorns in and around the </span><span style="color: #444444; font-family: arial;"><span style="font-size: 13.2px;">Hunt of the Unicorn tapestries. The tapestries took years to weave and cost £2 million. I remember watching them gradually taking shape on visits to the castle when I was much younger. </span></span></div><div><span style="color: #444444; font-family: arial;"><span style="font-size: 13.2px;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span style="color: #444444; font-family: arial;"><span style="font-size: 13.2px;">The costumed courtier</span></span><span style="color: #444444; font-family: arial; font-size: 13.2px;"> brought alive for us what it would have been like to visit this room for an audience with the Queen. We'd know we were really important if the Queen invited us next door, past her guards, for a private hearing in her bedchamber, at the desk beside the four poster bed - where she probably didn't actually sleep.</span></div><div><span style="color: #444444; font-family: arial; font-size: 13.2px;"><br /></span></div><div style="color: #444444; font-size: 13.2px;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div style="color: #444444; font-size: 13.2px;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEivczxWxP1S3u9377wlN6RXPKlBKmzAfiq-wiVfPEB3UYX4AdsAUAv9R-LOSbC52QqFs_cVnmuf2gB2LIq7j_2XvaJtZIAGwd-V_TB-J2ScxeQToyaFFB4wsMCLKnpPw-EHlDqg04py56TV6nGwGIEf53QN94_PzsipdLHm-JxS2JRGmKH61prtuSB0/s4032/20221218_153025.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEivczxWxP1S3u9377wlN6RXPKlBKmzAfiq-wiVfPEB3UYX4AdsAUAv9R-LOSbC52QqFs_cVnmuf2gB2LIq7j_2XvaJtZIAGwd-V_TB-J2ScxeQToyaFFB4wsMCLKnpPw-EHlDqg04py56TV6nGwGIEf53QN94_PzsipdLHm-JxS2JRGmKH61prtuSB0/w480-h640/20221218_153025.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEizVgPSia1pFINYn9kC_fmX-VAN6u510GJBNeauzQdHo0uZeHBwbHukBoV3aBBdi3k356Uk7qW3z3LsSDdKlGPMTmN2RST62J981h48fmLU6KJveAPrIcKDCUebUmhAbeVI5F2hj67zxv4h0awD4ef75IpzkdCidNtklnTTH9inTVnq02sF3rQHwLOF/s4032/20221218_153043.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEizVgPSia1pFINYn9kC_fmX-VAN6u510GJBNeauzQdHo0uZeHBwbHukBoV3aBBdi3k356Uk7qW3z3LsSDdKlGPMTmN2RST62J981h48fmLU6KJveAPrIcKDCUebUmhAbeVI5F2hj67zxv4h0awD4ef75IpzkdCidNtklnTTH9inTVnq02sF3rQHwLOF/w640-h480/20221218_153043.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /></div><div style="color: #444444; font-size: 13.2px;"><span style="font-family: arial;">In the vaults we played with musical instruments, interactive screens, a court jester. Learned about where pigments and dyes came from in the 1500s...</span></div><div style="color: #444444; font-size: 13.2px;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div style="color: #444444; font-size: 13.2px;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhIOaXOzn-w45Y1u7K1TXGCSF1-bkkrXYjZ6aubxOSf4oNUCH71xgDpSxnwqXujKuo1W80Y3R05NgEUYyl8SQl8A6vMTu63ukWW0ef1tfnWlnQ8S9Ij1XYriA70w9wVLzEF2EAHL09hSLYt31kvkHDca5tlAfd8ZIJwszSn8_RVDBiIuzRzdYKUeiLz/s4032/20221218_152116.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhIOaXOzn-w45Y1u7K1TXGCSF1-bkkrXYjZ6aubxOSf4oNUCH71xgDpSxnwqXujKuo1W80Y3R05NgEUYyl8SQl8A6vMTu63ukWW0ef1tfnWlnQ8S9Ij1XYriA70w9wVLzEF2EAHL09hSLYt31kvkHDca5tlAfd8ZIJwszSn8_RVDBiIuzRzdYKUeiLz/w640-h480/20221218_152116.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /></div><div style="color: #444444; font-size: 13.2px;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Views from the castle down to the Queen's Knot and King's Knot</span></div><div style="color: #444444; font-size: 13.2px;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; color: #444444; font-size: 13.2px; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhXAm8zY2ZwBCKvw3qlFf5GcVwj5Dlepyh20XUd2aDi0WFC53Nw9WrRkPPu-AaVsAa9ybREvAV6dXgpxbnx9r7MbkmkBcuUJf1-ypNGYHQwlbeuZiYHQNl50ikivsehDwQC4hWG5YjQ4L5QVZ455UhmDJriL0LH3qW8wpO53AkPPc7m8Zolir6eheVm/s4032/20221218_152632.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhXAm8zY2ZwBCKvw3qlFf5GcVwj5Dlepyh20XUd2aDi0WFC53Nw9WrRkPPu-AaVsAa9ybREvAV6dXgpxbnx9r7MbkmkBcuUJf1-ypNGYHQwlbeuZiYHQNl50ikivsehDwQC4hWG5YjQ4L5QVZ455UhmDJriL0LH3qW8wpO53AkPPc7m8Zolir6eheVm/w640-h480/20221218_152632.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; color: #444444; font-size: 13.2px; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjXmNI85U64781nXQ5fDfkpsrlLOpWlqUKT5eHikMxfwAdefVZ6dX2Fw3lrKYR6-DiMxK_eeMDYC5BxGlPkq1BZeUQGG7GlSaPc4tLkxPv3OMGzZVMmNVWAhtZj60w9IZzh54o74tKJAJ-UA5cB6zJQAI1t9nIPYEXfUZNN4sAQLSaiEbckxJu_CfY9/s4032/20221218_152634.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjXmNI85U64781nXQ5fDfkpsrlLOpWlqUKT5eHikMxfwAdefVZ6dX2Fw3lrKYR6-DiMxK_eeMDYC5BxGlPkq1BZeUQGG7GlSaPc4tLkxPv3OMGzZVMmNVWAhtZj60w9IZzh54o74tKJAJ-UA5cB6zJQAI1t9nIPYEXfUZNN4sAQLSaiEbckxJu_CfY9/w640-h480/20221218_152634.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; color: #444444; font-size: 13.2px; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEisJR_QpyzWUbm9OlBniWYBNv2-bvuszpU20rDP3TTeiFYTvJUvls8QF1kFp0Gwo8ZJXf_toNPm6cR20FnPXtPf7I4IaQYvVrXm_NNDOkjzKUwxRmyYYiLGnAGJo6twrv-4877RxArdLCkBi9sTKNLQF4DTSVuFcYEYdrNGDL5L-0Y307HBQR_hc3G1/s4032/20221218_152636.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEisJR_QpyzWUbm9OlBniWYBNv2-bvuszpU20rDP3TTeiFYTvJUvls8QF1kFp0Gwo8ZJXf_toNPm6cR20FnPXtPf7I4IaQYvVrXm_NNDOkjzKUwxRmyYYiLGnAGJo6twrv-4877RxArdLCkBi9sTKNLQF4DTSVuFcYEYdrNGDL5L-0Y307HBQR_hc3G1/w640-h480/20221218_152636.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div style="color: #444444; font-size: 13.2px;"><br /></div><div style="color: #444444; font-size: 13.2px;"><br /></div><div style="color: #444444; font-size: 13.2px;"><br /></div><div style="color: #444444; font-size: 13.2px;"><br /></div><div style="color: #444444; font-size: 13.2px;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Stirling Castle is a great day out. Entrance is free to Historic Scotland members. Booking is recommended but not always necessary.</span></div><div style="color: #444444; font-size: 13.2px;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div style="color: #444444; font-size: 13.2px;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="color: #444444; font-family: arial;"><span style="font-size: 13.2px;"><a href="https://www.historicenvironment.scot/visit-a-place/places/stirling-castle/overview/" target="_blank"><b>www.historicenvironment.scot/visit-a-place/places/stirling-castle</b></a></span></span></div><div><span style="color: #444444; font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; color: #444444; font-size: 13.2px; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiMOhpa2DjA5yGIIWimfyFusEtIBWBhcdfdEr5UfTrS7nfmUZgYNpD9GGbaC8EZpUpyyeKn8vXQfcknESCz--o2uNIAQ27IqFE_mzZGPUxwVV__FmPEmt59pCRqP5Bk2T7OXhBMT9IVhY_0i67vCjaXLLPND5QLSWj_PfL6prq7TQVnYHEYLYETqp49/s4032/20221218_163341.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiMOhpa2DjA5yGIIWimfyFusEtIBWBhcdfdEr5UfTrS7nfmUZgYNpD9GGbaC8EZpUpyyeKn8vXQfcknESCz--o2uNIAQ27IqFE_mzZGPUxwVV__FmPEmt59pCRqP5Bk2T7OXhBMT9IVhY_0i67vCjaXLLPND5QLSWj_PfL6prq7TQVnYHEYLYETqp49/w640-h480/20221218_163341.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><span style="color: #444444; font-family: arial; font-size: 13.2px;"><br /></span></div><div style="color: #444444; font-size: 13.2px;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div style="color: #444444; font-size: 13.2px;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Trains to Stirling are three an hour from Edinburgh, journey time 40-50 minutes. Even more frequent from Glasgow Queen Street and journey time of only around half an hour.</span></div><div style="color: #444444; font-size: 13.2px;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="color: #444444; font-family: arial; font-size: 13.2px;">Check before your journey at </span><span style="color: #444444; font-family: arial;"><span style="font-size: 13.2px;">- <b><a href="http://www.scotrail.co.uk" target="_blank">www.scotrail.co.uk</a></b></span></span></div><div style="color: #444444; font-family: Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div style="color: #444444; font-family: Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div style="color: #444444; font-family: Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div style="color: #444444; font-family: Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Thank you for reading my Scotland By Rail blog.</span></div><div style="color: #444444; 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margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEja8w0O063m-RguYR1oDSTs2Li-G71NgPEKAVGt0ZucrQCC2wwnW88lWtj-DhVM-VgysIHtAJP5Rrs7HmDZN0H3d4W-6J7jKTFkzzMPZ07jvFt5LwNZ9cy8_gty6eF2sSfIbGln81AcnlXJhemKjM7LU174ugig-I1uvzdHWZ_Pe_TaQ5hx2zwf2b2D/s2518/Leo%20du%20Feu,%20National%20Mining%20Museum,%2016.5x25cm.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1659" data-original-width="2518" height="422" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEja8w0O063m-RguYR1oDSTs2Li-G71NgPEKAVGt0ZucrQCC2wwnW88lWtj-DhVM-VgysIHtAJP5Rrs7HmDZN0H3d4W-6J7jKTFkzzMPZ07jvFt5LwNZ9cy8_gty6eF2sSfIbGln81AcnlXJhemKjM7LU174ugig-I1uvzdHWZ_Pe_TaQ5hx2zwf2b2D/w640-h422/Leo%20du%20Feu,%20National%20Mining%20Museum,%2016.5x25cm.jpg" width="640" /></span></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><i>National Mining Museum Scotland, acrylic, 16.5x25cm</i></span></td></tr></tbody></table><p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi6kufrdzLEMrYmYC6hV15jPMVHzygQe4nC37pgmh-lR9-67SUAl3nPgO1VB_jVAiSFl2IQJ8RXXHnwaJe78yOavm3aO2kYTuvUVBX0kXEFwCBhHTyVgsi5IgFJfT-mkklV5TmrIeWeTGdS2OfLdUyHS8jZ2hdjgIdsxQg7hhhtBRFEFM0pRNkqtyKP/s1061/Supported%20by%20ScotRail%20CoreMark_RGB.jpg" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em; text-align: center;"><br /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi6kufrdzLEMrYmYC6hV15jPMVHzygQe4nC37pgmh-lR9-67SUAl3nPgO1VB_jVAiSFl2IQJ8RXXHnwaJe78yOavm3aO2kYTuvUVBX0kXEFwCBhHTyVgsi5IgFJfT-mkklV5TmrIeWeTGdS2OfLdUyHS8jZ2hdjgIdsxQg7hhhtBRFEFM0pRNkqtyKP/s1061/Supported%20by%20ScotRail%20CoreMark_RGB.jpg" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="670" data-original-width="1061" height="126" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi6kufrdzLEMrYmYC6hV15jPMVHzygQe4nC37pgmh-lR9-67SUAl3nPgO1VB_jVAiSFl2IQJ8RXXHnwaJe78yOavm3aO2kYTuvUVBX0kXEFwCBhHTyVgsi5IgFJfT-mkklV5TmrIeWeTGdS2OfLdUyHS8jZ2hdjgIdsxQg7hhhtBRFEFM0pRNkqtyKP/w200-h126/Supported%20by%20ScotRail%20CoreMark_RGB.jpg" width="200" /></a></p><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;">A family railway day out to </span><b style="font-family: arial;">Newtongrange </b><span style="font-family: arial;">on the Borders Line, to visit the </span><a href="https://www.nationalminingmuseum.com/" style="font-family: arial;" target="_blank"><b>National Mining Museum Scotland</b></a><span style="font-family: arial;">.</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: arial;">Each time I go on the Borders Railway Line I remember so strongly the first time I travelled on it as a newly (re)opened line back in 2015 - <a href="http://landscapeartnaturebirds.blogspot.com/2015/09/scotland-by-rail-new-borders-railway.html" target="_blank">2015/09/scotland-by-rail-new-borders-railway</a>.</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: arial;">I can't describe how exciting it was to suddenly have a <i><b>new railway line</b></i> to explore! I can't wait until another new bit, the Levenmouth Rail Link, opens in hopefully not much more than a year from now:</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: arial;">- <a href="https://scotlandsrailway.com/projects/levenmouth-reconnected-raillink" target="_blank">scotlandsrailway.com/projects/levenmouth</a> <br /></span><span style="font-family: arial;">- <a href="https://levenmouth.co.uk/" target="_blank">levenmouth.co.uk</a></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: arial;">Here are a couple of my past Scotland By Rail </span><span style="font-family: arial;">Borders Line</span><span style="font-family: arial;"> trips:</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: arial;">1 - <a href="http://landscapeartnaturebirds.blogspot.com/2015/10/scotland-by-rail-tweedbank-abbotsford.html" target="_blank">Tweedbank - Abbotsford House, nuthatches, kingfisher, Robin's Pincushions, Darnick...<br /></a></span><span style="font-family: arial;">I loved this walk.</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: arial;">2 - <a href="http://landscapeartnaturebirds.blogspot.com/2015/11/scotland-by-rail-stow-sheep-river-well.html" target="_blank">Stow - sheep, river, well, 5 dippers, up into the hills<br /></a></span><span style="font-family: arial;">(There seem to be puns flying everywhere in this one. It must have been before having children)</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: arial;">Anyway, back to Newtongrange:</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: arial;">In Edinburgh, Waverlying goodbye to uncle Roan:</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgjsliCDqOLpUv5YH1jbjlnZDa5Sf_kvyEaoXJNpB3CoDxAro6nExCM_341qzs2mzSwpBiJ9CwXfR6zFB65LbLr0U-8F7R__zM22lJ8clmiF5OORddYB2wKDFDFu_-j3NuEKv_zZt-Sxlm1wdJlGoGVD38toHzsxT1HkG9duA8Kis9XyqBl5i6dTtGJ/s4032/20221121_123540.jpg"><span style="font-family: arial;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgjsliCDqOLpUv5YH1jbjlnZDa5Sf_kvyEaoXJNpB3CoDxAro6nExCM_341qzs2mzSwpBiJ9CwXfR6zFB65LbLr0U-8F7R__zM22lJ8clmiF5OORddYB2wKDFDFu_-j3NuEKv_zZt-Sxlm1wdJlGoGVD38toHzsxT1HkG9duA8Kis9XyqBl5i6dTtGJ/s320/20221121_123540.jpg" width="240" /></span></a></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><span style="font-family: arial;">Then on to the Tweedbank train, destination Newtongrange and the <a href="https://www.ncm.org.uk/" target="_blank"><b>National Mining Museum</b></a>.</span><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj4guijWb3ykis4zjDhP_gEBNQentu0RNCOgR0JtHDFHOe7iscI4bHDGN-_DUbJJiYBw91ED-02Q9jrG33Cb2Liev8j8XLDu28Aiij6BfMApUWZ7FU-ymR23rooBAIRgamaCS3tkLQoAMqszBF9kGYyU8XC2JZS6kqWhzPsSUtSH4RaETeHkXiWni0M/s3216/20221121_130042.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1528" data-original-width="3216" height="152" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj4guijWb3ykis4zjDhP_gEBNQentu0RNCOgR0JtHDFHOe7iscI4bHDGN-_DUbJJiYBw91ED-02Q9jrG33Cb2Liev8j8XLDu28Aiij6BfMApUWZ7FU-ymR23rooBAIRgamaCS3tkLQoAMqszBF9kGYyU8XC2JZS6kqWhzPsSUtSH4RaETeHkXiWni0M/s320/20221121_130042.jpg" width="320" /></span></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;">brothers in love (one of them not given much choice)</span></td></tr></tbody></table><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;">It was a cold day<i> at last.</i> We played spot the frost as we travelled along the line. Little pockets visible here and there in shady spots where the pale yellow winter sun hadn't ever reached.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgErh8HOJv9c1loc4GDG8Dd2GLyqijgUSsGDlHM3zpI2Ay1CeNmxjCDJQ9_hr-icoGjDYJnOxz_JBQUA0PWEQV-LrAdVqidNQPV4QO2NHBFBPeeB4hC95WQzyrddO4HI2yq_CjHVIQNuLlE5gCDFcXrUkZ5dm-mM2Ni4nWvyRQxsmrjsf2S-OWG3gIO/s4032/20221121_131318.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgErh8HOJv9c1loc4GDG8Dd2GLyqijgUSsGDlHM3zpI2Ay1CeNmxjCDJQ9_hr-icoGjDYJnOxz_JBQUA0PWEQV-LrAdVqidNQPV4QO2NHBFBPeeB4hC95WQzyrddO4HI2yq_CjHVIQNuLlE5gCDFcXrUkZ5dm-mM2Ni4nWvyRQxsmrjsf2S-OWG3gIO/w640-h480/20221121_131318.jpg" width="640" /></span></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Newtongrange station. Spot the roof of the Mining Museum.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div></td></tr></tbody></table><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj5sCsvWJWrTBdq4OSSMw1xsi_af_ZXb2FKaIcwtf7rEGI8iDlpMtn9F7VobN3PfQs3HHFbs5WLZeLsdz1QteuYFPpyeD8t8Mlmb3-ObUD5uuAUC5-rkmvnFwDvnT7lR27AxUROj_K58_10wQzsM9Havy1jG94L5BGf5KTrpXiHE39A2bC9Ly3W6O4Z/s4032/20221121_131618.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj5sCsvWJWrTBdq4OSSMw1xsi_af_ZXb2FKaIcwtf7rEGI8iDlpMtn9F7VobN3PfQs3HHFbs5WLZeLsdz1QteuYFPpyeD8t8Mlmb3-ObUD5uuAUC5-rkmvnFwDvnT7lR27AxUROj_K58_10wQzsM9Havy1jG94L5BGf5KTrpXiHE39A2bC9Ly3W6O4Z/w640-h480/20221121_131618.jpg" width="640" /></span></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; text-align: left;">Newtongrange station, zigzaggy footpath past the car park and up to the village.<br /><br /></span></td></tr></tbody></table><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;">And off to the National Mining Museum Scotland, a lovely hedged footpath leading directly to it from the station car park. The museum is about a minute away.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><iframe allowfullscreen='allowfullscreen' webkitallowfullscreen='webkitallowfullscreen' mozallowfullscreen='mozallowfullscreen' width='421' height='350' src='https://www.blogger.com/video.g?token=AD6v5dwlPXAm3dZTX5ZZ_jgxSPlvjS4Zu8EmwjACZPJRWLqUiTmhZ1ULFKo0nDnpaad7q9tt8eOs6BzUgVl23ZGEJA' class='b-hbp-video b-uploaded' frameborder='0'></iframe></span></div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEisJ71KB1UDn7AjxLMosotyKnUUVpROgFSpyXA5Ac85o3hPS1qtGoazLNeK3DNuzdScOyTaNl3C2gGZRy3EoImLH_wcODw-5O1F1QGcQmuz4sN4HP8nJOOv9s9GozWW3KYMGpV3l7NrBuvZl_GfvI3-me3Pchba71JikEtryHdM8f-KTtuu3PkHMiMk/s4032/20221121_131826.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEisJ71KB1UDn7AjxLMosotyKnUUVpROgFSpyXA5Ac85o3hPS1qtGoazLNeK3DNuzdScOyTaNl3C2gGZRy3EoImLH_wcODw-5O1F1QGcQmuz4sN4HP8nJOOv9s9GozWW3KYMGpV3l7NrBuvZl_GfvI3-me3Pchba71JikEtryHdM8f-KTtuu3PkHMiMk/w640-h480/20221121_131826.jpg" width="640" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh_2eMbr2vJ1u-QhFvuqWerfziOx-JAs8IOj0asjPK7mMeuFNXViINoxP6J1waKVgNxoryxBdmbQ3Z5q8neEkYY8oOvmISrHEg_2ssIqiklKoBC-ipLIbBHh_9n-H6xz6bzEYHVdviqZ_d7y7Vtm2_JGlUI5TTkxkFOKXal2Cnxn2kInURbPFpVo28x/s4032/20221121_131733.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh_2eMbr2vJ1u-QhFvuqWerfziOx-JAs8IOj0asjPK7mMeuFNXViINoxP6J1waKVgNxoryxBdmbQ3Z5q8neEkYY8oOvmISrHEg_2ssIqiklKoBC-ipLIbBHh_9n-H6xz6bzEYHVdviqZ_d7y7Vtm2_JGlUI5TTkxkFOKXal2Cnxn2kInURbPFpVo28x/w640-h480/20221121_131733.jpg" width="640" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;">But I like to explore a place when I first arrive, not just head straight indoors. And we were hungry. So about turn, up that zigzaggy station footpath and into Newtongrange village. A main street of red-brick miners' cottages, red-brick miners cottages leading perpendicularly off it. Go onto <a href="https://www.google.com/maps/place/Newtongrange,+Dalkeith/@55.8669471,-3.0664267,868m/data=!3m1!1e3!4m5!3m4!1s0x4887be9a5de7e983:0x4cab76d78ff93837!8m2!3d55.865652!4d-3.066151" target="_blank">Google Maps satellite view</a> and have a look at the layout of the village centre, it's quite remarkable.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div></div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhkW-WnVo4EhxYLXsswuoYBQxBcYcemcGT1BxFhJSuR61UBPSAMah0xmAAAFykcQ0g5BrUjlEKjnTo2FUGEbgRjP7o-57PrGosg-tNSFO_ZYt90gZ_aKcvnLQL18RwTVPDwPJ_wXWdXBSQTEyU6jhws1t3yZnjGC3Zf_Yb5eMIvxWSsDenrgcscOxkt/s3208/20221121_132223(0).jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2406" data-original-width="3208" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhkW-WnVo4EhxYLXsswuoYBQxBcYcemcGT1BxFhJSuR61UBPSAMah0xmAAAFykcQ0g5BrUjlEKjnTo2FUGEbgRjP7o-57PrGosg-tNSFO_ZYt90gZ_aKcvnLQL18RwTVPDwPJ_wXWdXBSQTEyU6jhws1t3yZnjGC3Zf_Yb5eMIvxWSsDenrgcscOxkt/w640-h480/20221121_132223(0).jpg" width="640" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;">The two display / exhibition sections of the museum are top class. If I was going by myself (without young children!) I'd want to spend a couple of hours reading and looking at everything before then touring around the pithead itself.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Many remarkable images:</span></div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjYaML7FoBje8cpORA-4YF_0dGk8E3QRpVf1gFx511bxGsLJawz1S2qH4AynOVGyMEGbq2R6_ww7rL5R8uhk9xmY7-82ZJ18_xWrtJgYSM5pSkA6EMmC2qtSRjK1omGTxCptuwZqfl5zRc_DWKw4mjiOPPOijbshwh8AFEZQM8Qprfj94-bpIxfaVjP/s3252/20221121_144320.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2337" data-original-width="3252" height="460" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjYaML7FoBje8cpORA-4YF_0dGk8E3QRpVf1gFx511bxGsLJawz1S2qH4AynOVGyMEGbq2R6_ww7rL5R8uhk9xmY7-82ZJ18_xWrtJgYSM5pSkA6EMmC2qtSRjK1omGTxCptuwZqfl5zRc_DWKw4mjiOPPOijbshwh8AFEZQM8Qprfj94-bpIxfaVjP/w640-h460/20221121_144320.jpg" width="640" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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Oops.<br />My closest is Loch Awe - <a href="http://landscapeartnaturebirds.blogspot.com/2012/08/loch-awe-to-cruachan-dam-castle-kirk.html" target="_blank">walk to Cruachan Dam and special St Conan's Kirk</a></span></td></tr></tbody></table><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;">More models to explore, buttons to press:</span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhFFvxgYiiZLRAQLSb49gD_jKzbxOiP6h3uyQ2Cjiy1dSjxdsJqHW2KRSwTzTy4aojuQRdmYu9f4eSMY2aLHey3ojVGLCmki_5ARir9VBTSms27vpQ103NBFAgHRbD-FMmYkbT2hUCJ2eBYYgODzHZD959aQivtOmJrIaMRhgEwWrV3w8f_cz550KFI/s4032/20221121_144953.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; 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A huge long elevated tunnel - the Gantry:</span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi9ybfYpwCYLom5NMNTtPnyOiZ9iXjii0UmbPVa_byx0ztB68tB51l3SazovBosQ95814UY1y_SMVKRbvn2qxZX0vulZcxnEExbSnH04B0z6XbyybWHg87Laa4MhbDWUjR6ABppqgdPO8n6_IPkIQkpjdWij01Z13kiYaEwNmXLmDOwmNM9Iqjr98VU/s4032/20221121_150304.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi9ybfYpwCYLom5NMNTtPnyOiZ9iXjii0UmbPVa_byx0ztB68tB51l3SazovBosQ95814UY1y_SMVKRbvn2qxZX0vulZcxnEExbSnH04B0z6XbyybWHg87Laa4MhbDWUjR6ABppqgdPO8n6_IPkIQkpjdWij01Z13kiYaEwNmXLmDOwmNM9Iqjr98VU/w640-h480/20221121_150304.jpg" width="640" /></span></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;">nb the miners <i>are </i>models.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><span style="font-family: arial;">The Gantry connected the Lady Victoria Colliery to the Pithead baths, canteens and the old <a href="https://canmore.org.uk/site/132499/lingerwood-colliery" target="_blank">Lingerwood Pit</a> on the other side of what is now the A7 road.</span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;">A lot of things really terrible to imagine:</span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;">A model of Coaltown of Wemyss, a picturesque mining village on the coastal bus route north from Kirkcaldy. Another great day out with estate parkland walk down to the shore and Fife Coastal Path. I must blog it.</span></div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgBufh2ePTJlDe-JvPH7A31LAlExpiLySySPpb20-_EI8Jm9DEFOUnOocSygYPY7Zk23DJswNyF1HC9NBL791_ZAr3be-2gHRtTeN9P05gIFcbMBq0wILIlKzpnrb6GNDfpzJ7SvU1stD19-6Plv7e8qHDVDDxfj1n1d1yXK3xahgsT94ZMRy_wl_sA/s3333/20221121_150906.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3333" data-original-width="3018" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgBufh2ePTJlDe-JvPH7A31LAlExpiLySySPpb20-_EI8Jm9DEFOUnOocSygYPY7Zk23DJswNyF1HC9NBL791_ZAr3be-2gHRtTeN9P05gIFcbMBq0wILIlKzpnrb6GNDfpzJ7SvU1stD19-6Plv7e8qHDVDDxfj1n1d1yXK3xahgsT94ZMRy_wl_sA/w581-h640/20221121_150906.jpg" width="581" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjstfHo5kKGf0RkUbbemONQ-fU5DUGVTHaUXBjjK_P8dKi1eFxUhi3N4zB7lJUALDaiAKGFZOqOCUQhLckQ0D9l5tMqkn1zq-xkjbuLSdIabBhbhv9abC3ORCtAPQSHA3G9RCJmuEfp_e1GmqLLZoK81HHvo-yz_NmYweqxZHvVQVhRYcNjcv01fGLZ/s4032/20221121_150912.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; 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text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;">!</span></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh04_xAuYuQ7PrM7jeFnRJEmcyxHiKnMOnW7NHq305w0NEnTsq1hJtTEbuwARbgc7lkNPw5bz_49cdxs4KsRuhbQZRmro3O4Hu59RZXVgjEnQlO9USksUrfib0xL986IuIVdm5AKl05iICF_u5LmSAnYxz9qDdiq4G9MYn_EIEw9WYPJJeSRPE2Dn08/s3375/20221121_151224.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3375" data-original-width="2554" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh04_xAuYuQ7PrM7jeFnRJEmcyxHiKnMOnW7NHq305w0NEnTsq1hJtTEbuwARbgc7lkNPw5bz_49cdxs4KsRuhbQZRmro3O4Hu59RZXVgjEnQlO9USksUrfib0xL986IuIVdm5AKl05iICF_u5LmSAnYxz9qDdiq4G9MYn_EIEw9WYPJJeSRPE2Dn08/w484-h640/20221121_151224.jpg" width="484" /></span></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;">!</span></td></tr></tbody></table><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;">At the pithead:</span></div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgGkv6HpWIw1xqlvFcYM5XE1adSw4S0bJ1fcIQR470YQAl0sjCsjgsq9LFqlAXttyF_DLc5EvDCogHZg_PdtxmoQesvx4tIn8QlIDeobJu5wQxt0PPu8lAJq4JV22SgaLmeCPxafkNh2_HtxG-vgVJqEriy5HszIhliSfCZ3PHJ-NERFwOzodA8nxgb/s4032/20221121_152703.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgGkv6HpWIw1xqlvFcYM5XE1adSw4S0bJ1fcIQR470YQAl0sjCsjgsq9LFqlAXttyF_DLc5EvDCogHZg_PdtxmoQesvx4tIn8QlIDeobJu5wQxt0PPu8lAJq4JV22SgaLmeCPxafkNh2_HtxG-vgVJqEriy5HszIhliSfCZ3PHJ-NERFwOzodA8nxgb/w640-h480/20221121_152703.jpg" width="640" /></span></a></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><span style="font-family: arial;">The actual lift used to transport miners down and up:</span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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Imagine what it felt like seeing sky again after a day hundreds of feet under ground. Especially imagine what it felt like for those young boys.</span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgnE7adLg5OVswa-XcKbb0joETKQQXvLv8TUqiHNBaJYwpMRcaeSu-a9HTq-1eemcGmIdjsfDylM076BDHrGewRsGfkVeSlE9NpuCpkgsebPROkqfnS76AQbwWDrwra303HPEBa7keO0b7eZbTcE-h4aeW1ri6qVDCxXgEm3lnRzGWaWU70Q5sBNBeA/s4032/20221121_152909.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgnE7adLg5OVswa-XcKbb0joETKQQXvLv8TUqiHNBaJYwpMRcaeSu-a9HTq-1eemcGmIdjsfDylM076BDHrGewRsGfkVeSlE9NpuCpkgsebPROkqfnS76AQbwWDrwra303HPEBa7keO0b7eZbTcE-h4aeW1ri6qVDCxXgEm3lnRzGWaWU70Q5sBNBeA/w640-h480/20221121_152909.jpg" width="640" /></span></a></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgrhooZro_ft_1Eix_1ToURFkDmbykPWISMezM585ZgR7zTLOyaeS6co1CHSLIWJZ_9sNCIF5MMr1YzEnj4b8yRhBJC-Peperf73rayMFLXoIhrRxG1y4mOnV7G4M_v2U9zM3F4cfcmRdF72vbNQivlcObv3h_mpU2IuipJAmoHN0RzMwOiaSNsli8K/s2518/Leo%20du%20Feu,%20National%20Mining%20Museum,%2016.5x25cm.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1659" data-original-width="2518" height="422" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgrhooZro_ft_1Eix_1ToURFkDmbykPWISMezM585ZgR7zTLOyaeS6co1CHSLIWJZ_9sNCIF5MMr1YzEnj4b8yRhBJC-Peperf73rayMFLXoIhrRxG1y4mOnV7G4M_v2U9zM3F4cfcmRdF72vbNQivlcObv3h_mpU2IuipJAmoHN0RzMwOiaSNsli8K/w640-h422/Leo%20du%20Feu,%20National%20Mining%20Museum,%2016.5x25cm.jpg" width="640" /></span></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><i>National Mining Museum Scotland, acrylic, 16.5x25cm<br /></i></span></td></tr></tbody></table><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEicMkq6OIGAU3VDrFqrAemTm6EQCs2UdA2UeEGBL_GwsVVH7AJWbM2QCfSNUFFNReldUKuSDMcA-QHHMLPF_ZOTfHs14y_DGxOVNONYdrF_3-aj-SR7AfcD4BXia3dnh4kqYbqeB_uFYXShBbIP8bvJDXxQbWxymlavNVtNea_d4KfMEErVtAWQJxH_/s4032/20221121_152958.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEicMkq6OIGAU3VDrFqrAemTm6EQCs2UdA2UeEGBL_GwsVVH7AJWbM2QCfSNUFFNReldUKuSDMcA-QHHMLPF_ZOTfHs14y_DGxOVNONYdrF_3-aj-SR7AfcD4BXia3dnh4kqYbqeB_uFYXShBbIP8bvJDXxQbWxymlavNVtNea_d4KfMEErVtAWQJxH_/w640-h480/20221121_152958.jpg" width="640" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgj3DHQX5ZBUbabvLorKw4ilK3FFfXMmjATjFwTF-7fskCukQdewLD1nxr1wrQGWZydRKKyAE-ZYWi4EeFWj6Y97ye3-pSFT0Spdp-1DhP5vORS0YJdiyKe_xnae_q-rDWAszpQLAVNfXEMVp7QGICozJeLccKl129ZOsS8LxzlBF_t5HqAPBpTZ3MS/s4032/20221121_153032.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgj3DHQX5ZBUbabvLorKw4ilK3FFfXMmjATjFwTF-7fskCukQdewLD1nxr1wrQGWZydRKKyAE-ZYWi4EeFWj6Y97ye3-pSFT0Spdp-1DhP5vORS0YJdiyKe_xnae_q-rDWAszpQLAVNfXEMVp7QGICozJeLccKl129ZOsS8LxzlBF_t5HqAPBpTZ3MS/w640-h480/20221121_153032.jpg" width="640" /></span></a></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><span style="font-family: arial;">Mining family. Spot...?</span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjgPI81J0drg8yrO-IuMQSnqarrsDuMiJjk1JE1F84eLh25hSVD5iX6Fanw5TAGlvXGWWYELoZxuTFeSkhrbuZJMzpSJWEo_UBLTiYxc09bRkz0R9mDGIxvXjreMiJ5fK6WbDvqC2BPViCzETQWzoZigWTcPm51fKPIA3WmuQY0ZgSt7Pn-9pDPNkQD/s4032/20221121_153257.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjgPI81J0drg8yrO-IuMQSnqarrsDuMiJjk1JE1F84eLh25hSVD5iX6Fanw5TAGlvXGWWYELoZxuTFeSkhrbuZJMzpSJWEo_UBLTiYxc09bRkz0R9mDGIxvXjreMiJ5fK6WbDvqC2BPViCzETQWzoZigWTcPm51fKPIA3WmuQY0ZgSt7Pn-9pDPNkQD/w640-h480/20221121_153257.jpg" width="640" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;">At the coalface. Pit supports. Compare these to the photo of a miner slithering between stubby wooden struts</span></div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgUTeTRYsELkFpA7Kj-TMCMDYOBDtX-O6JzaWyaBY6nDpECn50N__FIWv0nz4S6xJz9VoUhFKxPUI4ttmwwlJhpE2e_9TOxcYRuuhVdfwDkgWC9l4O4VucHhC5BqI5w6U1pEp2JDHi-CJnsjjJ_EJjrNLm94IwTBjMHS8crmGHo41joObYHQqgXI5JY/s4032/20221121_153859.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgUTeTRYsELkFpA7Kj-TMCMDYOBDtX-O6JzaWyaBY6nDpECn50N__FIWv0nz4S6xJz9VoUhFKxPUI4ttmwwlJhpE2e_9TOxcYRuuhVdfwDkgWC9l4O4VucHhC5BqI5w6U1pEp2JDHi-CJnsjjJ_EJjrNLm94IwTBjMHS8crmGHo41joObYHQqgXI5JY/w640-h480/20221121_153859.jpg" width="640" /></span></a></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg477fCcyx2pmHF1ZHO3WpXl4nkbxEHFMdvKaKpvFgqGdup8mWniHOYfBh4fmaQIzjAn7nfgOsLUsWcA-UfzDDb6qrwj60x8OeW_rgI69PjuZRH5zKMl1EdBC7NJP38cMfbgSXGnqvN95fW81F_bizVc1I7cGZ-XJPuw0HJ3yU9gFkVEIyXs3aTfEeZ/s4032/20221121_154012.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg477fCcyx2pmHF1ZHO3WpXl4nkbxEHFMdvKaKpvFgqGdup8mWniHOYfBh4fmaQIzjAn7nfgOsLUsWcA-UfzDDb6qrwj60x8OeW_rgI69PjuZRH5zKMl1EdBC7NJP38cMfbgSXGnqvN95fW81F_bizVc1I7cGZ-XJPuw0HJ3yU9gFkVEIyXs3aTfEeZ/w640-h480/20221121_154012.jpg" width="640" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhDadcjlsdZcQk3LO2cf1I0EWZRU9ReA6rqnZ53mf-M7zvZ1HoP5QSiddo5jTHBHIKSZjrAWwmmfHVTERG4-DjaelWQ7IcSwN2eu3A91XPTrzP9lutQVxi3AeQ_dd2XJ3y1aNRIcG4O-OO8e_GlztYFfjdL9vQ9OQ0z2XlVPIWzK3z5D6a9kKHp4MMZ/s4032/20221121_160634.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2660" data-original-width="4032" height="422" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhDadcjlsdZcQk3LO2cf1I0EWZRU9ReA6rqnZ53mf-M7zvZ1HoP5QSiddo5jTHBHIKSZjrAWwmmfHVTERG4-DjaelWQ7IcSwN2eu3A91XPTrzP9lutQVxi3AeQ_dd2XJ3y1aNRIcG4O-OO8e_GlztYFfjdL9vQ9OQ0z2XlVPIWzK3z5D6a9kKHp4MMZ/w640-h422/20221121_160634.jpg" width="640" /></span></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;">the outside of that elevated tunnel (model miners inside)</span></td></tr></tbody></table><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhU5bnuKi2vyykp5tjuuZYxg5WZ0vQA8PbVTDUHwBsgpEax5ngGyFOyTwluGp6zbrMnjO6ZRdyOuxLUrMqXDxnifHUbcWgEnTtpK48WIKuh3Skbd3Sq6rYMSWPMbK9P7y2ELpalIgBCXHU0KpG38OsRdHLRMdon7AN6WHlDS747BGvRoXpj5moUlHhl/s4032/20221121_143004.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhU5bnuKi2vyykp5tjuuZYxg5WZ0vQA8PbVTDUHwBsgpEax5ngGyFOyTwluGp6zbrMnjO6ZRdyOuxLUrMqXDxnifHUbcWgEnTtpK48WIKuh3Skbd3Sq6rYMSWPMbK9P7y2ELpalIgBCXHU0KpG38OsRdHLRMdon7AN6WHlDS747BGvRoXpj5moUlHhl/w640-h480/20221121_143004.jpg" width="640" /></span></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;">other Midlothian Things To Do<br /><br /></span></td></tr></tbody></table><p><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">The <a href="https://www.ncm.org.uk/" target="_blank"><b>National Mining Museum Scotland</b></a> is open daily.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">There are tours you can book on or you can go around entirely solo. We spent about two hours there but I could and would like to spend much longer than that</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">The museum has a nice cafe but you should check which days it is open. If you need food on a cafe-closed day there is <a href="https://www.deantavern.co.uk/" target="_blank">The Dean Tavern</a> only a ten minute walk away down the main street (name - Main Street) of Newtongrange. Really nice to do that as you get to have a feel for the village as in my pics above. Along that street there is also a Scotmid (with hot food), a Coop and a Best-one newsagent. </span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">There are lots of festive things at the museum this December (2022), such as screenings of the Polar Express, The Snowman and more; Santa's Grotto; a panto... - <a href="https://www.nationalminingmuseum.com/experience/whats-on/" target="_blank">https://www.nationalminingmuseum.com/experience/whats-on/</a></span></p><div style="background-color: white; color: #444444;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;">-----------------------</span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><b><span style="font-family: arial;">Getting to Newtongrange:</span></b></div><div><b><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></b></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;">Trains from Edinburgh Waverley are half hourly Monday to Saturday and hourly on Sundays. The journey takes about 20 minutes. </span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;">Check ScotRail 'Buy Tickets' in advance of your journey - <a href="https://www.scotrail.co.uk/" style="color: #45818e; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">www.scotrail.co.uk</a></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><div><span style="font-family: arial;">-----------------------</span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;">Thank you for reading my Scotland By Rail blog.</span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;">Spread the word and let me know about your own favourite railway days out.</span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;">Leo du Feu</span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;">ScotRail Community Rail Champion</span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;">November 2022</span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><span>#ScotlandByRail on social media</span><span> </span></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><span><br /></span></span></div></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div></div><div class="separator" style="background-color: white; 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margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="670" data-original-width="1061" height="126" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgyUHPSkgJ-2yfvcEYr-bRKuyrf4TH-30CZaP2pgloY0NyXAp2eOh6tVU92pE3Mgyrs7RSjKSL-ZcOAW5XfVzfl7XvJqOL3QCLHXQCuoAvwuCvgC1MP8Kb0x5yJGHxKZd8FzOkOOzQsPNDZY_Xg2qVFb6ieGWAnLrSOFOIOYe_4QJSZEO_IM6gLC7kH/w200-h126/Supported%20by%20ScotRail%20CoreMark_RGB.jpg" width="200" /></a></div></div><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhNnU25uqzHdpQtt8wG-AUoa8VNnY352wb__VU2DXsKwXWkIA_Qxr0H_bh_WqAg6Iz3nCi5FgM7Mb-gLQi0hmJdZgE4LqmZqy7fk0kMidYjnL232aGSdO0Omk2uvXErur3PAw4joD3K3vfXCvJuc3nYYVy-SmnoeOdgrdM56wSOWETc-8tF-QrXylCY/s4032/Leo%20du%20Feu,%20Scotland%20By%20Rail,%20Edinburgh%20walk%20to%20Wardie%20Bay%20breakwater,%2003.11.2022%20(39).jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhNnU25uqzHdpQtt8wG-AUoa8VNnY352wb__VU2DXsKwXWkIA_Qxr0H_bh_WqAg6Iz3nCi5FgM7Mb-gLQi0hmJdZgE4LqmZqy7fk0kMidYjnL232aGSdO0Omk2uvXErur3PAw4joD3K3vfXCvJuc3nYYVy-SmnoeOdgrdM56wSOWETc-8tF-QrXylCY/w640-h480/Leo%20du%20Feu,%20Scotland%20By%20Rail,%20Edinburgh%20walk%20to%20Wardie%20Bay%20breakwater,%2003.11.2022%20(39).jpg" width="640" /></span></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-size: medium;">Diver & Inchkeith Island from Granton breakwater, Wardie Bay, Edinburgh. Soft pastel on pastel paper</span></i></td></tr></tbody></table><p><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;">Wherever I go and whenever possible I try to make some time and space for nature. I'm almost always travelling by public transport and I believe that makes it easier, not harder, to get yourself into a little bit of green. By car it's so easy to step out of your house and straight into your car bubble then out of your car bubble and straight into wherever you were going, no experiencing anything along the way.</span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;">By public transport it's different.</span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="font-size: medium;">If it's a place I've never been to, perhaps to attend an appointment or run a workshop in a new place or deliver work to a new gallery, I make a point of checking the Ordnance Survey map and Google maps (on Satellite view - look for green) for places near to my route which I could walk to or through. Rather than doing as Google tells me I'll get off the train a stop early, or the bus five minutes early, have a bit of a walk to complete the journey. Or after my appointment I'll give myself half an hour in a local park with my lunch or a book or my sketchbook, or just my binoculars.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Being like this makes such a difference to my day, to my contentment levels. To my life.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="font-size: medium;">If it's a place I'm familiar with, such as Edinburgh which is 'my city', I already have a strong idea of what's where and where I might detour to. I likely don't need to check a map, just think, "I'm due in 'x' at such and such a time, I'll catch the train an hour early so I can walk along rather than get the bus. But I still get surprises, find spots I never knew. This time it was Wardie Bay and the Granton Harbour breakwater.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="font-size: medium;">I had paintings to deliver to the <a href="https://macmillanartshow.square.site/" target="_blank">Edinburgh Macmillan Art Show</a>, raising funds for <a href="https://www.macmillan.org.uk/" target="_blank">Macmillan Cancer Support</a>, in the<a href="https://www.edintattoo.co.uk/" target="_blank"> Tattoo Office</a> at the bottom of Cockburn Street, right by Waverley Station. And paintings to collect from <a href="https://stcolumbashospice.org.uk/" target="_blank">St Columba's Hospice</a>, 2.6 miles to the north (Google says so), right on the shore at Granton.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="font-size: medium;">I knew I could get the <a href="https://www.lothianbuses.com/timetables/" target="_blank">no.16 bus</a> the whole way down, taking maybe 40 minutes depending on traffic, or I could walk down, taking maybe an hour, depending how many cafes and charity shops I stopped at. It was a truly gorgeous autumn day. Edinburgh looks perfect in that weather. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Here's what I ended up finding, a spot I never knew. 3min 40sec video:</span></div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="397" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/D5E7EGZJJ1c" width="478" youtube-src-id="D5E7EGZJJ1c"></iframe></span></div><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><p><b><span style="font-size: medium;">And this is my walk:</span></b></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;">From Waverley Station I walked through the new pretty impressive St James Quarter and down Broughton Street.</span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; 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text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;">East Claremont Street and Bellevue Terrace</span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div></td></tr></tbody></table><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEidLUq-QwbnX5JbqM50iYQzs4GO-aYsC_uJ6cVmLDMSjtFhgRfxOgkKa2Dz6VrN6MfzRk7nUXIq60VRY3YQfu4GHJFNs2S14UCR_qD5ns7q-INiF8_x2DRUoyHyHpqrWTCzHW2krrL9Sr0-9hVsl7Pbo3ktUz2F38M6m9UXDl40ECCsHxYj41J2QzXm/s4608/Leo%20du%20Feu,%20Scotland%20By%20Rail,%20Edinburgh%20walk%20to%20Wardie%20Bay%20breakwater,%2003.11.2022%20(5).jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3456" data-original-width="4608" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEidLUq-QwbnX5JbqM50iYQzs4GO-aYsC_uJ6cVmLDMSjtFhgRfxOgkKa2Dz6VrN6MfzRk7nUXIq60VRY3YQfu4GHJFNs2S14UCR_qD5ns7q-INiF8_x2DRUoyHyHpqrWTCzHW2krrL9Sr0-9hVsl7Pbo3ktUz2F38M6m9UXDl40ECCsHxYj41J2QzXm/w640-h480/Leo%20du%20Feu,%20Scotland%20By%20Rail,%20Edinburgh%20walk%20to%20Wardie%20Bay%20breakwater,%2003.11.2022%20(5).jpg" width="640" /></span></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">here you can go straight ahead down Canonmills or right onto Broughton Road to join the network of old Edinburgh railways - <a href="http://www.cycling-edinburgh.org.uk/bike-paths.htm" target="_blank">now brilliant walk and cycle ways</a></span></td></tr></tbody></table><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /><br />This is turning right and onto the path network. From here it's traffic free, and green green green almost all the way to the shore.</span><div><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span><div><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhEQIhyC1PiMrOc1bGXffUpq8vcn0B0KIBu7C0TrdWy8KDxQmMQjBuwpxzFscb6QwBI2-0Vcjxi9d_M82nT9v0umr8QPKOVQs6doyICuEuURQiBRtinNF_d1oXTilRwAADpRbUps54GscsGf8S1vllMnG-l2a6tHNTAewf0BymT5b3pxkYZwyN-Z3MJ/s4032/Leo%20du%20Feu,%20Scotland%20By%20Rail,%20Edinburgh%20walk%20to%20Wardie%20Bay%20breakwater,%2003.11.2022%20(6).jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhEQIhyC1PiMrOc1bGXffUpq8vcn0B0KIBu7C0TrdWy8KDxQmMQjBuwpxzFscb6QwBI2-0Vcjxi9d_M82nT9v0umr8QPKOVQs6doyICuEuURQiBRtinNF_d1oXTilRwAADpRbUps54GscsGf8S1vllMnG-l2a6tHNTAewf0BymT5b3pxkYZwyN-Z3MJ/w640-h480/Leo%20du%20Feu,%20Scotland%20By%20Rail,%20Edinburgh%20walk%20to%20Wardie%20Bay%20breakwater,%2003.11.2022%20(6).jpg" width="640" /></span></a></div><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjKofTR5AZPMQRmEpgnkGqcZu6qP8EroowvI0vGUFbN6Ajr71ip6k_yiYSC_QYxG9bPge4fc4j_UKs_rAXl_lcwCnD9PdcjCP0sFG-bjExU4-Kj4iDRBytDt5ItLPAYZ12TrNkVPgBUFZOsEv38c33d2QEXpvxmsMHQdxVDb74iYDsKYEae95u1S9YE/s4032/Leo%20du%20Feu,%20Scotland%20By%20Rail,%20Edinburgh%20walk%20to%20Wardie%20Bay%20breakwater,%2003.11.2022%20(7).jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjKofTR5AZPMQRmEpgnkGqcZu6qP8EroowvI0vGUFbN6Ajr71ip6k_yiYSC_QYxG9bPge4fc4j_UKs_rAXl_lcwCnD9PdcjCP0sFG-bjExU4-Kj4iDRBytDt5ItLPAYZ12TrNkVPgBUFZOsEv38c33d2QEXpvxmsMHQdxVDb74iYDsKYEae95u1S9YE/w640-h480/Leo%20du%20Feu,%20Scotland%20By%20Rail,%20Edinburgh%20walk%20to%20Wardie%20Bay%20breakwater,%2003.11.2022%20(7).jpg" width="640" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;">But I felt like walking the Edinburgh streets while they we were looking so beautiful, and there was a charity shop I wanted to visit a bit further on. So I continued down Canonmills:</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiCq996DoueoLWL54Dzxrjrpx1xI8uj6cdTTPrd6QLqP3nSp70VkUS7bWJCiYEYj1sjlhnAJqRt-Oh-CTruV5FTVEFEUbvD8EHY_8KTMaUwD8mBgKqQNb2YMO9DZh4dVlGtCt3t9BrRtbW3JfXcLpp1QZT_XXbjXn_4CRF37UOn5Mtkq_cUzg9bM2v3/s4032/Leo%20du%20Feu,%20Scotland%20By%20Rail,%20Edinburgh%20walk%20to%20Wardie%20Bay%20breakwater,%2003.11.2022%20(8).jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiCq996DoueoLWL54Dzxrjrpx1xI8uj6cdTTPrd6QLqP3nSp70VkUS7bWJCiYEYj1sjlhnAJqRt-Oh-CTruV5FTVEFEUbvD8EHY_8KTMaUwD8mBgKqQNb2YMO9DZh4dVlGtCt3t9BrRtbW3JfXcLpp1QZT_XXbjXn_4CRF37UOn5Mtkq_cUzg9bM2v3/w480-h640/Leo%20du%20Feu,%20Scotland%20By%20Rail,%20Edinburgh%20walk%20to%20Wardie%20Bay%20breakwater,%2003.11.2022%20(8).jpg" width="480" /></span></a></div><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjHyU2MbREkJLI5d9QyDVn1OjWqteozbu7zVG-yNiX7P8ZjN1-KB7Tbh_-JJpIwa9NTaowHT0eukG5ZwGY7Yct4iFbjJ2jpoJOaloaGSFPMyj6ZbBEFZqGGOal4WEomKMc3osFBso7JS06RPbZ3OCJHOO8DNhrgcCfNiWPClX-J0PQHNVI5XW2QuSZm/s4032/Leo%20du%20Feu,%20Scotland%20By%20Rail,%20Edinburgh%20walk%20to%20Wardie%20Bay%20breakwater,%2003.11.2022%20(9).jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjHyU2MbREkJLI5d9QyDVn1OjWqteozbu7zVG-yNiX7P8ZjN1-KB7Tbh_-JJpIwa9NTaowHT0eukG5ZwGY7Yct4iFbjJ2jpoJOaloaGSFPMyj6ZbBEFZqGGOal4WEomKMc3osFBso7JS06RPbZ3OCJHOO8DNhrgcCfNiWPClX-J0PQHNVI5XW2QuSZm/w640-h480/Leo%20du%20Feu,%20Scotland%20By%20Rail,%20Edinburgh%20walk%20to%20Wardie%20Bay%20breakwater,%2003.11.2022%20(9).jpg" width="640" /></span></a></div><div><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjxg85re5fP65tJLJc11CcRjCh7FPngXvZATS9NEKgLqe9ohxgyD0dxE6gZmS6-A2ZUTwxoQlPEc2Uyf3JgEDB81dk853OuL-asSxYBI8v47JqJg-zwdDF4rvyO0664qmNJd-qNEnWagdqWx8ouCNG0Cia-c7DfaE-yzfEFb_A5n8lZg-Z4wez8R4l6/s4032/Leo%20du%20Feu,%20Scotland%20By%20Rail,%20Edinburgh%20walk%20to%20Wardie%20Bay%20breakwater,%2003.11.2022%20(10).jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjxg85re5fP65tJLJc11CcRjCh7FPngXvZATS9NEKgLqe9ohxgyD0dxE6gZmS6-A2ZUTwxoQlPEc2Uyf3JgEDB81dk853OuL-asSxYBI8v47JqJg-zwdDF4rvyO0664qmNJd-qNEnWagdqWx8ouCNG0Cia-c7DfaE-yzfEFb_A5n8lZg-Z4wez8R4l6/w640-h480/Leo%20du%20Feu,%20Scotland%20By%20Rail,%20Edinburgh%20walk%20to%20Wardie%20Bay%20breakwater,%2003.11.2022%20(10).jpg" width="640" /></span></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">over the Water of Leith at Canonmills</span></td></tr></tbody></table><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhpUbhJXtQJGgtBTxdLmt-LXKy87CrvTBwcxGeR7go6PMgkpUgfFlLq2MDN_K_N9wkykVdj4X7th7s4kq5mxy9oBOqJePq5V8eXwbGziIUdyvAiP3JgR4R3eMMPeSSxRFKJD7txI25TGhc_VYNIKHqorNpBpBi0CJZF2fUKXKD99LS3KZgpOFMVqRXw/s4032/Leo%20du%20Feu,%20Scotland%20By%20Rail,%20Edinburgh%20walk%20to%20Wardie%20Bay%20breakwater,%2003.11.2022%20(11).jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhpUbhJXtQJGgtBTxdLmt-LXKy87CrvTBwcxGeR7go6PMgkpUgfFlLq2MDN_K_N9wkykVdj4X7th7s4kq5mxy9oBOqJePq5V8eXwbGziIUdyvAiP3JgR4R3eMMPeSSxRFKJD7txI25TGhc_VYNIKHqorNpBpBi0CJZF2fUKXKD99LS3KZgpOFMVqRXw/w480-h640/Leo%20du%20Feu,%20Scotland%20By%20Rail,%20Edinburgh%20walk%20to%20Wardie%20Bay%20breakwater,%2003.11.2022%20(11).jpg" width="480" /></span></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Inverleith Row. People allowing trees to be trees! I love this.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhUnk2mn9W_XHbahVQDFgue_yd3E-CuzzkKqNLRWgUhc0w67DUD6FRkwvpqAc7seXDIQvXBlff6cicEi7Ezuy1hUsRQdyckyvlfzDDweWw_dM48kmWDKWsgeY5bOY3PYnqSNRhPqBGqSVa9k8XUnS2WuYWIkXak0TZRKTTYUO1DGAH0nS2bCAy8AIpt/s4032/Leo%20du%20Feu,%20Scotland%20By%20Rail,%20Edinburgh%20walk%20to%20Wardie%20Bay%20breakwater,%2003.11.2022%20(12).jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhUnk2mn9W_XHbahVQDFgue_yd3E-CuzzkKqNLRWgUhc0w67DUD6FRkwvpqAc7seXDIQvXBlff6cicEi7Ezuy1hUsRQdyckyvlfzDDweWw_dM48kmWDKWsgeY5bOY3PYnqSNRhPqBGqSVa9k8XUnS2WuYWIkXak0TZRKTTYUO1DGAH0nS2bCAy8AIpt/w480-h640/Leo%20du%20Feu,%20Scotland%20By%20Rail,%20Edinburgh%20walk%20to%20Wardie%20Bay%20breakwater,%2003.11.2022%20(12).jpg" width="480" /></span></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><a href="https://www.rbge.org.uk/" target="_blank">Royal Botanic Gardens Edinburgh</a>, East Gate</span></td></tr></tbody></table><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhL4f1cnEgx5beK5xPqAXRWMIHe62QtyLtQ0KCLzJI0GI5v8AkKXnlF2MtWHOjA158nNZLzgQitGaoB3iQ2WD2gzg3Cc1GiSoDLePpo0POaZBsIE6rtTh4DwndhXIAo38-ZpsFs-JtZWJFMJnixJJqUauJ4jkx0yYuoAX2812FD-ormac6VMTe1sXiJ/s4032/Leo%20du%20Feu,%20Scotland%20By%20Rail,%20Edinburgh%20walk%20to%20Wardie%20Bay%20breakwater,%2003.11.2022%20(13).jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhL4f1cnEgx5beK5xPqAXRWMIHe62QtyLtQ0KCLzJI0GI5v8AkKXnlF2MtWHOjA158nNZLzgQitGaoB3iQ2WD2gzg3Cc1GiSoDLePpo0POaZBsIE6rtTh4DwndhXIAo38-ZpsFs-JtZWJFMJnixJJqUauJ4jkx0yYuoAX2812FD-ormac6VMTe1sXiJ/w640-h480/Leo%20du%20Feu,%20Scotland%20By%20Rail,%20Edinburgh%20walk%20to%20Wardie%20Bay%20breakwater,%2003.11.2022%20(13).jpg" width="640" /></span></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Botanics entrance and signposts showing so many places to walk and cycle</span></td></tr></tbody></table><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh6wUhKV2Fw-5bP02nUf0kWPoTgTuKtqEKi2O-aKbBg9Xe3MhdgdLMlz0woIVYBywXUcjRFnRVeHy-VCSCTEOQBHmaHRyqfV_rD0z3LabQfeEC0xA52evdQvWZDxWz0PEHXNexRyfMrj4_o3mCGW5SXpcyqzrnIDOeQ6mC-3kzbvm87Iw4w-WDa37yI/s4032/Leo%20du%20Feu,%20Scotland%20By%20Rail,%20Edinburgh%20walk%20to%20Wardie%20Bay%20breakwater,%2003.11.2022%20(14).jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh6wUhKV2Fw-5bP02nUf0kWPoTgTuKtqEKi2O-aKbBg9Xe3MhdgdLMlz0woIVYBywXUcjRFnRVeHy-VCSCTEOQBHmaHRyqfV_rD0z3LabQfeEC0xA52evdQvWZDxWz0PEHXNexRyfMrj4_o3mCGW5SXpcyqzrnIDOeQ6mC-3kzbvm87Iw4w-WDa37yI/w480-h640/Leo%20du%20Feu,%20Scotland%20By%20Rail,%20Edinburgh%20walk%20to%20Wardie%20Bay%20breakwater,%2003.11.2022%20(14).jpg" width="480" /></span></a></div><div><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; 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We all need to be much more like this.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh9AbCKqaDP2MNKGd0fZh7UQwH3zWWsbzpRj82R--8nqtPPMfdpJXaRUlOT4S2AKH05qQDdqyfWzf2BF86DuGvop-92MejszaYfpehKSPNkbvtdHXjHkycpKt2YkZAdTvNfFKqiOezxSZtXP-MdsptoQBaYibdXqWrm8i_IgwbBoGEN6m3E_Cq_1dBT/s4032/Leo%20du%20Feu,%20Scotland%20By%20Rail,%20Edinburgh%20walk%20to%20Wardie%20Bay%20breakwater,%2003.11.2022%20(16).jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh9AbCKqaDP2MNKGd0fZh7UQwH3zWWsbzpRj82R--8nqtPPMfdpJXaRUlOT4S2AKH05qQDdqyfWzf2BF86DuGvop-92MejszaYfpehKSPNkbvtdHXjHkycpKt2YkZAdTvNfFKqiOezxSZtXP-MdsptoQBaYibdXqWrm8i_IgwbBoGEN6m3E_Cq_1dBT/w640-h480/Leo%20du%20Feu,%20Scotland%20By%20Rail,%20Edinburgh%20walk%20to%20Wardie%20Bay%20breakwater,%2003.11.2022%20(16).jpg" width="640" /></span></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Still Inverleith Row. It's a lonnnnnnnnnng, straight road with very picturesque buildings, good gardens...</span></td></tr></tbody></table><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhtjSlvHv5Dl9EGzlk3r0Jm-G_5y1tCCb93ACqlo4w-T1mTz9O6K6j6A-uhdKyUwwdmC34bPhRrq3XwtwKseanvYM9F7Wh0w0W6cT71gUSdPxnD6L0y0szTrtvf8E5qd4xy9Dl_r2SQGVaDIKr6TUtSZZ4jhHxPuBBxwiSs0rVfZdsiIt7tzuHcmKc6/s3024/Leo%20du%20Feu,%20Scotland%20By%20Rail,%20Edinburgh%20walk%20to%20Wardie%20Bay%20breakwater,%2003.11.2022%20(17).jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="2803" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhtjSlvHv5Dl9EGzlk3r0Jm-G_5y1tCCb93ACqlo4w-T1mTz9O6K6j6A-uhdKyUwwdmC34bPhRrq3XwtwKseanvYM9F7Wh0w0W6cT71gUSdPxnD6L0y0szTrtvf8E5qd4xy9Dl_r2SQGVaDIKr6TUtSZZ4jhHxPuBBxwiSs0rVfZdsiIt7tzuHcmKc6/w594-h640/Leo%20du%20Feu,%20Scotland%20By%20Rail,%20Edinburgh%20walk%20to%20Wardie%20Bay%20breakwater,%2003.11.2022%20(17).jpg" width="594" /></span></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">great side streets too</span></td></tr></tbody></table><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi3u-6khJCWbKuQcYQkrC40oYKIXg3xW3vvoezjLthHsTbHss8qfSYBdrs-1GgQA6h8RFeQ4D1MJw1la9rA_kFiKbNIhDsPtSWLGqA3XzSBG8OwL_HPFZ0tJmgDQD8N-NlomJjq0ERt-dI2i9SaJE95nzdZhWg2p8hxqFs6RbYX36Fz-k-jmkgSZpRm/s4032/Leo%20du%20Feu,%20Scotland%20By%20Rail,%20Edinburgh%20walk%20to%20Wardie%20Bay%20breakwater,%2003.11.2022%20(18).jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi3u-6khJCWbKuQcYQkrC40oYKIXg3xW3vvoezjLthHsTbHss8qfSYBdrs-1GgQA6h8RFeQ4D1MJw1la9rA_kFiKbNIhDsPtSWLGqA3XzSBG8OwL_HPFZ0tJmgDQD8N-NlomJjq0ERt-dI2i9SaJE95nzdZhWg2p8hxqFs6RbYX36Fz-k-jmkgSZpRm/w640-h480/Leo%20du%20Feu,%20Scotland%20By%20Rail,%20Edinburgh%20walk%20to%20Wardie%20Bay%20breakwater,%2003.11.2022%20(18).jpg" width="640" /></span></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">at the end turn right onto Ferry Road.<br />(good charity shop just visible on the right here and cafes not far behind me)</span></td></tr></tbody></table><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj5bIjVuva2JMSKR_rrbTkU8Xlder8qg_o3eil0N1tKV6o1925pDGwF8FYTWejL-SgANAsEb__s-pZLr0K0HrESSxydtCx1_oLt3-BDwknF0JsPlI9Ra0vcM28zZvLQqOUWQ_iNUX1v4hncP6M5ThXm4HDt2ALenGDTwE_znxnNTt5tDy91wvmlObWN/s4032/Leo%20du%20Feu,%20Scotland%20By%20Rail,%20Edinburgh%20walk%20to%20Wardie%20Bay%20breakwater,%2003.11.2022%20(19).jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj5bIjVuva2JMSKR_rrbTkU8Xlder8qg_o3eil0N1tKV6o1925pDGwF8FYTWejL-SgANAsEb__s-pZLr0K0HrESSxydtCx1_oLt3-BDwknF0JsPlI9Ra0vcM28zZvLQqOUWQ_iNUX1v4hncP6M5ThXm4HDt2ALenGDTwE_znxnNTt5tDy91wvmlObWN/w640-h480/Leo%20du%20Feu,%20Scotland%20By%20Rail,%20Edinburgh%20walk%20to%20Wardie%20Bay%20breakwater,%2003.11.2022%20(19).jpg" width="640" /></span></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">then left onto South Trinity Road, and straight on until pretty much at the shore</span></td></tr></tbody></table><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; 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margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhoR2UQXD5bkeVtm6p462UM7KnLbNFbnSf6_8RaFUbK2UWhxJfFcul0LQVwwazKwkYdfuS3pXesd69yFxx-QJXo0EZNzOUTI29uEVSRqw66oa9Tk5mvsSE9IsrVOeLYYHNwW9LAzU-D3BwyFsjgKPE7GnE5VNuqyEn0m5y5yUx6bWIe5dsFfqMR8Avs/s4032/Leo%20du%20Feu,%20Scotland%20By%20Rail,%20Edinburgh%20walk%20to%20Wardie%20Bay%20breakwater,%2003.11.2022%20(22).jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhoR2UQXD5bkeVtm6p462UM7KnLbNFbnSf6_8RaFUbK2UWhxJfFcul0LQVwwazKwkYdfuS3pXesd69yFxx-QJXo0EZNzOUTI29uEVSRqw66oa9Tk5mvsSE9IsrVOeLYYHNwW9LAzU-D3BwyFsjgKPE7GnE5VNuqyEn0m5y5yUx6bWIe5dsFfqMR8Avs/w640-h480/Leo%20du%20Feu,%20Scotland%20By%20Rail,%20Edinburgh%20walk%20to%20Wardie%20Bay%20breakwater,%2003.11.2022%20(22).jpg" width="640" /></span></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">still on South Trinity Road, a lovely place to walk</span></td></tr></tbody></table><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; 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margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjmRct3cSWzlO-zmgyzttE3Hq8ixMGK6zGK1d6oOUXoduvGoM1S4odclVPetBRm3MYaplKM4AncXaiGEzr2pNHzFiRqjYP0XwVeXUWohFke7PrDVRyAjdEzrp8eO3EIQNId4etQ8Xe33VT9j82asD2gvp1D4QYePVC09GxPCmYB941iy0mgdmxlw1HV/s4032/Leo%20du%20Feu,%20Scotland%20By%20Rail,%20Edinburgh%20walk%20to%20Wardie%20Bay%20breakwater,%2003.11.2022%20(24).jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjmRct3cSWzlO-zmgyzttE3Hq8ixMGK6zGK1d6oOUXoduvGoM1S4odclVPetBRm3MYaplKM4AncXaiGEzr2pNHzFiRqjYP0XwVeXUWohFke7PrDVRyAjdEzrp8eO3EIQNId4etQ8Xe33VT9j82asD2gvp1D4QYePVC09GxPCmYB941iy0mgdmxlw1HV/w640-h480/Leo%20du%20Feu,%20Scotland%20By%20Rail,%20Edinburgh%20walk%20to%20Wardie%20Bay%20breakwater,%2003.11.2022%20(24).jpg" width="640" /></span></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">past St Columba's Hospice Care<br />(they have a really nice cafe, - The Iona Cafe - open to all)<br />and down to the shore.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /><br />I emerged onto the shore road and wide traffic free path, spend a good while just looking then noticed a breakwater sticking out on the left, and that people were walking on it. I had to go, never mind about getting home later than planned.</span></div><div><br /></div><div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjGUUiwP0mpJpx-lFubfYkO3GX34jF7OIxh59IYbEsdLE1U3WG10zm2Y4RAtlqzxAunVgLnEzqlr6absdtCpDGCjdaWbz4BNGVxb2Hm5LK3z7nl73xDYr_R5BGmzmu6Vg4k2wVHSjbj3Wllv6grFmJxXxva7cfvcMJsAk6WDZzilPpRMXZn5SkkoYT2/s7469/Leo%20du%20Feu,%20Scotland%20By%20Rail,%20Edinburgh%20walk%20to%20Wardie%20Bay%20breakwater,%2003.11.2022%20(28).jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1533" data-original-width="7469" height="132" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjGUUiwP0mpJpx-lFubfYkO3GX34jF7OIxh59IYbEsdLE1U3WG10zm2Y4RAtlqzxAunVgLnEzqlr6absdtCpDGCjdaWbz4BNGVxb2Hm5LK3z7nl73xDYr_R5BGmzmu6Vg4k2wVHSjbj3Wllv6grFmJxXxva7cfvcMJsAk6WDZzilPpRMXZn5SkkoYT2/w640-h132/Leo%20du%20Feu,%20Scotland%20By%20Rail,%20Edinburgh%20walk%20to%20Wardie%20Bay%20breakwater,%2003.11.2022%20(28).jpg" width="640" /></span></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">panoramic photo showing the whole spread of shore. <br />Granton Harbour on far left, Newhaven on far right.<br />Walkway and cycle path runs along here for miles.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /><br />Brilliant wildlife watching all along the shore and all along the breakwater. Seals, dolphins, porpoise and whales all might, at times, be seen from here.</span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;">I saw</span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;">oystercatcher</span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;">redshank</span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;">turnstone</span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;">dunlin</span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;">heron</span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;">herring gull</span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;">black-headed gull</span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;">red-throated diver</span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;">black-throated diver</span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;">great crested grebe</span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;">cormorant</span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;">eider duck</span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;">rock pipit</span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;">grey wagtail</span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;">pied wagtail</span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;">crow</span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;">magpie</span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;">jackdaw</span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;">starling</span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;">feral pigeon</span></div><div><br /></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;">Probably more but I forgot to consciously take note of all species until on the bus back to the station.</span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;">Still, 20 bird species without trying. </span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;">Have you ever tried noting all the wildlife you see on a walk / in a day / in your garden / from your office window? </span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;">It's amazing how high the list can get. It's amazing how it makes you start to notice more.</span></div><div><br /></div><div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_Q_yGubpUdPY_igx9Ssq4TNzLwB7VG3Bj_yCewzKmtMIoNksXHrvtjkF3kRmGdOxzOody1AWwuwTNWRA4TKUoS4TLcaEWCXRm49LaW0ToqEuoRMAVFHAB_hgADqrbcNlRjA01gbce0_c113oJuQj968CbVe2oIuDmQM502cYUG0ssy3t_1_37cooc/s2858/Leo%20du%20Feu,%20Scotland%20By%20Rail,%20Edinburgh%20walk%20to%20Wardie%20Bay%20breakwater,%2003.11.2022%20(32).jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2187" data-original-width="2858" height="490" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_Q_yGubpUdPY_igx9Ssq4TNzLwB7VG3Bj_yCewzKmtMIoNksXHrvtjkF3kRmGdOxzOody1AWwuwTNWRA4TKUoS4TLcaEWCXRm49LaW0ToqEuoRMAVFHAB_hgADqrbcNlRjA01gbce0_c113oJuQj968CbVe2oIuDmQM502cYUG0ssy3t_1_37cooc/w640-h490/Leo%20du%20Feu,%20Scotland%20By%20Rail,%20Edinburgh%20walk%20to%20Wardie%20Bay%20breakwater,%2003.11.2022%20(32).jpg" width="640" /></span></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">oystercatchers</span></td></tr></tbody></table><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi7nQmpMUyUbFO-Ea1CZn_46RNMLe90FQC8MV4u74k6drljoKXSxaua8GeJixCMf7YzjATR0MjiwZxscHoU-wgXCndlEbK_5b7kFdA2yWbe2b6RUpfhiwgDmG7v3eGAkHleIJByOzClFyyeYPVIGYcpwlNvrEdJr709qFvJjTAB0KjhLf7jlStZqNOu/s4032/Leo%20du%20Feu,%20Scotland%20By%20Rail,%20Edinburgh%20walk%20to%20Wardie%20Bay%20breakwater,%2003.11.2022%20(25).jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi7nQmpMUyUbFO-Ea1CZn_46RNMLe90FQC8MV4u74k6drljoKXSxaua8GeJixCMf7YzjATR0MjiwZxscHoU-wgXCndlEbK_5b7kFdA2yWbe2b6RUpfhiwgDmG7v3eGAkHleIJByOzClFyyeYPVIGYcpwlNvrEdJr709qFvJjTAB0KjhLf7jlStZqNOu/w640-h480/Leo%20du%20Feu,%20Scotland%20By%20Rail,%20Edinburgh%20walk%20to%20Wardie%20Bay%20breakwater,%2003.11.2022%20(25).jpg" width="640" /></span></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">grey wagtail (yes, they are bright yellow underneath)</span></td></tr></tbody></table><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><iframe allowfullscreen='allowfullscreen' webkitallowfullscreen='webkitallowfullscreen' mozallowfullscreen='mozallowfullscreen' width='595' height='494' src='https://www.blogger.com/video.g?token=AD6v5dwc_IZpp6BFabgk2x6osG-hPEhIE81j_ZbIMoXFZvGZwOaesC8RpAqF4odJbM4PrIVlSCBWYr4KEyVMnLX-9g' class='b-hbp-video b-uploaded' frameborder='0'></iframe></span></div><span style="font-size: medium;"><div style="text-align: center;">grey wagtail hopping for flies</div></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjYtqNxtVUGNVybyyWYK3dpy8V_ma3jzFd18yTBzWaWUwoj-HD8PklNBVtyVGWElGb-BYvQDg6cu8LoA0ZHa52XwURxxCXVUc-EOTsEhJOmkzXvy5NQC0BpsvsDTVIdeN3PAE6d4NhzIlIFg7xVocVKTE-n2TB8G1ZHuIrDFrW1xrvPBcXXDrOgqivr/s4032/Leo%20du%20Feu,%20Scotland%20By%20Rail,%20Edinburgh%20walk%20to%20Wardie%20Bay%20breakwater,%2003.11.2022%20(26).jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjYtqNxtVUGNVybyyWYK3dpy8V_ma3jzFd18yTBzWaWUwoj-HD8PklNBVtyVGWElGb-BYvQDg6cu8LoA0ZHa52XwURxxCXVUc-EOTsEhJOmkzXvy5NQC0BpsvsDTVIdeN3PAE6d4NhzIlIFg7xVocVKTE-n2TB8G1ZHuIrDFrW1xrvPBcXXDrOgqivr/w640-h480/Leo%20du%20Feu,%20Scotland%20By%20Rail,%20Edinburgh%20walk%20to%20Wardie%20Bay%20breakwater,%2003.11.2022%20(26).jpg" width="640" /></span></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">at least four turnstones in this photo</span></td></tr></tbody></table><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgOTtvmUYvMZPKvB6c_5CxJm-DtVaTnzwnBRHEvsOTN3Gd2D3L1wMmt5dr3MoJx5pyIZNaenV13FQouM7PvcPu9ymtdO5ZSAeSMYTlpEsPw9LaAK_GJftoxgsecanrIEmTe5pvRj0O9fXHWJHXMHpSBlAmlwPqehf1Wgd3agv2Rw0PFV7Xf3YOBiOp2/s4032/Leo%20du%20Feu,%20Scotland%20By%20Rail,%20Edinburgh%20walk%20to%20Wardie%20Bay%20breakwater,%2003.11.2022%20(27).jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgOTtvmUYvMZPKvB6c_5CxJm-DtVaTnzwnBRHEvsOTN3Gd2D3L1wMmt5dr3MoJx5pyIZNaenV13FQouM7PvcPu9ymtdO5ZSAeSMYTlpEsPw9LaAK_GJftoxgsecanrIEmTe5pvRj0O9fXHWJHXMHpSBlAmlwPqehf1Wgd3agv2Rw0PFV7Xf3YOBiOp2/w640-h480/Leo%20du%20Feu,%20Scotland%20By%20Rail,%20Edinburgh%20walk%20to%20Wardie%20Bay%20breakwater,%2003.11.2022%20(27).jpg" width="640" /></span></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">what can you spot?</span></td></tr></tbody></table><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj5X25W5KlgJzg4B1vKUpFpO9BeYF3IugNWuzhcabLUBySg1NmKoQ86B97B_qX0nP8HKiIpAU1bw2FJppNsIcnvAFGbHNm5YhOaKjhp3mvs9uxhl07L4XiE0k5fQtSlSjRgG27AfwI3Ra1jZKbcWUS6splNnxRi_ZlrdTiIqpJ--rJGCJghl-2fqVEo/s2759/Leo%20du%20Feu,%20Scotland%20By%20Rail,%20Edinburgh%20walk%20to%20Wardie%20Bay%20breakwater,%2003.11.2022%20(33).jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2475" data-original-width="2759" height="574" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj5X25W5KlgJzg4B1vKUpFpO9BeYF3IugNWuzhcabLUBySg1NmKoQ86B97B_qX0nP8HKiIpAU1bw2FJppNsIcnvAFGbHNm5YhOaKjhp3mvs9uxhl07L4XiE0k5fQtSlSjRgG27AfwI3Ra1jZKbcWUS6splNnxRi_ZlrdTiIqpJ--rJGCJghl-2fqVEo/w640-h574/Leo%20du%20Feu,%20Scotland%20By%20Rail,%20Edinburgh%20walk%20to%20Wardie%20Bay%20breakwater,%2003.11.2022%20(33).jpg" width="640" /></span></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">grey heron</span></td></tr></tbody></table><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiv6EEPdeOHW7E4wsEkLyiAC5sQ0dPjGAuW6FqyrxxRmLiPsQ1Q24_qYZYvI8PNUT5tmCNaSUf4m_cjMKxYjkKc1nTm11noP9x7UaDWzyzSARsodPQbDWXm165Y8W4dJlIfzOr8rrMps7naMGEKNSH_OXEfgPBch2iUKuf-KZhhxupA3W9VDIl8LoNI/s2540/Leo%20du%20Feu,%20Scotland%20By%20Rail,%20Edinburgh%20walk%20to%20Wardie%20Bay%20breakwater,%2003.11.2022%20(36).jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1944" data-original-width="2540" height="490" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiv6EEPdeOHW7E4wsEkLyiAC5sQ0dPjGAuW6FqyrxxRmLiPsQ1Q24_qYZYvI8PNUT5tmCNaSUf4m_cjMKxYjkKc1nTm11noP9x7UaDWzyzSARsodPQbDWXm165Y8W4dJlIfzOr8rrMps7naMGEKNSH_OXEfgPBch2iUKuf-KZhhxupA3W9VDIl8LoNI/w640-h490/Leo%20du%20Feu,%20Scotland%20By%20Rail,%20Edinburgh%20walk%20to%20Wardie%20Bay%20breakwater,%2003.11.2022%20(36).jpg" width="640" /></span></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">red-throated diver</span></td></tr></tbody></table><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhh7duYLtQG0xwivGGNrKRBfrwOhGosR1tgOA5lQZkxg-PCOStnT82Cr54XdUs98jhaUiG1L_thf72321lpwXA9xpWiEZioqclVI3XAOYWGcuhpk3OT-DXOTXBTxC7g6tCNlg-dtPNz6X04Vn95tST7mP1n_DpUjTtVStCoNVchYGHVbEPWB6kjrVSV/s1579/Leo%20du%20Feu,%20Scotland%20By%20Rail,%20Edinburgh%20walk%20to%20Wardie%20Bay%20breakwater,%2003.11.2022%20(37).jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1388" data-original-width="1579" height="562" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhh7duYLtQG0xwivGGNrKRBfrwOhGosR1tgOA5lQZkxg-PCOStnT82Cr54XdUs98jhaUiG1L_thf72321lpwXA9xpWiEZioqclVI3XAOYWGcuhpk3OT-DXOTXBTxC7g6tCNlg-dtPNz6X04Vn95tST7mP1n_DpUjTtVStCoNVchYGHVbEPWB6kjrVSV/w640-h562/Leo%20du%20Feu,%20Scotland%20By%20Rail,%20Edinburgh%20walk%20to%20Wardie%20Bay%20breakwater,%2003.11.2022%20(37).jpg" width="640" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Look, I like this a lot.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Not fencing off a wonderful asset to the community, just trusting people. And lots of people were using it. Sensibly.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJwldT4xtTDsT93u2XdXJBebwdjjph8Gh-Q8uNlt9t4-FzufuyJbD6nHV5BqmbIFSRQt8BWdLt3w2cQHLJ25N6WH-AEKnd2Ng-CaFU7xm13-YaYIBu8OHd4eMyN6LMb2BLHnGTrydiGnXsRQ6JTn5JwhgGkp4W-yJmVCUoZfDnfWcweRfrhjM72HdF/s2960/Leo%20du%20Feu,%20Scotland%20By%20Rail,%20Edinburgh%20walk%20to%20Wardie%20Bay%20breakwater,%2003.11.2022%20(47).jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2960" data-original-width="2144" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJwldT4xtTDsT93u2XdXJBebwdjjph8Gh-Q8uNlt9t4-FzufuyJbD6nHV5BqmbIFSRQt8BWdLt3w2cQHLJ25N6WH-AEKnd2Ng-CaFU7xm13-YaYIBu8OHd4eMyN6LMb2BLHnGTrydiGnXsRQ6JTn5JwhgGkp4W-yJmVCUoZfDnfWcweRfrhjM72HdF/w464-h640/Leo%20du%20Feu,%20Scotland%20By%20Rail,%20Edinburgh%20walk%20to%20Wardie%20Bay%20breakwater,%2003.11.2022%20(47).jpg" width="464" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiKHMH2RTmTEkQsa5_eRmG4bjc0XYfmW6Vrqq7ub-j9vCYvplh3cyqTKuWk8LQEB95xqClbhWib8vL_HQaKvBx8eTCMe6Ud5hyJlPm0UvfjPc1yBvSLG-x_ZwYhTUSWtGY6bFhXAEUgs4JMQV-HcVEhvqxnKTWQV8oov_nrMc6cgoSN12Blds6lJVJN/s4032/Leo%20du%20Feu,%20Scotland%20By%20Rail,%20Edinburgh%20walk%20to%20Wardie%20Bay%20breakwater,%2003.11.2022%20(34).jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiKHMH2RTmTEkQsa5_eRmG4bjc0XYfmW6Vrqq7ub-j9vCYvplh3cyqTKuWk8LQEB95xqClbhWib8vL_HQaKvBx8eTCMe6Ud5hyJlPm0UvfjPc1yBvSLG-x_ZwYhTUSWtGY6bFhXAEUgs4JMQV-HcVEhvqxnKTWQV8oov_nrMc6cgoSN12Blds6lJVJN/w640-h480/Leo%20du%20Feu,%20Scotland%20By%20Rail,%20Edinburgh%20walk%20to%20Wardie%20Bay%20breakwater,%2003.11.2022%20(34).jpg" width="640" /></span></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Looking to Newhaven from the breakwater</span></td></tr></tbody></table><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhU30LhwAJgFB23m8V2VHlQ61oV1739fm-EyiuZsW6FiKr-qL49eF6mEW6EVZuAoPpTXcXv2YhYq7OdC3C4Af_uxmsDLrvUCT3OGoGAI-D6PgeVLOPSOVfdViKVe4iIzVXEZwVxZxdv4sF0iDl5_Bi_nNzar7R10jBIruS63Ut1VGd2DR9vO2_i_pbS/s4032/Leo%20du%20Feu,%20Scotland%20By%20Rail,%20Edinburgh%20walk%20to%20Wardie%20Bay%20breakwater,%2003.11.2022%20(35).jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhU30LhwAJgFB23m8V2VHlQ61oV1739fm-EyiuZsW6FiKr-qL49eF6mEW6EVZuAoPpTXcXv2YhYq7OdC3C4Af_uxmsDLrvUCT3OGoGAI-D6PgeVLOPSOVfdViKVe4iIzVXEZwVxZxdv4sF0iDl5_Bi_nNzar7R10jBIruS63Ut1VGd2DR9vO2_i_pbS/w640-h480/Leo%20du%20Feu,%20Scotland%20By%20Rail,%20Edinburgh%20walk%20to%20Wardie%20Bay%20breakwater,%2003.11.2022%20(35).jpg" width="640" /></span></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">along the breakwater. Fife across the water.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjOW4HUvzmNCRZFIf2LcD4QSeH6RoNmTXfKrfDuP-mLPzlU5AjWoqOp9yznm_Qru4NvzcYwVCm9sjoNiFGEupwvPLQauh1-_JKKukHA0otKBVZfAMIO8al7bzsvKIfgQR38g3YPEeBZkvlZ0xUk4fkCMtEJ36mG8utLdMiyKxyIBXRk55Ooo6BlrNTr/s4032/Leo%20du%20Feu,%20Scotland%20By%20Rail,%20Edinburgh%20walk%20to%20Wardie%20Bay%20breakwater,%2003.11.2022%20(41).jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjOW4HUvzmNCRZFIf2LcD4QSeH6RoNmTXfKrfDuP-mLPzlU5AjWoqOp9yznm_Qru4NvzcYwVCm9sjoNiFGEupwvPLQauh1-_JKKukHA0otKBVZfAMIO8al7bzsvKIfgQR38g3YPEeBZkvlZ0xUk4fkCMtEJ36mG8utLdMiyKxyIBXRk55Ooo6BlrNTr/w640-h480/Leo%20du%20Feu,%20Scotland%20By%20Rail,%20Edinburgh%20walk%20to%20Wardie%20Bay%20breakwater,%2003.11.2022%20(41).jpg" width="640" /></span></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Inchkeith island and waterfront buildings at Newhaven </span></td></tr></tbody></table><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiVkoRuH1a_MANx3E-6DiqARtb1tOtq4unohPVgb9AOEt3nd5fBNKF4vfO0YDxB3ewqGR1C0k4D1srNAGZ95ckw4hgt5OJVzRCosv4YH18pTt02QHNkCBcuvdTwCn6twHocTuU5Qu5o18F79KNnZ76k7RJlKN2--QtZwCYmiZ2Z6raHWGLBiDLZHKvV/s4032/Leo%20du%20Feu,%20Scotland%20By%20Rail,%20Edinburgh%20walk%20to%20Wardie%20Bay%20breakwater,%2003.11.2022%20(42).jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiVkoRuH1a_MANx3E-6DiqARtb1tOtq4unohPVgb9AOEt3nd5fBNKF4vfO0YDxB3ewqGR1C0k4D1srNAGZ95ckw4hgt5OJVzRCosv4YH18pTt02QHNkCBcuvdTwCn6twHocTuU5Qu5o18F79KNnZ76k7RJlKN2--QtZwCYmiZ2Z6raHWGLBiDLZHKvV/w640-h480/Leo%20du%20Feu,%20Scotland%20By%20Rail,%20Edinburgh%20walk%20to%20Wardie%20Bay%20breakwater,%2003.11.2022%20(42).jpg" width="640" /></span></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">two thirds of the way along the breakwater! Stunning</span></td></tr></tbody></table><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjaiqMEtZ02HOOUYU8JqgDJyXXvQxUlEO5GrWwvKyz4ZnmoNq-Riovky542gZ742f0Y0f-g65Ql70b-sWcudeb0VcL0PHNpGR9AUkTl3jFCzJcIdSrhMjbQttGVWGPZiQZXBsK5MjGW4WgvyOx9IW-yS8IVSHqAZBTcmzlgjDRoYaxZFg4OWSzPsKXD/s4032/Leo%20du%20Feu,%20Scotland%20By%20Rail,%20Edinburgh%20walk%20to%20Wardie%20Bay%20breakwater,%2003.11.2022%20(46).jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjaiqMEtZ02HOOUYU8JqgDJyXXvQxUlEO5GrWwvKyz4ZnmoNq-Riovky542gZ742f0Y0f-g65Ql70b-sWcudeb0VcL0PHNpGR9AUkTl3jFCzJcIdSrhMjbQttGVWGPZiQZXBsK5MjGW4WgvyOx9IW-yS8IVSHqAZBTcmzlgjDRoYaxZFg4OWSzPsKXD/w640-h480/Leo%20du%20Feu,%20Scotland%20By%20Rail,%20Edinburgh%20walk%20to%20Wardie%20Bay%20breakwater,%2003.11.2022%20(46).jpg" width="640" /></span></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">looking back to the shore, Arthur's Seat just visible</span></td></tr></tbody></table><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj4_YFLSYF3rVL4JO9GgIDlWeP5KJGs1UDa1HlYRh7jFRAuR-Fe3GtiijZj6GB209Cwh-IsrtlxYSlVQ3Zq4-I76vA46X89Ns398xGNgIYYukNn8893jDas6pwq1vgi4r8rsAc-DxIhtGUSOtx8yI93lWtZLTz0NDRfBCAPDY5saewrcnKn9f3XWdwm/s2669/Leo%20du%20Feu,%20Scotland%20By%20Rail,%20Edinburgh%20walk%20to%20Wardie%20Bay%20breakwater,%2003.11.2022%20(38).jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1117" data-original-width="2669" height="268" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj4_YFLSYF3rVL4JO9GgIDlWeP5KJGs1UDa1HlYRh7jFRAuR-Fe3GtiijZj6GB209Cwh-IsrtlxYSlVQ3Zq4-I76vA46X89Ns398xGNgIYYukNn8893jDas6pwq1vgi4r8rsAc-DxIhtGUSOtx8yI93lWtZLTz0NDRfBCAPDY5saewrcnKn9f3XWdwm/w640-h268/Leo%20du%20Feu,%20Scotland%20By%20Rail,%20Edinburgh%20walk%20to%20Wardie%20Bay%20breakwater,%2003.11.2022%20(38).jpg" width="640" /></span></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Berwick Law, North Berwick</span></td></tr></tbody></table><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjSfCgqtvJ74zpyAnd3OijCXEVXssrdrPwR8Rbe59PDewZuF85-Pg5MZcEscob94hQW43H8RZC0rRU8D5tyNgD-Et1ypd_mYSMlSAvcYb7fmyhUTPp8SK1fCf82-e4GmJ8OzuHctERefu4_s27dEsljvp1du1Ly5n8A51ZONVWOyoOqHmYp6W01QnI6/s4032/Leo%20du%20Feu,%20Scotland%20By%20Rail,%20Edinburgh%20walk%20to%20Wardie%20Bay%20breakwater,%2003.11.2022%20(40).jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjSfCgqtvJ74zpyAnd3OijCXEVXssrdrPwR8Rbe59PDewZuF85-Pg5MZcEscob94hQW43H8RZC0rRU8D5tyNgD-Et1ypd_mYSMlSAvcYb7fmyhUTPp8SK1fCf82-e4GmJ8OzuHctERefu4_s27dEsljvp1du1Ly5n8A51ZONVWOyoOqHmYp6W01QnI6/w640-h480/Leo%20du%20Feu,%20Scotland%20By%20Rail,%20Edinburgh%20walk%20to%20Wardie%20Bay%20breakwater,%2003.11.2022%20(40).jpg" width="640" /></span></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="text-align: left;">I stopped and sketched. Diver, buoy/beacon/marker thingy, Inchkeith island. Soft pastel.</span><br style="text-align: left;" /></span></td></tr></tbody></table><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Here are some of the islands of the Forth you can see from the breakwater and shore:</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjyIRRtNXbC0we8uumJv8i6U1IF4wYp-yLHVKQUme5bnKVvs3L-qkXOqr1XwjtXY7FzfsV4Gj1RJMMYRZwkRPPexJg-AZPYwjRWr2jggO-O4igN3IZ7yfgvCVenQuUAMDl6T8bZ7pLyV7i-osVDWPmWA-RqFkKu1N8S5DG9nZXXXPm2YYLrhHCgEKy3/s2542/Leo%20du%20Feu,%20Scotland%20By%20Rail,%20Edinburgh%20walk%20to%20Wardie%20Bay%20breakwater,%2003.11.2022%20(43).jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2542" data-original-width="2106" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjyIRRtNXbC0we8uumJv8i6U1IF4wYp-yLHVKQUme5bnKVvs3L-qkXOqr1XwjtXY7FzfsV4Gj1RJMMYRZwkRPPexJg-AZPYwjRWr2jggO-O4igN3IZ7yfgvCVenQuUAMDl6T8bZ7pLyV7i-osVDWPmWA-RqFkKu1N8S5DG9nZXXXPm2YYLrhHCgEKy3/w530-h640/Leo%20du%20Feu,%20Scotland%20By%20Rail,%20Edinburgh%20walk%20to%20Wardie%20Bay%20breakwater,%2003.11.2022%20(43).jpg" width="530" /></span></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Inchmickery</span></td></tr></tbody></table><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEghCjXJitftup0cTPxXFCZBHeCaaJ9o0XJ08GEk10w--7zKiWikirfvcKaI3X9VFoWO5LYLHyvIVhWESSvekg_TYpbVQRoG1PxYN5taaNkDUw1c6eRlamr8mSq0O6PQJwTI70Pp6ENVFCSGm5e1x8F_rfsJq7Ji8QpZQZVxADUMYfQufrfWmGtZ5iw_/s2972/Leo%20du%20Feu,%20Scotland%20By%20Rail,%20Edinburgh%20walk%20to%20Wardie%20Bay%20breakwater,%2003.11.2022%20(44).jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2061" data-original-width="2972" height="444" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEghCjXJitftup0cTPxXFCZBHeCaaJ9o0XJ08GEk10w--7zKiWikirfvcKaI3X9VFoWO5LYLHyvIVhWESSvekg_TYpbVQRoG1PxYN5taaNkDUw1c6eRlamr8mSq0O6PQJwTI70Pp6ENVFCSGm5e1x8F_rfsJq7Ji8QpZQZVxADUMYfQufrfWmGtZ5iw_/w640-h444/Leo%20du%20Feu,%20Scotland%20By%20Rail,%20Edinburgh%20walk%20to%20Wardie%20Bay%20breakwater,%2003.11.2022%20(44).jpg" width="640" /></span></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Inchcolm and Inchcolm Abbey.<br />Visitable April to October - <a href="https://www.historicenvironment.scot/visit-a-place/places/inchcolm-abbey/" target="_blank">https://www.historicenvironment.scot/visit-a-place/places/inchcolm-abbey/</a></span></td></tr></tbody></table><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; 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text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Eventually I dragged myself away and headed home. <a href="https://www.lothianbuses.com/" target="_blank">Lothian Buses number 16</a> goes all the way from the shore at Granton, heading east, eventually coming along Commercial Street, up the shore (very nice to wander around), up Leith walk and to Princes Street, right by Waverley Station.</span></div><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgVGxmEnYvtipdodXObWuO0Sei6FVQWeDkVfe7dQiJJnUwpq_KAwK6CPOMCtIvafQMzloASYR3uiAo_ypgrDN9jdICgzcjzhiCncNMrCE_Z-ItQl2iAuKfYtFUDn9iQzzPWPoyRxCOKddJi3W57dsvu1tpmuJQgu_VJHvelCE-ytwCG5St8WqXowgZX/s4032/Leo%20du%20Feu,%20Scotland%20By%20Rail,%20Edinburgh%20walk%20to%20Wardie%20Bay%20breakwater,%2003.11.2022%20(52).jpg" style="margin-left: auto; 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margin-right: auto;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJndfoF6Tk17xJexkf10VGRQP9YqM685WB5upct-GuTJtU3gq35G5z1RJ-FZJczrwxGmMjL20W9LDcOcS2qK5f1s_RPNPf7gnKrw-Uo8rCXW8xrhBImIUqXrcIeNQQrmUmiu36DFfDFPhgtqTpnP-RW6AFE4R5KtCRgHmb6YrNe0whYNDfJIJ00EgY/w640-h480/Leo%20du%20Feu,%20Scotland%20By%20Rail,%20Edinburgh%20walk%20to%20Wardie%20Bay%20breakwater,%2003.11.2022%20(54).jpg" width="640" /></span></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Over the Water of Leith at the Shore, still on the no.16 bus</span></td></tr></tbody></table><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Why not try a bit more public transport and a bit more room for nature :)</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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text-align: center;"><br /></div><br />Leo du Feu Painter of landscape and naturehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08209949942922567508noreply@blogger.com092 Lower Granton Rd, Edinburgh EH5 1ER, UK55.9806756 -3.218317627.670441763821152 -38.3745676 84.29090943617885 31.9379324tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5449447842234713078.post-50212581685280129292022-11-01T15:04:00.008+00:002022-11-02T15:25:09.134+00:002023 calendar now ready to post<p><span style="color: #444444; font-family: arial;">This year my calendar is called 'Space for Nature' and features a selection of places and wildlife happenings which have inspired me. 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font-family: arial;"><br /></span></b></div><div><b><span style="color: #444444; font-family: arial;">Six winter / Christmas card designs are also available:</span></b></div><div><span style="color: #444444; font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><div><div><span style="color: #444444; font-family: arial;">1 card = £1.50</span></div><div><span style="color: #444444; font-family: arial;">10 cards = £12</span></div><div><span style="color: #444444; font-family: arial;">20 cards = £20 </span></div></div><div><span style="color: #444444; font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="color: #444444; font-family: arial;">**Mix & Match between all designs. Let us know how many of each.</span></div><div><span style="color: #444444; font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="color: #444444; font-family: arial;"><b>Details are here - <a href="http://landscapeartnaturebirds.blogspot.com/2022/11/winter-christmas-cards-ready-to-post-to.html">http://landscapeartnaturebirds.blogspot.com/2022/11/winter-christmas-cards-ready-to-post</a></b></span></div><div><span style="color: #444444; font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="color: #444444; font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjljMOLcDjdeSqQtfl76i40LPIJGLdVbayt_26xlBETmh4sAht-CqrQr9VXDlcaZA4UzlLuzzqzCYEo_xNRVqvqFTXB35S_6-hCiKlo5NuHnKm3eB3K8MmKB-HEcmXQOCuPZnTdyA_ftRA4rqozupwbm-tmQ2pkmy1CqutQNbKwOHgQnNsPK07TukBC/s2626/20221031_092244.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: #444444; font-family: arial;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1846" data-original-width="2626" height="450" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjljMOLcDjdeSqQtfl76i40LPIJGLdVbayt_26xlBETmh4sAht-CqrQr9VXDlcaZA4UzlLuzzqzCYEo_xNRVqvqFTXB35S_6-hCiKlo5NuHnKm3eB3K8MmKB-HEcmXQOCuPZnTdyA_ftRA4rqozupwbm-tmQ2pkmy1CqutQNbKwOHgQnNsPK07TukBC/w640-h450/20221031_092244.jpg" width="640" /></span></a></div><span style="color: #444444; font-family: arial;"><br /><br /></span></div><b><span style="color: #444444; font-family: arial;"><br /></span></b></div><div><div><div><span style="color: #444444; font-family: arial;"><b>______________________________<wbr></wbr>________</b><b>___________________________</b></span></div><div><span style="color: #444444; font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="color: #444444; font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="color: #444444; font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><b><span style="color: #444444; font-family: arial;"><span face="arial, sans-serif">What about a wood engraving for a </span>Christmas gift?</span></b></div><div><span style="color: #444444; font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="color: #444444; font-family: arial;">My four wood engravings are hand engraved in my studio and each hand printed in my studio in an edition of 100. </span></div><div><span style="color: #444444; font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="color: #444444; font-family: arial;">They are unframed and unmounted but do get in touch and we may be able to offer them mounted or framed.</span></div><div><span style="color: #444444; font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="color: #444444; font-family: arial;"><div style="color: #222222;"><span style="color: #444444;">My newest, <i>studio wren</i>, is my largest to date (7.5x5cm <img alt="😅" aria-label="😅" class="an1" data-emoji="😅" loading="lazy" src="https://fonts.gstatic.com/s/e/notoemoji/14.0/1f605/72.png" style="height: 1.2em; vertical-align: middle; width: 1.2em;" />). </span></div><div style="color: #222222;"><span style="color: #444444;">Susan Mansfield in The Scotsman said </span><span style="color: #444444;"><i><a href="https://www.scotsman.com/arts-and-culture/art/art-review-pittenweem-arts-festival-various-venues-pittenweem-3797216" style="color: #1155cc;">"... Leo du Feu's tiny Studio Wren is a miniature gem."</a></i></span></div><div style="color: #222222;">Thank you Susan!</div></span></div><div><span style="color: #444444; font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="color: #444444; font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="color: #444444; font-family: arial;">**NB - engravings may take longer to reach you than cards and calendars. </span></div><div><br /></div></div><div><span style="color: #444444; font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><div style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #444444; font-family: arial;"><img border="0" data-original-height="705" data-original-width="1000" height="226" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-kgxuiVGaRVk/X5MH0NfX6fI/AAAAAAAAKDk/ED4aJCerIwIrECD-zeSxiOvcAr1Euq1EwCLcBGAsYHQ/w320-h226/Leo%2Bdu%2BFeu%252C%2Bwinter%2Bowl%2BA6%2BFRONT.jpg" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 1px solid rgb(255, 255, 255); box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.1) 1px 1px 5px; padding: 5px; position: relative;" width="320" /></span></div><div><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-kgxuiVGaRVk/X5MH0NfX6fI/AAAAAAAAKDk/ED4aJCerIwIrECD-zeSxiOvcAr1Euq1EwCLcBGAsYHQ/s1000/Leo%2Bdu%2BFeu%252C%2Bwinter%2Bowl%2BA6%2BFRONT.jpg" style="background-color: transparent; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center; text-decoration-line: none;"><span style="color: #444444; font-family: arial;"></span></a></div><div><span style="color: #444444; font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><div><b><i><span style="color: #444444; font-family: arial;"><br /></span></i></b></div><div><b><i><span style="color: #444444; font-family: arial;"><br /></span></i></b></div><div><b><i><span style="color: #444444; font-family: arial;"><br /></span></i></b></div><div><b><i><span style="color: #444444; font-family: arial;"><br /></span></i></b></div><div><b><i><span style="color: #444444; font-family: arial;"><br /></span></i></b></div><div><b><i><span style="color: #444444; font-family: arial;"><br /></span></i></b></div><div><b><i><span style="color: #444444; font-family: arial;"><br /></span></i></b></div><div><b><i><span style="color: #444444; font-family: arial;"><br /></span></i></b></div><div><b><i><span style="color: #444444; font-family: arial;"><br /></span></i></b></div><div><b><i><span style="color: #444444; font-family: arial;"><br /></span></i></b></div><div><b><i><span style="color: #444444; font-family: arial;"><br /></span></i></b></div><div><br /></div><div><b><i><span style="color: #444444; font-family: arial;">winter owl, 3x8cm</span></i></b></div><div><b><span style="color: #444444; font-family: arial;">£25 per print, includes UK p&p. </span></b></div><div><b><span style="color: #444444; font-family: arial;"><br /></span></b></div></div><div><span style="color: #444444; font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><div><b><span style="color: #444444; font-family: arial;">--------------------------------------------------------------------------</span></b></div><div><b><span style="color: #444444; font-family: arial;"><br /></span></b></div><div><b><span style="color: #444444; font-family: arial;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div></span></b></div></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjblw5CSIvPnRIJ1de0WoBeEAutrFdUwE5XFLZ8FuBLkAxTwK3-FOJyHfE7wPvTJVwjw2vhW76cYmYEFjtyli9sU7bSfmo4-ZNc1W0l0O32f3qm-S15ZetwQZmBRQjcGkA_EEHSXL2Q-Prcnzx9eRH0AJZ6vESsug8eLYrBh33ZnlmSDnR7vpGPnVPL/s2569/Leo%20du%20Feu,%20studio%20wren,%207.5x5cm%20wood%20engraving.jpg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-decoration-line: none;"><span style="color: #444444; font-family: arial;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2569" data-original-width="1859" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjblw5CSIvPnRIJ1de0WoBeEAutrFdUwE5XFLZ8FuBLkAxTwK3-FOJyHfE7wPvTJVwjw2vhW76cYmYEFjtyli9sU7bSfmo4-ZNc1W0l0O32f3qm-S15ZetwQZmBRQjcGkA_EEHSXL2Q-Prcnzx9eRH0AJZ6vESsug8eLYrBh33ZnlmSDnR7vpGPnVPL/w290-h400/Leo%20du%20Feu,%20studio%20wren,%207.5x5cm%20wood%20engraving.jpg" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 1px solid rgb(255, 255, 255); box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.1) 1px 1px 5px; padding: 5px; position: relative;" width="290" /></span></a></div><span style="color: #444444; font-family: arial;"><br /></span><div><span style="color: #444444; font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><div><div><b><i><span style="color: #444444; font-family: arial;"><br /></span></i></b></div><div><b><i><span style="color: #444444; font-family: arial;"><br /></span></i></b></div><div><b><i><span style="color: #444444; font-family: arial;"><br /></span></i></b></div><div><b><i><span style="color: #444444; font-family: arial;"><br /></span></i></b></div><div><b><i><span style="color: #444444; font-family: arial;"><br /></span></i></b></div><div><b><i><span style="color: #444444; font-family: arial;"><br /></span></i></b></div><div><b><i><span style="color: #444444; font-family: arial;"><br /></span></i></b></div><div><b><i><span style="color: #444444; font-family: arial;"><br /></span></i></b></div><div><b><i><span style="color: #444444; font-family: arial;"><br /></span></i></b></div><div><b><i><span style="color: #444444; font-family: arial;"><br /></span></i></b></div><div><b><i><span style="color: #444444; font-family: arial;"><br /></span></i></b></div><div><b><i><span style="color: #444444; font-family: arial;"><br /></span></i></b></div><div><b><i><span style="color: #444444; font-family: arial;"><br /></span></i></b></div><div><b><i><span style="color: #444444; font-family: arial;"><br /></span></i></b></div><div><b><i><span style="color: #444444; font-family: arial;"><br /></span></i></b></div><div><b><i><span style="color: #444444; font-family: arial;"><br /></span></i></b></div><div><b><i><span style="color: #444444; font-family: arial;"><br /></span></i></b></div><div><b><i><span style="color: #444444; font-family: arial;"><br /></span></i></b></div><div><b><i><span style="color: #444444; font-family: arial;"><br /></span></i></b></div><div><b><i><span style="color: #444444; font-family: arial;"><br /></span></i></b></div><div><b><i><span style="color: #444444; font-family: arial;"><br /></span></i></b></div><div><b><i><span style="color: #444444; font-family: arial;">studio wren, 7.5x5cm</span></i></b></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div></div></div><div><b><span face="arial, sans-serif"><span style="color: #444444; font-family: arial;">£60 per print, includes UK p&p. </span></span></b></div></div></div><div><b><span style="color: #444444; font-family: arial;"><br /></span></b></div><div><b><span style="color: #444444; font-family: arial;"><br /></span></b></div><div><b><span style="color: #444444; font-family: arial;"><br /></span></b></div><div><div><b><span style="color: #444444; font-family: arial;">--------------------------------------------------------------------------</span></b></div><div><b><span style="color: #444444; font-family: arial;"><br /></span></b></div><div><b><span style="color: #444444; font-family: arial;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div></span></b></div></div><div><b><span style="color: #444444; font-family: arial;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEisKeYpwCm83lRKIM_Mju2sNq972TnLlDsqQxRLiKWSP7QUe1cnTouEd_hg1FyX0umvMxPOf6uS5vv0O71VJ7Tby3K5kXfiykaCAjQuE_NE2rw083lVwDVdJd9AK-X95H5wXABIqs-Eh-VANvLcOnpWZNvbNP02-DGi_f--g9STzhvpEGnZiq3hrjpO/s4213/Leo%20du%20Feu,%20ocean%20giant,%203x6cm%20wood%20engraving.jpg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-decoration-line: none;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2964" data-original-width="4213" height="281" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEisKeYpwCm83lRKIM_Mju2sNq972TnLlDsqQxRLiKWSP7QUe1cnTouEd_hg1FyX0umvMxPOf6uS5vv0O71VJ7Tby3K5kXfiykaCAjQuE_NE2rw083lVwDVdJd9AK-X95H5wXABIqs-Eh-VANvLcOnpWZNvbNP02-DGi_f--g9STzhvpEGnZiq3hrjpO/w400-h281/Leo%20du%20Feu,%20ocean%20giant,%203x6cm%20wood%20engraving.jpg" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 1px solid rgb(255, 255, 255); box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.1) 1px 1px 5px; padding: 5px; position: relative;" width="400" /></a></div><br /><span face="arial, sans-serif"><br /></span></span></b></div><div><b><span style="color: #444444; font-family: arial;"><br /></span></b></div><div><div><b><i><span style="color: #444444; font-family: arial;"><br /></span></i></b></div><div><b><i><span style="color: #444444; font-family: arial;"><br /></span></i></b></div><div><b><i><span style="color: #444444; font-family: arial;"><br /></span></i></b></div><div><b><i><span style="color: #444444; font-family: arial;"><br /></span></i></b></div><div><b><i><span style="color: #444444; font-family: arial;"><br /></span></i></b></div><div><b><i><span style="color: #444444; font-family: arial;"><br /></span></i></b></div><div><b><i><span style="color: #444444; font-family: arial;"><br /></span></i></b></div><div><b><i><span style="color: #444444; font-family: arial;"><br /></span></i></b></div><div><b><i><span style="color: #444444; font-family: arial;"><br /></span></i></b></div><div><b><i><span style="color: #444444; font-family: arial;"><br /></span></i></b></div><div><b><i><span style="color: #444444; font-family: arial;"><br /></span></i></b></div><div><b><i><span style="color: #444444; font-family: arial;"><br /></span></i></b></div><div><b><i><span style="color: #444444; font-family: arial;"><br /></span></i></b></div><div><b><i><span style="color: #444444; font-family: arial;"><br /></span></i></b></div><div><b><i><span style="color: #444444; font-family: arial;">ocean giant, 3x6cm</span></i></b></div><div><b><span face="arial, sans-serif"><span style="color: #444444; font-family: arial;">£40 per print, includes UK p&p. </span></span></b></div><div><span style="color: #444444; font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="color: #444444; font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><b><span style="color: #444444; font-family: arial;"><br /></span></b></div><div><b><span style="color: #444444; font-family: arial;">--------------------------------------------------------------------------</span></b></div><div><b><span style="color: #444444; font-family: arial;"><br /></span></b></div><div><b><span style="color: #444444; font-family: arial;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh-W-G2ErVt7Tv2T5NB-v45CfbOGmR2dNw-JWUgrrQZ7eBlRHxl8DKh8LUn9lvHikqNKl3PfMEd1eYCtWpFIsizik3IhaJv9Tl4grP8zRhV7262Qw0YCuA51dRRI2K_FcHVilqJZeN_hn-4EtLvBLd0ysyZWTQ5DGZ4LHOhXhBraoYHHMDcLJGdaSF-/s4213/Leo%20du%20Feu,%20ocean%20life,%203x6cm%20wood%20engraving.jpg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-decoration-line: none;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2964" data-original-width="4213" height="281" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh-W-G2ErVt7Tv2T5NB-v45CfbOGmR2dNw-JWUgrrQZ7eBlRHxl8DKh8LUn9lvHikqNKl3PfMEd1eYCtWpFIsizik3IhaJv9Tl4grP8zRhV7262Qw0YCuA51dRRI2K_FcHVilqJZeN_hn-4EtLvBLd0ysyZWTQ5DGZ4LHOhXhBraoYHHMDcLJGdaSF-/w400-h281/Leo%20du%20Feu,%20ocean%20life,%203x6cm%20wood%20engraving.jpg" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 1px solid rgb(255, 255, 255); box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.1) 1px 1px 5px; padding: 5px; position: relative;" width="400" /></a></div><br /><span face="arial, sans-serif"><br /></span></span></b></div><div><div><b><i><span style="color: #444444; font-family: arial;"><br /></span></i></b></div><div><b><i><span style="color: #444444; font-family: arial;"><br /></span></i></b></div><div><b><i><span style="color: #444444; font-family: arial;"><br /></span></i></b></div><div><b><i><span style="color: #444444; font-family: arial;"><br /></span></i></b></div><div><b><i><span style="color: #444444; font-family: arial;"><br /></span></i></b></div><div><b><i><span style="color: #444444; font-family: arial;"><br /></span></i></b></div><div><b><i><span style="color: #444444; font-family: arial;"><br /></span></i></b></div><div><b><i><span style="color: #444444; font-family: arial;"><br /></span></i></b></div><div><b><i><span style="color: #444444; font-family: arial;"><br /></span></i></b></div><div><b><i><span style="color: #444444; font-family: arial;"><br /></span></i></b></div><div><b><i><span style="color: #444444; font-family: arial;"><br /></span></i></b></div><div><b><i><span style="color: #444444; font-family: arial;"><br /></span></i></b></div><div><b><i><span style="color: #444444; font-family: arial;"><br /></span></i></b></div><div><b><i><span style="color: #444444; font-family: arial;"><br /></span></i></b></div><div><b><i><span style="color: #444444; font-family: arial;"><br /></span></i></b></div><div><b><i><span style="color: #444444; font-family: arial;">ocean life, 3x6cm</span></i></b></div><div><b><span face="arial, sans-serif"><span style="color: #444444; font-family: arial;">£40 per print, includes UK p&p. </span></span></b></div><div><span style="color: #444444; font-family: arial;"><br /><br /></span></div></div></div></div><div><span style="color: #444444; font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><br /></div></div><div><div><div><div><span style="color: #444444; font-family: arial;"><b>______________________________<wbr></wbr>________</b> </span></div><div><span style="color: #444444; font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div></div><div></div></div><div><div><span style="color: #444444; font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="color: #444444; font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><div><span style="color: #444444; font-family: arial;"><b>To order p</b><b>lease fill in the google docs form here</b></span></div><div><b><span style="color: #444444; font-family: arial;"><span face="arial, sans-serif">- </span></span></b><b style="color: #444444; font-family: arial;"><a href="https://forms.gle/YKEKfuUyrgDzEmwB9">https://forms.gle/YKEKfuUyrgDzEmwB9</a></b></div><div><span style="color: #444444; font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="color: #444444; font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="color: #444444; font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="color: #444444; font-family: arial;">Many thanks :)</span></div><div><span style="color: #444444; font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="color: #444444; font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="color: #444444; font-family: arial;"><br /><br /></span></div></div></div></div></div></div></div>Leo du Feu Painter of landscape and naturehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08209949942922567508noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5449447842234713078.post-24636528293916513922022-11-01T14:37:00.007+00:002022-12-01T22:14:57.330+00:00Winter / Christmas cards ready to post to you<p><span style="color: #444444; font-family: arial;">- cards are 7x5inch / 5x7inch (c.175mm x 125mm)</span></p><div><span style="color: #444444; font-family: arial;">- blank inside</span></div><div><span style="color: #444444; font-family: arial;">- white envelopes</span></div><div><span style="color: #444444; font-family: arial;">- printed sustainably in the UK on 100% recycled card</span></div><div><span style="color: #444444; font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><div><span style="color: #444444; font-family: arial;">1 card = £1.50</span></div><div><span style="color: #444444; font-family: arial;">10 cards = £12</span></div><div><span style="color: #444444; font-family: arial;">20 cards = £20 </span></div><div><span style="color: #444444; font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="color: #444444; font-family: arial;">+ p&p</span></div></div><div><span style="color: #444444; font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="color: #444444; font-family: arial;">**Mix & Match between all designs. Let us know how many of each.**</span></span></div><div><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="color: #444444; font-family: arial;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="color: #444444; font-family: arial;"><b>Click here to order </b><b><span face="arial, sans-serif">- </span></b></span></span><span style="color: #444444; font-family: arial;"><b><a href="https://forms.gle/YKEKfuUyrgDzEmwB9">https://forms.gle/YKEKfuUyrgDzEmwB9</a></b></span></div><div><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="color: #444444; font-family: arial;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="color: #444444; font-family: arial;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="color: #444444; font-family: arial;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="background-color: white;"><span face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><span style="font-family: arial;"><div style="color: #444444;"><b>garden wren</b></div><div style="color: #444444;"><b><br /></b></div><div style="color: #444444; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQQ9G2oBoUS_rgaf7mBr2XKHDzDc9uwVppW29XiMwlSDqptsb-iMb1tGb1VwBZHflSFO_ldp46SRTcBCRA-t4EwkyDofCWQKflJTRxaQqzkqi9_l2i_Lu3af4Xl5j6_usk_OTThR33WVM4MtR70Npq9BeCiOASS-hCQr-PjGVXUHwls0-kNq1RAZpk/s4202/5x7,%20Leo%20du%20Feu,%20garden%20wren%20FRONT.jpg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2981" data-original-width="4202" height="454" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQQ9G2oBoUS_rgaf7mBr2XKHDzDc9uwVppW29XiMwlSDqptsb-iMb1tGb1VwBZHflSFO_ldp46SRTcBCRA-t4EwkyDofCWQKflJTRxaQqzkqi9_l2i_Lu3af4Xl5j6_usk_OTThR33WVM4MtR70Npq9BeCiOASS-hCQr-PjGVXUHwls0-kNq1RAZpk/w640-h454/5x7,%20Leo%20du%20Feu,%20garden%20wren%20FRONT.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; color: #444444; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="color: #444444;">----------------------</div><div style="color: #444444;"><br /></div><div><div style="color: #444444;"><b>winter pond</b></div><div style="color: #444444;"><b><br /></b></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; color: #444444; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEinjO87qDn6eKzmQlwfw0MrHluJICE2m3Utpjp2TPV7bwmobMUAfeMg_hJm3Nx3vlFJgujYWufJwmx_oSRG46JzRmML6UHSXjRRVgo9ThDdTDPRC6TcNy4x19OI-vudQbXlkKU_BR17lnLmBWHb2lHXS6IM3FcawSprs9OBxZo-imqari6yMhRgbEeL/s3524/5x7,%20Leo%20du%20Feu,%20winter%20pond%20FRONT.jpg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2480" data-original-width="3524" height="450" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEinjO87qDn6eKzmQlwfw0MrHluJICE2m3Utpjp2TPV7bwmobMUAfeMg_hJm3Nx3vlFJgujYWufJwmx_oSRG46JzRmML6UHSXjRRVgo9ThDdTDPRC6TcNy4x19OI-vudQbXlkKU_BR17lnLmBWHb2lHXS6IM3FcawSprs9OBxZo-imqari6yMhRgbEeL/w640-h450/5x7,%20Leo%20du%20Feu,%20winter%20pond%20FRONT.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; color: #444444; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="color: #444444;"><div>----------------------</div><div><br /></div><div></div></div><div style="color: #444444;"><span style="font-weight: 700;">hillfort in </span><span style="font-weight: 700;">winter</span></div><div style="color: #444444;"><span style="font-weight: 700;"><br /></span></div><div style="color: #444444;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEigoEeh3M6-6m3l2y7Zf_mJaZG7xGN7FzSr8cUBeXVFpV3XJkIPBlmqxZka8cZ0bd6WWv8fxwjlHDlGpGnhD3iolfQe0q6d29JFRq972oU631w1wuiWi6eIfgYyITz3eT8XgVBd-h1lyZgXg5LAfqlz3500-e6T6ESgtUdmeCncALg903CZ1jkc-UFQ/s3388/5x7,%20Leo%20du%20Feu,%20hillfort%20in%20winter%20FRONT.jpg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2420" data-original-width="3388" height="458" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEigoEeh3M6-6m3l2y7Zf_mJaZG7xGN7FzSr8cUBeXVFpV3XJkIPBlmqxZka8cZ0bd6WWv8fxwjlHDlGpGnhD3iolfQe0q6d29JFRq972oU631w1wuiWi6eIfgYyITz3eT8XgVBd-h1lyZgXg5LAfqlz3500-e6T6ESgtUdmeCncALg903CZ1jkc-UFQ/w640-h458/5x7,%20Leo%20du%20Feu,%20hillfort%20in%20winter%20FRONT.jpg" width="640" /></a></div></div><div><div style="color: #444444;"><br /></div><div><div><span face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><span style="font-family: arial;"><div style="color: #444444;"><br /></div><div style="color: #444444;"><br /></div><div style="color: #444444;"><br /></div><div style="color: #444444;"><br /></div><div style="color: #444444;"><br /></div><div style="color: #444444;"><br /></div><div style="color: #444444;"><br /></div><div style="color: #444444;"><br /></div><div style="color: #444444;"><br /></div><div style="color: #444444;"><br /></div><div style="color: #444444;"><br /></div><div style="color: #444444;"><br /></div><div style="color: #444444;"><br /></div><div style="color: #444444;"><br /></div><div style="color: #444444;"><br /></div><div style="color: #444444;"><br /></div><div style="color: #444444;"><br /></div><div style="color: #444444;"><br /></div><div style="color: #444444;"><br /></div><div style="color: #444444;"><br /></div><div style="color: #444444;"><br /></div><div style="color: #444444;"><br /></div><div style="color: #444444;"><br /></div><div style="color: #444444;"><br /></div><div style="color: #444444;"><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div>----------------------</div><div><br /></div><div></div></div><div><b><span style="color: #444444;">woodland deer - </span><span style="color: red;">**SOLD OUT**</span></b></div><div style="color: #444444;"><b><br /></b></div><div style="color: #444444;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-6CV2I4R5SJo/Y2EqwSt-CHI/AAAAAAAAMak/KcHFybDzFsQKWCNn-1KwxW2_AplH4f7WwCNcBGAsYHQ/s800/Leo%2Bdu%2BFeu%252C%2Bdeer%2Bcard.jpg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="800" data-original-width="571" height="640" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-6CV2I4R5SJo/Y2EqwSt-CHI/AAAAAAAAMak/KcHFybDzFsQKWCNn-1KwxW2_AplH4f7WwCNcBGAsYHQ/w456-h640/Leo%2Bdu%2BFeu%252C%2Bdeer%2Bcard.jpg" width="456" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><b style="color: black;"><span style="color: red;">**SOLD OUT**</span></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><b style="color: black;"><span style="color: red;"><br /></span></b></div></b></div></span></span></div></div></div></div><div style="color: #444444;"><b><span><br /></span></b></div><div style="color: #444444;"><b><span><div style="font-weight: 400;">----------------------</div><div style="font-weight: 400;"><br /></div><div style="font-weight: 400;"></div></span></b></div><div style="color: #444444;"><b><span>king penguin</span></b></div><div style="color: #444444;"><b><span><br /></span></b></div></div><div style="color: #444444;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div></div><div style="background-color: white;"><i><span style="color: #444444; font-family: arial;"><br /></span></i></div><div style="background-color: white;"><i><span style="color: #444444; font-family: arial;"><br /></span></i></div><div style="background-color: white;"><i><span style="color: #444444; font-family: arial;"><br /></span></i></div><div style="background-color: white;"><i><span style="color: #444444; font-family: arial;"><br /></span></i></div><div style="background-color: white;"><i><span style="color: #444444; font-family: arial;"><br /></span></i></div><div style="background-color: white;"><i><span style="color: #444444; font-family: arial;"><br /></span></i></div><div style="background-color: white;"><i><span style="color: #444444; font-family: arial;"><br /></span></i></div><div style="background-color: white;"><span style="color: #444444; font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div style="background-color: white;"><div><div><div><span style="color: #444444; font-family: arial;"><span><b>______________________________<wbr></wbr>________</b></span><b>___________________________</b></span></div></div><div><span style="color: #444444; font-family: arial;"><b><br /></b></span></div><div><span style="color: #444444; font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="color: #444444; font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><div><b><span style="color: #444444; font-family: arial;">2023 CALENDAR ready now too</span></b></div><div><span style="color: #444444; font-family: arial;">- £11 +p&p.</span></div><div><span style="color: #444444; font-family: arial;"><b>- details & all the images here - <a href="http://landscapeartnaturebirds.blogspot.com/2022/11/2023-calendar-now-ready-to-post.html">http://landscapeartnaturebirds.blogspot.com/2022/11/2023-calendar-now-ready-to-post.html</a></b></span></div><div><b><span style="color: #444444; font-family: arial;"><span><span face="arial, sans-serif"><br /></span></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2321" data-original-width="3122" height="476" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgoTlqhfvgwUrRgRGUwgB9gUd8tbHWbcMM9FmxzUYo-rMr2kaXf6fZJmEq2JiYjt8e2USGAL_Y6_cYA4-7o8tcpqQXQCW5hMZDo9ITxON9SKjSG-wDSl6B9OIigDfUabfpaQkjtyforCsorWU0LptT-dfuZgtdPkwkusYVu3hsay2icpc-lT6_er1s9/w640-h476/20221031_092442.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><span style="color: #444444; font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><span style="color: #444444; font-family: arial;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #444444; font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #444444; font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div></div><div><div><span style="color: #444444; font-family: arial;"><span><b>______________________________<wbr></wbr>________</b></span><b>___________________________</b></span></div><div><span style="color: #444444; font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="color: #444444; font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="color: #444444; font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><b><span style="font-family: arial;"><span face="arial, sans-serif" style="color: #444444;">And what about a wood engraving for a </span><span style="color: #444444;">Christmas gift?</span></span></b></div><div><span style="color: #444444; font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><div><span style="color: #444444; font-family: arial;">My four wood engravings are hand engraved in my studio and each hand printed in my studio in an edition of 100. </span></div></div><div><span style="color: #444444; font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><div><span style="color: #444444; font-family: arial;">They are unframed and unmounted but do get in touch and we may be able to offer them mounted or framed.</span></div><div><span style="color: #444444; font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="color: #444444; font-family: arial;"><div style="color: #222222;"><span style="color: #444444;">My newest, <i>studio wren</i>, is my largest to date (7.5x5cm <img alt="😅" aria-label="😅" class="an1" data-emoji="😅" loading="lazy" src="https://fonts.gstatic.com/s/e/notoemoji/14.0/1f605/72.png" style="height: 1.2em; vertical-align: middle; width: 1.2em;" />). </span></div><div style="color: #222222;"><span style="color: #444444;">Susan Mansfield in The Scotsman said </span><span style="color: #444444;"><i><a href="https://www.scotsman.com/arts-and-culture/art/art-review-pittenweem-arts-festival-various-venues-pittenweem-3797216" style="color: #1155cc;">"... Leo du Feu's tiny Studio Wren is a miniature gem."</a></i></span></div><div style="color: #222222;">Thank you Susan!</div></span></div><div><span style="color: #444444; font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="color: #444444; font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="color: #444444; font-family: arial;">**NB - engravings may take longer to reach you than cards and calendars. </span></div></div><div><span style="color: #444444; font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><br /></div></div><div><span style="color: #444444; font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><div style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #444444; font-family: arial;"><img border="0" data-original-height="705" data-original-width="1000" height="226" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-kgxuiVGaRVk/X5MH0NfX6fI/AAAAAAAAKDk/ED4aJCerIwIrECD-zeSxiOvcAr1Euq1EwCLcBGAsYHQ/w320-h226/Leo%2Bdu%2BFeu%252C%2Bwinter%2Bowl%2BA6%2BFRONT.jpg" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 1px solid rgb(255, 255, 255); box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.1) 1px 1px 5px; padding: 5px; position: relative;" width="320" /></span></div><div><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-kgxuiVGaRVk/X5MH0NfX6fI/AAAAAAAAKDk/ED4aJCerIwIrECD-zeSxiOvcAr1Euq1EwCLcBGAsYHQ/s1000/Leo%2Bdu%2BFeu%252C%2Bwinter%2Bowl%2BA6%2BFRONT.jpg" style="background-color: transparent; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center; text-decoration-line: none;"><span style="color: #444444; font-family: arial;"></span></a></div><div><span style="color: #444444; font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><div><span style="color: #444444; font-family: arial;"><b><i><br /></i></b></span></div><div><span style="color: #444444; font-family: arial;"><b><i><br /></i></b></span></div><div><span style="color: #444444; font-family: arial;"><b><i><br /></i></b></span></div><div><span style="color: #444444; font-family: arial;"><b><i><br /></i></b></span></div><div><span style="color: #444444; font-family: arial;"><b><i><br /></i></b></span></div><div><span style="color: #444444; font-family: arial;"><b><i><br /></i></b></span></div><div><span style="color: #444444; font-family: arial;"><b><i><br /></i></b></span></div><div><span style="color: #444444; font-family: arial;"><b><i><br /></i></b></span></div><div><span style="color: #444444; font-family: arial;"><b><i><br /></i></b></span></div><div><span style="color: #444444; font-family: arial;"><b><i><br /></i></b></span></div><div><span style="color: #444444; font-family: arial;"><b><i><br /></i></b></span></div><div><span style="color: #444444; font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="color: #444444; font-family: arial;"><b><i><br /></i></b></span></div><div><span style="color: #444444; font-family: arial;"><b><i><br /></i></b></span></div><div><span style="color: #444444; font-family: arial;"><b><i>winter owl, 3x8cm</i></b></span></div><div><b><span style="color: #444444; font-family: arial;">£25 per print, includes UK p&p. </span></b></div><div><b><span style="color: #444444; font-family: arial;"><br /></span></b></div></div><div><span style="color: #444444; font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><div><b><span style="color: #444444; font-family: arial;">--------------------------------------------------------------------------</span></b></div><div><b><span style="color: #444444; font-family: arial;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div></span></b></div></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjblw5CSIvPnRIJ1de0WoBeEAutrFdUwE5XFLZ8FuBLkAxTwK3-FOJyHfE7wPvTJVwjw2vhW76cYmYEFjtyli9sU7bSfmo4-ZNc1W0l0O32f3qm-S15ZetwQZmBRQjcGkA_EEHSXL2Q-Prcnzx9eRH0AJZ6vESsug8eLYrBh33ZnlmSDnR7vpGPnVPL/s2569/Leo%20du%20Feu,%20studio%20wren,%207.5x5cm%20wood%20engraving.jpg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: #444444; font-family: arial;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2569" data-original-width="1859" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjblw5CSIvPnRIJ1de0WoBeEAutrFdUwE5XFLZ8FuBLkAxTwK3-FOJyHfE7wPvTJVwjw2vhW76cYmYEFjtyli9sU7bSfmo4-ZNc1W0l0O32f3qm-S15ZetwQZmBRQjcGkA_EEHSXL2Q-Prcnzx9eRH0AJZ6vESsug8eLYrBh33ZnlmSDnR7vpGPnVPL/w290-h400/Leo%20du%20Feu,%20studio%20wren,%207.5x5cm%20wood%20engraving.jpg" width="290" /></span></a></div><span style="color: #444444; font-family: arial;"><br /></span><div><span style="color: #444444; font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><div><div><span><b><i><span style="color: #444444; font-family: arial;"><br /></span></i></b></span></div><div><span><b><i><span style="color: #444444; font-family: arial;"><br /></span></i></b></span></div><div><span><b><i><span style="color: #444444; font-family: arial;"><br /></span></i></b></span></div><div><span><b><i><span style="color: #444444; font-family: arial;"><br /></span></i></b></span></div><div><span><b><i><span style="color: #444444; font-family: arial;"><br /></span></i></b></span></div><div><span><b><i><span style="color: #444444; font-family: arial;"><br /></span></i></b></span></div><div><span><b><i><span style="color: #444444; font-family: arial;"><br /></span></i></b></span></div><div><span><b><i><span style="color: #444444; font-family: arial;"><br /></span></i></b></span></div><div><span><b><i><span style="color: #444444; font-family: arial;"><br /></span></i></b></span></div><div><span><b><i><span style="color: #444444; font-family: arial;"><br /></span></i></b></span></div><div><span><b><i><span style="color: #444444; font-family: arial;"><br /></span></i></b></span></div><div><span><b><i><span style="color: #444444; font-family: arial;"><br /></span></i></b></span></div><div><span><b><i><span style="color: #444444; font-family: arial;"><br /></span></i></b></span></div><div><span><b><i><span style="color: #444444; font-family: arial;"><br /></span></i></b></span></div><div><span><b><i><span style="color: #444444; font-family: arial;"><br /></span></i></b></span></div><div><span><b><i><span style="color: #444444; font-family: arial;"><br /></span></i></b></span></div><div><span><b><i><span style="color: #444444; font-family: arial;"><br /></span></i></b></span></div><div><span><b><i><span style="color: #444444; font-family: arial;"><br /></span></i></b></span></div><div><b><i><span style="color: #444444; font-family: arial;"><br /></span></i></b></div><div><b><i><span style="color: #444444; font-family: arial;"><br /></span></i></b></div><div><b><i><span style="color: #444444; font-family: arial;"><br /></span></i></b></div><div><b><i><span style="color: #444444; font-family: arial;">studio wren, 7.5x5cm</span></i></b></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div></div></div><div><b><span face="arial, sans-serif"><span style="color: #444444; font-family: arial;">£60 per print, includes UK p&p. </span></span></b></div></div></div><div><b><span style="color: #444444; font-family: arial;"><br /></span></b></div><div><b><span style="color: #444444; font-family: arial;"><br /></span></b></div><div><b><span style="color: #444444; font-family: arial;"><br /></span></b></div><div><div><b><span style="color: #444444; font-family: arial;">--------------------------------------------------------------------------</span></b></div><div><b><span style="color: #444444; font-family: arial;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div></span></b></div></div><div><b><span style="color: #444444; font-family: arial;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEisKeYpwCm83lRKIM_Mju2sNq972TnLlDsqQxRLiKWSP7QUe1cnTouEd_hg1FyX0umvMxPOf6uS5vv0O71VJ7Tby3K5kXfiykaCAjQuE_NE2rw083lVwDVdJd9AK-X95H5wXABIqs-Eh-VANvLcOnpWZNvbNP02-DGi_f--g9STzhvpEGnZiq3hrjpO/s4213/Leo%20du%20Feu,%20ocean%20giant,%203x6cm%20wood%20engraving.jpg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2964" data-original-width="4213" height="281" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEisKeYpwCm83lRKIM_Mju2sNq972TnLlDsqQxRLiKWSP7QUe1cnTouEd_hg1FyX0umvMxPOf6uS5vv0O71VJ7Tby3K5kXfiykaCAjQuE_NE2rw083lVwDVdJd9AK-X95H5wXABIqs-Eh-VANvLcOnpWZNvbNP02-DGi_f--g9STzhvpEGnZiq3hrjpO/w400-h281/Leo%20du%20Feu,%20ocean%20giant,%203x6cm%20wood%20engraving.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><span face="arial, sans-serif"><br /></span></span></b></div><div><b><span style="color: #444444; font-family: arial;"><br /></span></b></div><div><div><div><span><b><i><span style="color: #444444; font-family: arial;"><br /></span></i></b></span></div><div><span><b><i><span style="color: #444444; font-family: arial;"><br /></span></i></b></span></div><div><span><b><i><span style="color: #444444; font-family: arial;"><br /></span></i></b></span></div><div><span><b><i><span style="color: #444444; font-family: arial;"><br /></span></i></b></span></div><div><span><b><i><span style="color: #444444; font-family: arial;"><br /></span></i></b></span></div><div><span><b><i><span style="color: #444444; font-family: arial;"><br /></span></i></b></span></div><div><span><b><i><span style="color: #444444; font-family: arial;"><br /></span></i></b></span></div><div><span><b><i><span style="color: #444444; font-family: arial;"><br /></span></i></b></span></div><div><span><b><i><span style="color: #444444; font-family: arial;"><br /></span></i></b></span></div><div><span><b><i><span style="color: #444444; font-family: arial;"><br /></span></i></b></span></div><div><span><b><i><span style="color: #444444; font-family: arial;"><br /></span></i></b></span></div><div><span><b><i><span style="color: #444444; font-family: arial;"><br /></span></i></b></span></div><div><span><b><i><span style="color: #444444; font-family: arial;"><br /></span></i></b></span></div><div><span><b><i><span style="color: #444444; font-family: arial;"><br /></span></i></b></span></div><div><span><b><i><span style="color: #444444; font-family: arial;">ocean giant, 3x6cm</span></i></b></span></div><div><b><span face="arial, sans-serif"><span style="color: #444444; font-family: arial;">£40 per print, includes UK p&p. </span></span></b></div><div><div><span style="color: #444444; font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div></div><div><span style="color: #444444; font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><b><span style="color: #444444; font-family: arial;"><br /></span></b></div><div><b><span style="color: #444444; font-family: arial;">--------------------------------------------------------------------------</span></b></div><div><b><span style="color: #444444; font-family: arial;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh-W-G2ErVt7Tv2T5NB-v45CfbOGmR2dNw-JWUgrrQZ7eBlRHxl8DKh8LUn9lvHikqNKl3PfMEd1eYCtWpFIsizik3IhaJv9Tl4grP8zRhV7262Qw0YCuA51dRRI2K_FcHVilqJZeN_hn-4EtLvBLd0ysyZWTQ5DGZ4LHOhXhBraoYHHMDcLJGdaSF-/s4213/Leo%20du%20Feu,%20ocean%20life,%203x6cm%20wood%20engraving.jpg" style="clear: left; 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font-family: arial;"><br /></span></i></b></span></div><div><span><b><i><span style="color: #444444; font-family: arial;"><br /></span></i></b></span></div><div><span><b><i><span style="color: #444444; font-family: arial;"><br /></span></i></b></span></div><div><span><b><i><span style="color: #444444; font-family: arial;"><br /></span></i></b></span></div><div><span><b><i><span style="color: #444444; font-family: arial;"><br /></span></i></b></span></div><div><span><b><i><span style="color: #444444; font-family: arial;"><br /></span></i></b></span></div><div><span><b><i><span style="color: #444444; font-family: arial;"><br /></span></i></b></span></div><div><span><b><i><span style="color: #444444; font-family: arial;"><br /></span></i></b></span></div><div><span><b><i><span style="color: #444444; font-family: arial;"><br /></span></i></b></span></div><div><span><b><i><span style="color: #444444; font-family: arial;"><br /></span></i></b></span></div><div><span><b><i><span style="color: #444444; font-family: arial;"><br /></span></i></b></span></div><div><span><b><i><span style="color: #444444; font-family: arial;">ocean life, 3x6cm</span></i></b></span></div><div><b><span face="arial, sans-serif"><span style="color: #444444; font-family: arial;">£40 per print, includes UK p&p. </span></span></b></div><div><div><span style="color: #444444; font-family: arial;"><br /><br /></span></div></div></div></div></div></div><div><span style="color: #444444; font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="color: #444444; font-family: arial;"><div><b>______________________________<wbr></wbr>________</b><span style="color: #444444;"> </span></div><div><span style="color: #444444;"><br /></span></div></span></div><div></div></div><div><div><span style="color: #444444; font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="color: #444444; font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><div><b><span style="color: #444444; font-family: arial;">To order p</span></b><b style="color: #444444; font-family: arial;"><span face="arial, sans-serif">lease fill in the google docs form here</span></b></div><div><b style="color: #444444; font-family: arial;"><span face="arial, sans-serif">- </span></b><b style="color: #444444; font-family: arial;"><a href="https://forms.gle/YKEKfuUyrgDzEmwB9">https://forms.gle/YKEKfuUyrgDzEmwB9</a></b></div><div><span style="color: #444444; font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="color: #444444; font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="color: #444444; font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="color: #444444; font-family: arial;">Many thanks.</span></div><div><span style="color: #444444; font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="color: #444444; font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><span face="arial, sans-serif" style="color: #444444;"><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgPa9TCtFCzDjDJuPWWm4AtIv8Yt6cnoIbraNLD79SH0pbZ1QDhnWhtD-RBgjPWk_oJg4wASPRjJgLfY5ojzkHFt054YCnajQKSvv7LJNO4KIsbqtoB_1UjSqaJnSv0ebCf9l5UjEcHHQEnNvIMUZ5RdmOZJQkVHRaIO7VQpfjEM6HohRB4HCYjguac/s2626/20221031_092244.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: #444444; font-family: arial;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1846" data-original-width="2626" height="450" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgPa9TCtFCzDjDJuPWWm4AtIv8Yt6cnoIbraNLD79SH0pbZ1QDhnWhtD-RBgjPWk_oJg4wASPRjJgLfY5ojzkHFt054YCnajQKSvv7LJNO4KIsbqtoB_1UjSqaJnSv0ebCf9l5UjEcHHQEnNvIMUZ5RdmOZJQkVHRaIO7VQpfjEM6HohRB4HCYjguac/w640-h450/20221031_092244.jpg" width="640" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /><span face="arial, sans-serif" style="color: #444444;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><br /></div></span></div></div></div></div>Leo du Feu Painter of landscape and naturehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08209949942922567508noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5449447842234713078.post-9390499277756210302022-10-21T10:46:00.006+01:002022-10-21T10:53:00.692+01:00Exhibition - Postcards from the Line, Linlithgow, 23 October - 20 November<div><span face="verdana, geneva, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #444444;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></span></div><span style="font-size: large;"><span face="verdana, geneva, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #444444;">It's time again for </span><span face="Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #444444;"><i>Postcards from The Line</i> at the Line Gallery in Linlithgow - my</span><span face="verdana, geneva, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #444444;"> hometown gallery and first gallery to ever exhibit my work (about 20 years ago 😶😶)</span></span><div><span face="verdana, geneva, sans-serif" style="color: #444444; font-size: large;"><br /></span><div><span style="font-size: large;"><span face="verdana, geneva, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #444444;"><i>Postcards </i>is an annual exhibition of around 300 artworks, all A5 or under, all unframed,<b> </b></span><span face="verdana, geneva, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #444444;"><b>all £100 or under</b></span><span face="verdana, geneva, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #444444;">. </span></span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;"><br /><span face="verdana, geneva, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #444444;">The exhibition opens tomorrow </span></span><span style="color: #444444; font-size: x-large;">Saturday 23rd October</span><span style="background-color: white; color: #444444; font-size: x-large;"> at </span><span style="color: #444444; font-size: x-large;">10am.</span></div><div><span face="verdana, geneva, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #444444;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span face="verdana, geneva, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #444444;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b>There is an opening celebration tomorrow Saturday 2-4pm - all most welcome!</b></span></span></div><div><span face="verdana, geneva, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #444444; font-size: 13.2px;"><br /></span></div><div><span face="verdana, geneva, sans-serif" style="color: #444444;"><span style="font-size: 13.2px;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span face="verdana, geneva, sans-serif" style="color: #444444;"><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh8MSrjZGjFGxcB709UfxLH4lq-KXDbcW_lfy_OSLImLyuAfLhARXBAUygEdSwGAMrhYBM_4vz4-_bFTUkFHfITtfv7hHihk-giAorq41bXEzCxaBo3A8RerEjDX-2xysMar5a31MLgESCenrP4mC56bIJ02RnPipODn0x8HZfMdJ9uehC907hcVIuK/s1557/Leo%20du%20Feu,%20the%20flight,%205.5x12.5cm.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="815" data-original-width="1557" height="336" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh8MSrjZGjFGxcB709UfxLH4lq-KXDbcW_lfy_OSLImLyuAfLhARXBAUygEdSwGAMrhYBM_4vz4-_bFTUkFHfITtfv7hHihk-giAorq41bXEzCxaBo3A8RerEjDX-2xysMar5a31MLgESCenrP4mC56bIJ02RnPipODn0x8HZfMdJ9uehC907hcVIuK/w640-h336/Leo%20du%20Feu,%20the%20flight,%205.5x12.5cm.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><p style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><i style="color: #444444; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">the
flight, </i><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="color: #444444;">acrylic, </span><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="color: #444444;">5.5x12.5cm, </span><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="color: #444444;">£95</span></span></p></td></tr></tbody></table><br /></span><div><span face="verdana, geneva, sans-serif"><br style="background-color: white; color: #444444; font-size: 13.2px;" /></span><span style="font-size: large;"><span face="verdana, geneva, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #444444;">The exhibition then runs until 20th November at:</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #444444; font-family: Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #444444; font-family: Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif;" /><a href="http://www.thelineonline.co.uk/" style="background-color: white; color: #45818e; font-family: Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif; text-decoration-line: none;"><b>The Line Gallery</b></a><br style="background-color: white; color: #444444; font-family: Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif;" /><span face="verdana, geneva, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #444444;">238 High Street, Linlithgow, EH49 7EF</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #444444; font-family: Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif;" /><br /><span face="verdana, geneva, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #444444;">Opening Hours:</span></span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;"><span face="verdana, geneva, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #444444;">Thurs & Fri 10 - 5</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #444444; font-family: Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif;" /><span face="verdana, geneva, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #444444;">Sat 9 - 5</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #444444; font-family: Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif;" /><span face="verdana, geneva, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #444444;">Sun 1 - 4</span></span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;"><span face="verdana, geneva, sans-serif"><br style="background-color: white; color: #444444;" /></span><span face="Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif" style="color: #45818e;"><b>www.thelineonline.co.uk</b></span></span></div><div><a href="http://www.facebook.com/linlithgowline"><span face="Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif" style="color: #45818e; font-size: large;"><b>www.facebook.com/linlithgowline</b></span></a></div><div><div style="background-color: white; color: #444444; font-family: Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #444444; font-family: Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><b style="background-color: white; color: #444444; font-family: Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">If you're interested in buying any of my ten works please contact Gail and Elizabet at the Line by emailing <a href="mailto:all@thelineonline.co.uk" style="color: #45818e; text-decoration-line: none;">all@thelineonline.co.uk</a> or phoning +44 (0)1506 670 268.</span></b></div><div><br /></div></div><div><b style="background-color: white; color: #444444; font-family: Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px;"><br /></b></div><div><b style="background-color: white; color: #444444; font-family: Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px;"><br /></b></div><div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgxbYabexoHkjkpuQJQscf8dENqM9CmsMswWfivQ3LKZsw5YB5G5NETCGVffD0M3TOSXZYdzZpZS-KaM7XqVEesxoPa05O5JMMTyRkyk7uNyrFMjjGpPbRf8esaa_LurhlJEswd13SdJnACbq0OlZgzq4OZM7HtrtKDH7vPoNHhzsubLwh78kZL98-M/s1810/Leo%20du%20Feu,%20puffin,%2021x12.5cm.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1810" data-original-width="1149" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgxbYabexoHkjkpuQJQscf8dENqM9CmsMswWfivQ3LKZsw5YB5G5NETCGVffD0M3TOSXZYdzZpZS-KaM7XqVEesxoPa05O5JMMTyRkyk7uNyrFMjjGpPbRf8esaa_LurhlJEswd13SdJnACbq0OlZgzq4OZM7HtrtKDH7vPoNHhzsubLwh78kZL98-M/w406-h640/Leo%20du%20Feu,%20puffin,%2021x12.5cm.jpg" width="406" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><p style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span face="Arial, sans-serif"><span><i>puffin, </i></span></span><span face="Arial, sans-serif"><span>watercolour, </span></span><span face="Arial, sans-serif"><span>21x12.5cm, </span></span><span face="Arial, sans-serif">£95</span></span></p></td></tr></tbody></table><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgAmvxNG2GyPis8n_GVXtu9eRWa2XywreBB5P3RZwx9uQbx8Bcb4NDIAn8val8a98CIYdbsJShhP4qUYI9bsFV_bxR1Z7l43XpUgS09pBUDbKnxt34reDq0_Z0_CeO3_9wCN1qvp8Zja8wexGIPYN9LDENhqDU80PESDjCkwHQmQzoyltGHxf2X51TS/s1960/Leo%20du%20Feu,%20puffins,%2021x14cm.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1960" data-original-width="1370" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgAmvxNG2GyPis8n_GVXtu9eRWa2XywreBB5P3RZwx9uQbx8Bcb4NDIAn8val8a98CIYdbsJShhP4qUYI9bsFV_bxR1Z7l43XpUgS09pBUDbKnxt34reDq0_Z0_CeO3_9wCN1qvp8Zja8wexGIPYN9LDENhqDU80PESDjCkwHQmQzoyltGHxf2X51TS/w448-h640/Leo%20du%20Feu,%20puffins,%2021x14cm.jpg" width="448" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><p style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span face="Arial, sans-serif"><span><i>puffins, </i></span></span><span face="Arial, sans-serif"><span>watercolour, </span></span><span face="Arial, sans-serif"><span>21x14cm, </span></span><span face="Arial, sans-serif">£100</span></span></p></td></tr></tbody></table><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi9wtLi2hNONF-Enk1fHIhUXksJ22Ur2DmmdjOxKyHLyHqJJTS8X5LcEh9Ou0Oleo76hlZzetwcyUuNRNS6UVnpERLs-tdSpCe4qL_X6GpoyIxxHePYjLJbCVktg4LjRDWQe73WPiPCbJwYtrDYtbLUzS0e6BUPAVRLasavqHQXNgXAtgsuZjMlLRtl/s1669/Leo%20du%20Feu,%20Bottlenose%20dolphins,%2021x15cm.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1669" data-original-width="1164" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi9wtLi2hNONF-Enk1fHIhUXksJ22Ur2DmmdjOxKyHLyHqJJTS8X5LcEh9Ou0Oleo76hlZzetwcyUuNRNS6UVnpERLs-tdSpCe4qL_X6GpoyIxxHePYjLJbCVktg4LjRDWQe73WPiPCbJwYtrDYtbLUzS0e6BUPAVRLasavqHQXNgXAtgsuZjMlLRtl/w446-h640/Leo%20du%20Feu,%20Bottlenose%20dolphins,%2021x15cm.jpg" width="446" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><p style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span face="Arial, sans-serif"><span><i>Bottlenose
dolphins, </i></span></span><span face="Arial, sans-serif"><span>watercolour, </span></span><span face="Arial, sans-serif"><span>21x15cm, </span></span><span face="Arial, sans-serif">£65</span></span></p></td></tr></tbody></table><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEht1v0iq0yAOaQ1zQcMc0tO4dEbZfg_hwi34q8gXCYIKo9rBty9QiBB4VnoaW1kU_d6WKV_fl-ExA85cMnQhPYQD25M_IqS74f3TNahrc7mQMBWptQTUJz8W-foCpYcVd7yZ-gex8vE5yqufnxV5uRzzxexY89kI1N8OE6RveApKfQ9c4G-gtl0FBsR/s1771/Leo%20du%20Feu,%20storm%20gannets%20(2),%2015x21cm.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1273" data-original-width="1771" height="461" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEht1v0iq0yAOaQ1zQcMc0tO4dEbZfg_hwi34q8gXCYIKo9rBty9QiBB4VnoaW1kU_d6WKV_fl-ExA85cMnQhPYQD25M_IqS74f3TNahrc7mQMBWptQTUJz8W-foCpYcVd7yZ-gex8vE5yqufnxV5uRzzxexY89kI1N8OE6RveApKfQ9c4G-gtl0FBsR/w640-h461/Leo%20du%20Feu,%20storm%20gannets%20(2),%2015x21cm.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><p style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span face="Arial, sans-serif"><span><i>storm
gannets (2), </i></span></span><span face="Arial, sans-serif">watercolour, </span><span face="Arial, sans-serif">15x21cm, </span><span face="Arial, sans-serif">£100</span></span></p></td></tr></tbody></table><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEihrLcGKMzjrlR-neJ4WvHJ2BMJL8k29uP-QCh9YghZDKQgPdRhYe2nwOLV0IOxuIWBZWoLqKkR9NSJr19XXJdPxwHM0EXYBVJDvXFnygKV0KaAue7o4mySkuWgRkiLRter_sPXPmEePK7vP4ptuAC5aGChYy9thl7hZn9OUNocI_BVcAPRDvhBvblK/s1632/Leo%20du%20Feu,%20dipper%20sketches,%2014x19.5cm.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1112" data-original-width="1632" height="436" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEihrLcGKMzjrlR-neJ4WvHJ2BMJL8k29uP-QCh9YghZDKQgPdRhYe2nwOLV0IOxuIWBZWoLqKkR9NSJr19XXJdPxwHM0EXYBVJDvXFnygKV0KaAue7o4mySkuWgRkiLRter_sPXPmEePK7vP4ptuAC5aGChYy9thl7hZn9OUNocI_BVcAPRDvhBvblK/w640-h436/Leo%20du%20Feu,%20dipper%20sketches,%2014x19.5cm.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><p style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span face="Arial, sans-serif"><span><i>dipper
sketches, </i></span></span><span face="Arial, sans-serif"><span>pencil
& watercolour, </span></span><span face="Arial, sans-serif"><span>14x19.5cm</span></span><span face="Arial, sans-serif">, £65</span></span></p></td></tr></tbody></table><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh4xkAH-qBky5s5abQ6MdHBtj5ePzbqIFvacNgWvQ5zZR9hdMfov6zkCXSIwxVUmIYZFJLj91bEUDOebokxXJcLW-_brfJyOFUo3V5sHObCEmalYioBB3mcuFv45KaW1lbrusEDzFfql1yHYzB6KAF87E53aNseto9R4rlbwTHXgd_3siJ8MWcOtaG-/s1721/Leo%20du%20Feu,%20trees%20&%20orange%20hilltop,%2014x20cm.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1238" data-original-width="1721" height="460" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh4xkAH-qBky5s5abQ6MdHBtj5ePzbqIFvacNgWvQ5zZR9hdMfov6zkCXSIwxVUmIYZFJLj91bEUDOebokxXJcLW-_brfJyOFUo3V5sHObCEmalYioBB3mcuFv45KaW1lbrusEDzFfql1yHYzB6KAF87E53aNseto9R4rlbwTHXgd_3siJ8MWcOtaG-/w640-h460/Leo%20du%20Feu,%20trees%20&%20orange%20hilltop,%2014x20cm.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><p style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span face="Arial, sans-serif"><span><i>trees
& orange hilltop, </i></span></span><span face="Arial, sans-serif">watercolour, </span><span face="Arial, sans-serif">14x20cm, </span><span face="Arial, sans-serif">£50</span></span></p></td></tr></tbody></table><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjh7PZYV4amkZAQ47tsy0_c7oFgZqscO42dUIV3RHSDSwQaDHPDUeg22M6uTragzzlf7xfvFGpmaeGLDETgEWXU_Zki8gUYxzVOO5fM1AwfATvUDWRLGaOwh4AC2c246-zlo6VKm9F0o429QYQXYhLxChCo5SXfxJyO-7EciGFRpfCMYhIQdUvWoMW1/s1431/Leo%20du%20Feu,%20windswept%20tree,%209x9.5cm.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1381" data-original-width="1431" height="386" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjh7PZYV4amkZAQ47tsy0_c7oFgZqscO42dUIV3RHSDSwQaDHPDUeg22M6uTragzzlf7xfvFGpmaeGLDETgEWXU_Zki8gUYxzVOO5fM1AwfATvUDWRLGaOwh4AC2c246-zlo6VKm9F0o429QYQXYhLxChCo5SXfxJyO-7EciGFRpfCMYhIQdUvWoMW1/w400-h386/Leo%20du%20Feu,%20windswept%20tree,%209x9.5cm.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><p style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span face="Arial, sans-serif"><span><i>windswept
tree, </i></span></span><span face="Arial, sans-serif">acrylic, </span><span face="Arial, sans-serif">9x9.5cm, </span><span face="Arial, sans-serif">£45</span></span></p></td></tr></tbody></table><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiW1ZbLu8QiwN1HuQY3I4KH_s3KB9QU_ZOBxAllO7QZFP0BDkskXxqjaJ4Ee5ER43eKord6tXhf4qdhxA3qWLtrse4UEa_70XFs2VX4wDD-m95euCF-l2H0bZA_RF2IMlpCb53WyKXEkSPaLorlezkWMhGDzfsuH6MS7Q505v9LPO4OXejfq17I--8i/s1178/Leo%20du%20Feu,%20Aberdour%20St%20Fillan's%20abstract,%2021x15cm.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1178" data-original-width="829" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiW1ZbLu8QiwN1HuQY3I4KH_s3KB9QU_ZOBxAllO7QZFP0BDkskXxqjaJ4Ee5ER43eKord6tXhf4qdhxA3qWLtrse4UEa_70XFs2VX4wDD-m95euCF-l2H0bZA_RF2IMlpCb53WyKXEkSPaLorlezkWMhGDzfsuH6MS7Q505v9LPO4OXejfq17I--8i/w450-h640/Leo%20du%20Feu,%20Aberdour%20St%20Fillan's%20abstract,%2021x15cm.jpg" width="450" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><p style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span face="Arial, sans-serif"><span><i>Aberdour
St Fillans abstract, </i></span></span><span face="Arial, sans-serif"><span>watercolour, </span></span><span face="Arial, sans-serif"><span>21x15cm, £</span></span><span face="Arial, sans-serif">65</span></span></p></td></tr></tbody></table><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEghb7xphYnc7DPI2Hpl96jPJNan_qrbB6wDp2kFt6hcuPsp-y5FtbWXGU7PPwy5g2RwJ-sE3SRJdc7QLz9lBxCgeL0GiyZ-_XeAaIcTRwcAUJMXlv6PECjpti_wHhJfu_0a8dEEPSARuH5Wy9BZ5ELdRTOMwKgygV33h--d0skEQUo02G1D959bMqNX/s1451/Leo%20du%20Feu,%20bing,%205.5x5.5cm%20(in%20my%20hand).jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1388" data-original-width="1451" height="306" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEghb7xphYnc7DPI2Hpl96jPJNan_qrbB6wDp2kFt6hcuPsp-y5FtbWXGU7PPwy5g2RwJ-sE3SRJdc7QLz9lBxCgeL0GiyZ-_XeAaIcTRwcAUJMXlv6PECjpti_wHhJfu_0a8dEEPSARuH5Wy9BZ5ELdRTOMwKgygV33h--d0skEQUo02G1D959bMqNX/s320/Leo%20du%20Feu,%20bing,%205.5x5.5cm%20(in%20my%20hand).jpg" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><p style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span face="Arial, sans-serif"><span><i>bing, </i></span></span><span face="Arial, sans-serif">acrylic
on canvas on board, </span><span face="Arial, sans-serif">5.5x5.5cm, </span><span face="Arial, sans-serif">£65</span></span></p></td></tr></tbody></table><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEje3bMQ7RbA0cvcaKrJEy-XQjx7XgBkQUVXKa5xOIZsVHI1DlDTNLxMx4YIvedXVqAoKfQ5sdmhYm3kxBuLJQ6ho_9ThJxbJE5TZUtlsIdmWGOqZBsdN7fz1eL0mLZA6wVWsuQqvI8zFR9QM8I98WtcU-axdxECywz5MFSGYCPa56Y8c-hOGnV30zrO/s1029/Leo%20du%20Feu,%20bing,%205.5x5.5cm.jpg"><img border="0" data-original-height="1008" data-original-width="1029" height="313" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEje3bMQ7RbA0cvcaKrJEy-XQjx7XgBkQUVXKa5xOIZsVHI1DlDTNLxMx4YIvedXVqAoKfQ5sdmhYm3kxBuLJQ6ho_9ThJxbJE5TZUtlsIdmWGOqZBsdN7fz1eL0mLZA6wVWsuQqvI8zFR9QM8I98WtcU-axdxECywz5MFSGYCPa56Y8c-hOGnV30zrO/s320/Leo%20du%20Feu,%20bing,%205.5x5.5cm.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><b style="background-color: white; color: #444444; font-family: Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px;"><br /></b></div></div>Leo du Feu Painter of landscape and naturehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08209949942922567508noreply@blogger.com0238 High St, Linlithgow EH49 7ES, UK55.9761683 -3.605291227.665934463821152 -38.761541199999996 84.28640213617885 31.5509588tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5449447842234713078.post-83517577962084323742022-06-28T14:58:00.012+01:002022-06-28T18:58:10.728+01:00Scotland By Rail - Rothesay, Isle of Bute (+ a 6km circular walk)<p><span style="color: #444444; font-family: verdana;"><span>Previous related blog posts</span></span></p><p><span style="color: #444444; font-family: verdana;"><span>- </span><a href="http://landscapeartnaturebirds.blogspot.com/2022/06/scotland-by-rail-half-hour-in-port.html" style="text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">Port Glasgow, on route to Wemyss Bay</a></span></p><p><span style="background-color: white; color: #444444; font-family: verdana;">- <a href="http://landscapeartnaturebirds.blogspot.com/2022/06/scotland-by-rail-wemyss-bay-station-and.html">Wemyss Bay and ferry to Bute</a></span></p><p><span style="color: #444444;">----------</span></p><div class="post-body entry-content" id="post-body-3321802324704822301" itemprop="description articleBody" style="background-color: white; line-height: 1.4; position: relative; width: 656px;"><p><span style="color: #444444; font-family: verdana;">This blog post - a 6km ish circular walk starting and ending at Rothesay ferry terminal.</span></p><p><span style="color: #444444; font-family: verdana;">The ferries to the Isle of Bute are so frequent and the journey so short that you really can nip across for just a couple of hours. I had about five. I started by exploring Rothesay town - cafes, some excellent charity shops, gallery, tourist info centre in old Winter Gardens pavilion, a moated castle (currently closed)... Then I bought picnic lunch and headed west, climbing a steep residential road out of the town to arrive in gentle countryside. Moorland farmland with tree patches here and there and views of mountains (Arran and mainland) in the distance. Lots and lots of bird life. Quiet country road then traffic free footpath the very quiet access tracks took me north and gradually downhill all the way to the shore at Port Bannatyne. From there a couple of kilometres walk back along the coastal road to the ferry, stopping for supplies at Ardbeg Mini Market village shop.</span></p><p><span style="color: #444444;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">A great, easy walk to give a bit of a feel for Bute. </span><span style="font-family: verdana;">Here it is:</span></span></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjPDwF3aRo_TpoZc7nIgHokFcX-zvtjvc_DtcWHVvGAmYc5kEIgxNP_tfcMWyMDvJj2TexzCrSJ3kr74Ac5TLAoDJ55ldqOkvCyNiwZVl2VkfgLusdOAnra_mPFLXNxbk6K5aBDIUeCKi6AUw4R0p7s6qjnsrhcdx9BPVwvQoiCPMauFqbYm5z6J9I-/s1528/Leo%20du%20Feu,%20Bute%20walk,%20April%202022%20(43).jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: #444444;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1528" data-original-width="1054" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjPDwF3aRo_TpoZc7nIgHokFcX-zvtjvc_DtcWHVvGAmYc5kEIgxNP_tfcMWyMDvJj2TexzCrSJ3kr74Ac5TLAoDJ55ldqOkvCyNiwZVl2VkfgLusdOAnra_mPFLXNxbk6K5aBDIUeCKi6AUw4R0p7s6qjnsrhcdx9BPVwvQoiCPMauFqbYm5z6J9I-/w276-h400/Leo%20du%20Feu,%20Bute%20walk,%20April%202022%20(43).jpg" width="276" /></span></a></div><p><span style="color: #444444;"><br /></span></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEghqlDoCOjO-ntnGeoJEgBqyXvzpZzh-OztKGl2lZjN4bppa_37xLvHTGU6zz8MsT7yuT7RWuNR20O9w9MPTGFVLhxq4H3SlayHK2BarSw3FThZhTqlaivhQXqlHZUJdg2l4AZSCMa0F_JEwAgwp6MCOH4saszc4kTsFcpJ3Ho9OTxWonyeYR5D8taH/s4608/Leo%20du%20Feu,%20Bute%20walk,%20April%202022%20(1).jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><span style="color: #444444;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2184" data-original-width="4608" height="304" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEghqlDoCOjO-ntnGeoJEgBqyXvzpZzh-OztKGl2lZjN4bppa_37xLvHTGU6zz8MsT7yuT7RWuNR20O9w9MPTGFVLhxq4H3SlayHK2BarSw3FThZhTqlaivhQXqlHZUJdg2l4AZSCMa0F_JEwAgwp6MCOH4saszc4kTsFcpJ3Ho9OTxWonyeYR5D8taH/w640-h304/Leo%20du%20Feu,%20Bute%20walk,%20April%202022%20(1).jpg" width="640" /></span></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #444444;">Rothesay Ferry Terminal (spot the ferry)</span></td></tr></tbody></table><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #444444;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #444444;"><br /></span></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgdkJkz3myL83MqnEJ4bmlMCcypMCIEUwHxwUh5e1E39Ccm6W1td8Ui0loe1EQUYx_0ABBmK9Re2z1-Su1kOffAAzhWxbz7VQGOCVaULXih6Kdsl6Ahq4xo4FZrSyns_V8siyejheITfGkMIjJUeHOrkMGmY_H9mjamOJAypgEYuEAGb1wjrSirnPL7/s4032/Leo%20du%20Feu,%20Bute%20walk,%20April%202022%20(12).jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><span style="color: #444444;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1908" data-original-width="4032" height="302" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgdkJkz3myL83MqnEJ4bmlMCcypMCIEUwHxwUh5e1E39Ccm6W1td8Ui0loe1EQUYx_0ABBmK9Re2z1-Su1kOffAAzhWxbz7VQGOCVaULXih6Kdsl6Ahq4xo4FZrSyns_V8siyejheITfGkMIjJUeHOrkMGmY_H9mjamOJAypgEYuEAGb1wjrSirnPL7/w640-h302/Leo%20du%20Feu,%20Bute%20walk,%20April%202022%20(12).jpg" width="640" /></span></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #444444;">Isle of Bute Discovery Centre</span></td></tr></tbody></table><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #444444;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #444444;"><br /></span></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjmztO1uzUTo7q7bIFffj2y0t1DeJdSx4CQDB4d2VGryshATfvVv5n8Yp9_z0r4VGitfZT6GyFZ3ytfgyiaDzUAKelLmfaokISjLD_7TYVmXDJKroqk1_I5hcyZ-bfzDWv_YBsR5_c6vydekkzzx8SWBnQO853XsHhYPNmGo_glxLjTAnepl9OpFHQP/s2835/Leo%20du%20Feu,%20Bute%20walk,%20April%202022%20(2).jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><span style="color: #444444;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1725" data-original-width="2835" height="390" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjmztO1uzUTo7q7bIFffj2y0t1DeJdSx4CQDB4d2VGryshATfvVv5n8Yp9_z0r4VGitfZT6GyFZ3ytfgyiaDzUAKelLmfaokISjLD_7TYVmXDJKroqk1_I5hcyZ-bfzDWv_YBsR5_c6vydekkzzx8SWBnQO853XsHhYPNmGo_glxLjTAnepl9OpFHQP/w640-h390/Leo%20du%20Feu,%20Bute%20walk,%20April%202022%20(2).jpg" width="640" /></span></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #444444;">plans for Rothesay - <a href="https://www.buteyard.com/" target="_blank">Bute Yard</a></span></td></tr></tbody></table><span style="color: #444444;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #444444;"><br /></span></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_rGnoIMnzr69f8H9pnYEvdtIDvTg8-d43ZuoBOf6flKzzXHH4VRtJYKCOFu1r6KaoqedWUpdYXc2Vpo-V15Ludr23SmYhvMuMjhrQyzjRDnBUabNZGPeB_llP7VrYP5ibkKD1rC6UR4sd7VdEUdvxmpE2-IcsKdAl8BsGAPcAT-yuvqkXNdnLXqCO/s4032/Leo%20du%20Feu,%20Bute%20walk,%20April%202022%20(3).jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><span style="color: #444444;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1908" data-original-width="4032" height="302" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_rGnoIMnzr69f8H9pnYEvdtIDvTg8-d43ZuoBOf6flKzzXHH4VRtJYKCOFu1r6KaoqedWUpdYXc2Vpo-V15Ludr23SmYhvMuMjhrQyzjRDnBUabNZGPeB_llP7VrYP5ibkKD1rC6UR4sd7VdEUdvxmpE2-IcsKdAl8BsGAPcAT-yuvqkXNdnLXqCO/w640-h302/Leo%20du%20Feu,%20Bute%20walk,%20April%202022%20(3).jpg" width="640" /></span></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #444444;"><a href="https://www.visitscotland.com/see-do/tours/driving-road-trips/routes/planner/the-coig-the-bute-route/the-serpentine/" target="_blank">Serpentine Road</a>, Canada Hill, Rothesay (14 hairpin bends)</span></td></tr></tbody></table><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjVGwzobaVWufBhZ6ez_syTPMAobNr9a93fd7yplrt_jWPEdUbaQoDeQuKBqYzAzbUhSW1Dv9tQk87MwnVNXdRmNx80tN_u3Q_5ZqxGSF7EU6KIiVS3xj--dAu9y6nV8hYczurKfBGkJyHwz5mMvyASo4yFrNcedrPTdHQ-9BAy7GjwQFdQ6g28bjrY/s3847/Leo%20du%20Feu,%20Bute%20walk,%20April%202022%20(28).jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><span style="color: #444444;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1908" data-original-width="3847" height="318" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjVGwzobaVWufBhZ6ez_syTPMAobNr9a93fd7yplrt_jWPEdUbaQoDeQuKBqYzAzbUhSW1Dv9tQk87MwnVNXdRmNx80tN_u3Q_5ZqxGSF7EU6KIiVS3xj--dAu9y6nV8hYczurKfBGkJyHwz5mMvyASo4yFrNcedrPTdHQ-9BAy7GjwQFdQ6g28bjrY/w640-h318/Leo%20du%20Feu,%20Bute%20walk,%20April%202022%20(28).jpg" width="640" /></span></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #444444;">the remains of an old fountain. <a href="https://www.undiscoveredscotland.co.uk/bute/portbannatyne/index.html" target="_blank">Port Bannatyn</a>e down below</span></td></tr></tbody></table><p><span style="color: #444444;"><br /></span></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjhDrZ0N29zd_xPQhEaRoxAcC6pQI6I_DVfm-rBb5gvVnk_wt8E32uCNEbNQI8OuS_hN1K1l5GbQp5pGqY99qDra97uvb0jjD-391zX0JQJ6hg6IlTEucKpO1MezjcO79qgA5NIhnyBZsp1d_6VxMacjEAeMPifajNwJ95SoFwDzry724U5YZT-g5tN/s4032/Leo%20du%20Feu,%20Bute%20walk,%20April%202022%20(29).jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><span style="color: #444444;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1908" data-original-width="4032" height="302" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjhDrZ0N29zd_xPQhEaRoxAcC6pQI6I_DVfm-rBb5gvVnk_wt8E32uCNEbNQI8OuS_hN1K1l5GbQp5pGqY99qDra97uvb0jjD-391zX0JQJ6hg6IlTEucKpO1MezjcO79qgA5NIhnyBZsp1d_6VxMacjEAeMPifajNwJ95SoFwDzry724U5YZT-g5tN/w640-h302/Leo%20du%20Feu,%20Bute%20walk,%20April%202022%20(29).jpg" width="640" /></span></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #444444;">Port Bannatyne shore, looking to the mainland. I love this scene.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><p><span style="color: #444444;"><br /></span></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhILbEAGbPlP31OJzSKXjg2v8njHlUSBw6omcAD2TW4W9IOViTbyP8n5Tl2-Z5gu79wLDz5Mx8EDHLH_E_mQYSeKucB3I6jmmFGDZxVbubfNJ0g3Ps3CxevsaTDTMZxXQpYqaIafeMtl_bSuz3NGSl0DvIGxjCZ_ulV3tuE96EfGn0rCblddtbf8zFx/s4032/Leo%20du%20Feu,%20Bute%20walk,%20April%202022%20(30).jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><span style="color: #444444;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1908" data-original-width="4032" height="302" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhILbEAGbPlP31OJzSKXjg2v8njHlUSBw6omcAD2TW4W9IOViTbyP8n5Tl2-Z5gu79wLDz5Mx8EDHLH_E_mQYSeKucB3I6jmmFGDZxVbubfNJ0g3Ps3CxevsaTDTMZxXQpYqaIafeMtl_bSuz3NGSl0DvIGxjCZ_ulV3tuE96EfGn0rCblddtbf8zFx/w640-h302/Leo%20du%20Feu,%20Bute%20walk,%20April%202022%20(30).jpg" width="640" /></span></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #444444;">Port Bannatyne to Ardbeg shore</span></td></tr></tbody></table><p><span style="color: #444444;"><br /></span></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgNBaw0L06XDJpS2v-mdf3t-bn_I0LMuJNm28EaQ_rW5S74LeFOrIMlrymPHZ8ERT7VofOJ4lESx1daBFSq25wvP1WTZUxgRQrH7kihwrPmSCazAsfsBzjTwEiKb3VKMhVJQLl49HhvcOcJoP-z30XQxystnPKcYlL968K3dH_xLAgqSuO1TAbW2Ado/s3725/Leo%20du%20Feu,%20Bute%20walk,%20April%202022%20(31).jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><span style="color: #444444;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2184" data-original-width="3725" height="376" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgNBaw0L06XDJpS2v-mdf3t-bn_I0LMuJNm28EaQ_rW5S74LeFOrIMlrymPHZ8ERT7VofOJ4lESx1daBFSq25wvP1WTZUxgRQrH7kihwrPmSCazAsfsBzjTwEiKb3VKMhVJQLl49HhvcOcJoP-z30XQxystnPKcYlL968K3dH_xLAgqSuO1TAbW2Ado/w640-h376/Leo%20du%20Feu,%20Bute%20walk,%20April%202022%20(31).jpg" width="640" /></span></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #444444;">Ardbeg playpark. I have to take photos of playparks to let Oren see which ones he hopes to try.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><p><span style="color: #444444;"><br /></span></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjC9QjsTuXrhOdq7bUQbtqM-FU6RCglvIKykieMnTTGrXol13qNmiMPMMga82jCteiLNUi6TEjIaNNIUX9d9tWmJ4zeCmelacW38YIt8-SVsH6G1vdFTB9TLVQYF_7dYQ1tJX9PEpsixy-sK4msfXl18b0va1hnhx0TaRPuyv7c1Ml6MKD9l5ao0ZPM/s4032/Leo%20du%20Feu,%20Bute%20walk,%20April%202022%20(32).jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><span style="color: #444444;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1908" data-original-width="4032" height="302" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjC9QjsTuXrhOdq7bUQbtqM-FU6RCglvIKykieMnTTGrXol13qNmiMPMMga82jCteiLNUi6TEjIaNNIUX9d9tWmJ4zeCmelacW38YIt8-SVsH6G1vdFTB9TLVQYF_7dYQ1tJX9PEpsixy-sK4msfXl18b0va1hnhx0TaRPuyv7c1Ml6MKD9l5ao0ZPM/w640-h302/Leo%20du%20Feu,%20Bute%20walk,%20April%202022%20(32).jpg" width="640" /></span></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #444444;">Bute Cycle Network. Craigmore beyond Rothesay at far right</span></td></tr></tbody></table><p><span style="color: #444444;"><br /></span></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEga6Wa8ZZaHMg9USK15KQwMSrRcmVBJ5ls0bUOui87ecSk0vAuEPJsQqhb4C8ApGsHNVNicZdT01nrG8qdYeDJ8soNQGApEU-m7SUh7QAD0dKwMQGPGkGX7vlhMau2VvYKW572HAzIh_-NC_ORDCdXPaqjb7i2kmHGrXgO5xAcx8f2OeMzF0CD1f-Fa/s4032/Leo%20du%20Feu,%20Bute%20walk,%20April%202022%20(33).jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><span style="color: #444444;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1908" data-original-width="4032" height="302" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEga6Wa8ZZaHMg9USK15KQwMSrRcmVBJ5ls0bUOui87ecSk0vAuEPJsQqhb4C8ApGsHNVNicZdT01nrG8qdYeDJ8soNQGApEU-m7SUh7QAD0dKwMQGPGkGX7vlhMau2VvYKW572HAzIh_-NC_ORDCdXPaqjb7i2kmHGrXgO5xAcx8f2OeMzF0CD1f-Fa/w640-h302/Leo%20du%20Feu,%20Bute%20walk,%20April%202022%20(33).jpg" width="640" /></span></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #444444;">See that far off roadside shelter. There are several of them. <br />Really lovely sheltered places to sit with benches facing in all directions.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><p><span style="color: #444444;"><br /></span></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiuaXXoticZuCYxQh2Lv8oU4-C3M1RiUycd3Cvtha8War-bjO5mf1uLpT9i8ndVupH1FLtLAgg8-NU36omhuxwwyOl3PVB2d0x2KMhhKuNC9sT-MSzSZNDuJ2Tf6N2Y-zm4illErhW3sLg0CGXA3EXscpQiGPDcLfNnKAjoLvAVggBfdUiJcDDTLFBr/s4608/Leo%20du%20Feu,%20Bute%20walk,%20April%202022%20(36).jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><span style="color: #444444;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2184" data-original-width="4608" height="304" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiuaXXoticZuCYxQh2Lv8oU4-C3M1RiUycd3Cvtha8War-bjO5mf1uLpT9i8ndVupH1FLtLAgg8-NU36omhuxwwyOl3PVB2d0x2KMhhKuNC9sT-MSzSZNDuJ2Tf6N2Y-zm4illErhW3sLg0CGXA3EXscpQiGPDcLfNnKAjoLvAVggBfdUiJcDDTLFBr/w640-h304/Leo%20du%20Feu,%20Bute%20walk,%20April%202022%20(36).jpg" width="640" /></span></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #444444;">The road back from Ardbeg to Rothesay</span></td></tr></tbody></table><p><span style="color: #444444;"><br /></span></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; 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margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://www.geograph.org.uk/stuff/list.php?label=Changing+Rooms&gridref=NS0865" target="_blank"><span style="color: #444444;">derelict swimming pool site</span></a></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table><span style="color: #444444;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #444444;"><br /></span></div></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhW8lmFL_vlf1xyB5dd3f131fRUdd9qRls5z6SZdxROjI3oOutyIrl3vCZ1zW6B3ZpfE6kb4F_8nVfsijIvGigPK8rI9e66eYdxKEnV3AoC3WdSNFATpNd9PqsYwkphsMPNhSf_Se5WDoYIFIKBX5gp5_0bcKR3jErTY99Xo6bSRPWGYG_I-9RyZ6ji/s4032/Leo%20du%20Feu,%20Bute%20walk,%20April%202022%20(14).jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><span style="color: #444444;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1908" data-original-width="4032" height="302" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhW8lmFL_vlf1xyB5dd3f131fRUdd9qRls5z6SZdxROjI3oOutyIrl3vCZ1zW6B3ZpfE6kb4F_8nVfsijIvGigPK8rI9e66eYdxKEnV3AoC3WdSNFATpNd9PqsYwkphsMPNhSf_Se5WDoYIFIKBX5gp5_0bcKR3jErTY99Xo6bSRPWGYG_I-9RyZ6ji/w640-h302/Leo%20du%20Feu,%20Bute%20walk,%20April%202022%20(14).jpg" width="640" /></span></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #444444;">back in Rothesay, ferry approaches</span></td></tr></tbody></table><div><span style="color: #444444;"><br /></span></div><span style="color: #444444;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgYpcVosyTQpywjnaImZvJa96gCP_EwL1htmVtovzlcr83wNLbVM4X48mAsBx4DL1W8ybHX8d8MwsZlmZ6s2NNGcabGCykH03g2Ibo7-u5thl9vzoIpQZgb-IIqMTLywsmacLOF8Ljfv532vqShtfL-evBpf28jBddqnK_jPSIvNyACAEQ6Q91wPkNx/s4032/Leo%20du%20Feu,%20Bute%20walk,%20April%202022%20(13).jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: #444444;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1908" data-original-width="4032" height="302" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgYpcVosyTQpywjnaImZvJa96gCP_EwL1htmVtovzlcr83wNLbVM4X48mAsBx4DL1W8ybHX8d8MwsZlmZ6s2NNGcabGCykH03g2Ibo7-u5thl9vzoIpQZgb-IIqMTLywsmacLOF8Ljfv532vqShtfL-evBpf28jBddqnK_jPSIvNyACAEQ6Q91wPkNx/w640-h302/Leo%20du%20Feu,%20Bute%20walk,%20April%202022%20(13).jpg" width="640" /></span></a></div><span style="color: #444444;"><br /></span><div><span style="color: #444444;"><br /></span></div><div><div class="post-body entry-content" id="post-body-8872423298095030240" itemprop="description articleBody" style="line-height: 1.4; position: relative; width: 656px;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #444444; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #444444; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #444444; font-family: verdana;"><p style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman"; text-align: left;"><span style="color: #444444; font-family: verdana;"> <span>Previous related blog posts</span></span></p><p style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman"; text-align: left;"><span style="color: #444444; font-family: verdana;"><span>- </span><a href="http://landscapeartnaturebirds.blogspot.com/2022/06/scotland-by-rail-half-hour-in-port.html" style="text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">Port Glasgow, on route to Wemyss Bay</a></span></p><p style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman"; text-align: left;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #444444; font-family: verdana;">- <a href="http://landscapeartnaturebirds.blogspot.com/2022/06/scotland-by-rail-wemyss-bay-station-and.html">Wemyss Bay and ferry to Bute</a></span></p><p style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman"; text-align: left;"><br /></p></span></div><div><span style="color: #444444; font-family: verdana;">-----------------------</span></div><div><span style="color: #444444; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="color: #444444; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="color: #444444; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div><b><span style="color: #444444; font-family: verdana;">Getting to Bute:</span></b></div><div><b><span style="color: #444444; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></b></div><div><span style="color: #444444; font-family: verdana;">Trains from Glasgow Central to Wemyss Bay are hourly and the journey takes about 50 minutes.</span></div><div><span style="color: #444444; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="color: #444444; font-family: verdana;">Check ScotRail 'Buy Tickets' in advance of your journey - <a href="https://www.scotrail.co.uk/" style="text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">www.scotrail.co.uk</a></span></div><div><span style="color: #444444; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="color: #444444; font-family: verdana;">Ferry from Wemyss Bay to Rothesay takes only about 35 minutes and ferries depart hourly from both Rothesay and Wemyss Bay.</span></div><div><span style="color: #444444; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="color: #444444; font-family: verdana;">Check Calmac timetable and website - <a href="http://www.calmac.co.uk/article/7826/Bute-Wemyss-Bay---Rothesay" style="text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">www.calmac.co.uk/article/7826/Bute-Wemyss-Bay---Rothesay</a></span></div><div><span style="color: #444444; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div><div><span style="color: #444444; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="color: #444444; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="color: #444444; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="color: #444444; font-family: verdana;">-----------------------</span></div><div><span style="color: #444444; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="color: #444444; font-family: verdana;">Thank you for reading my Scotland By Rail blog.</span></div><div><span style="color: #444444; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="color: #444444; font-family: verdana;">Spread the word and let me know about your own favourite railway days out. </span></div></div><div><span style="color: #444444; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div style="color: #444444;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div></div></div>Leo du Feu Painter of landscape and naturehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08209949942922567508noreply@blogger.com0Rothesay, Isle of Bute PA20, UK55.835963 -5.05579327.525729163821154 -40.212043 84.146196836178845 30.100457tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5449447842234713078.post-33218023247048223012022-06-25T14:22:00.009+01:002022-06-28T18:25:41.520+01:00Scotland By Rail - Wemyss Bay station and the ferry to Rothesay, Isle of Bute<p><span style="color: #444444; font-family: inherit;">Previous blog post - <a href="http://landscapeartnaturebirds.blogspot.com/2022/06/scotland-by-rail-half-hour-in-port.html" target="_blank">Port Glasgow, on route to Wemyss Bay</a></span></p><p><span style="color: #444444; font-family: inherit;">Next blog post - <a href="http://landscapeartnaturebirds.blogspot.com/2022/06/scotland-by-rail-rothesay-circular-walk.html" target="_blank">a 6km circular walk from Rothesay</a>.</span></p><p><span style="color: #444444; font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="color: #444444; font-family: inherit;">This blog post - Wemyss Bay and ferry to Bute</span></p><p><span style="color: #444444; font-family: inherit;">What a station.</span></p><p><span style="color: #444444; font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgyA9mKxyPf2vrKVU7hQVnJooT0J_a3dIqf3v5gcVufmI3ZBxZJc-YEQcLFJ3kwWEl-vJLwR819zzsbYB0AnzT181imE8gptlh2uhS-S7Oiol1not5nD_IIMIj93kAxmN1rAF8JZJc8Ti6BvY9mKLt6a7YvN3scN-NqMEEaNMSChlL3ku5yoDsmcMsO/s4608/Leo%20du%20Feu,%20Wemyss%20Bay%20(3).jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; 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margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: #444444; font-family: inherit;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2184" data-original-width="4608" height="304" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjHNhK3AcJWx3LWv4swECo8qwF95NvHdszo2JYgJB6KNZhODmuE1HXErRqXGLVcetZRS5SHVOzWIvEgXtoh8SGiJbvKu81UxohSWnwtf73GQXGUJu-ueFGNs1WJK5dQ2fHvPMyqqISC4NuPKU0rngVaOztC50m2bseVeODoE2LW9B_sIrOE0wxf0r6h/w640-h304/Leo%20du%20Feu,%20Wemyss%20Bay%20(2).jpg" width="640" /></span></a></div><div><span style="color: #444444; font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="color: #444444; font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="color: #444444; font-family: inherit;">I've been visiting recently in preparation for a set of commissions I am soon to undertake for the <a href="https://friendsofwemyssbaystation.co.uk/" target="_blank">Friends of Wemyss Bay Station</a> who have their bookshop and gallery in this part of the main station concourse:</span></div><div><span style="color: #444444; font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div><span style="color: #444444; font-family: inherit;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjRpDUUPub9gQwqhxLv0emfpDlI9w2NwGEAsg5wVYV-RZT_2YXxoGVgeko_cj2FoxJFU8zhJ1FmEeDJ5loY2Zb1cKhoAp1tpwBx8OHc_YqZ_r5qOJorDd_2G0Je4POI3YfS3rukIPPydGGw_4fmhtOZQ8ePGd-k-s0iRyN2xFKm9RjmqSF3oTcvkUtP/s4608/Leo%20du%20Feu,%20Wemyss%20Bay%20(4).jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: #444444; font-family: inherit;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2184" data-original-width="4608" height="304" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjRpDUUPub9gQwqhxLv0emfpDlI9w2NwGEAsg5wVYV-RZT_2YXxoGVgeko_cj2FoxJFU8zhJ1FmEeDJ5loY2Zb1cKhoAp1tpwBx8OHc_YqZ_r5qOJorDd_2G0Je4POI3YfS3rukIPPydGGw_4fmhtOZQ8ePGd-k-s0iRyN2xFKm9RjmqSF3oTcvkUtP/w640-h304/Leo%20du%20Feu,%20Wemyss%20Bay%20(4).jpg" width="640" /></span></a></div><span style="color: #444444; font-family: inherit;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #444444; font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #444444; font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="color: #444444; font-family: inherit;">And here is the inside of the bookshop and gallery space. Full of interest, history, books, cards, gifts to buy:</span></div><div><span style="color: #444444; font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjXt9bhZKYCvU3sWJrwkcc5REeI27tpN7Hz-ofBp3CZNUxQ3buD1VYK_eaXtdOojLy1Roo7V1ALN69wV7JaUzEz7z1toz3II1muybTC9h0jRtcmzZboEzk82nptHhd205SjtN2qhMv45Nsr81VVKPUJ54haLc3ci6cvLbny-eZW_uRh9tvH4JqQCXla/s4032/20220411_114459.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: #444444; font-family: inherit;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1908" data-original-width="4032" height="302" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjXt9bhZKYCvU3sWJrwkcc5REeI27tpN7Hz-ofBp3CZNUxQ3buD1VYK_eaXtdOojLy1Roo7V1ALN69wV7JaUzEz7z1toz3II1muybTC9h0jRtcmzZboEzk82nptHhd205SjtN2qhMv45Nsr81VVKPUJ54haLc3ci6cvLbny-eZW_uRh9tvH4JqQCXla/w640-h302/20220411_114459.jpg" width="640" /></span></a></div><div><span style="color: #444444; 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margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: #444444; font-family: inherit;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1908" data-original-width="4032" height="302" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjDv5N2ZXvFP8jBD87fLZayptFEuPjm9zYrSbbvO6_h2bKZjycZI2B1FdaqJBrUZwuM8MurfyR6P0Llik8lV46UlzbZsNvmxLWjICrBunNfl1GpQyAPWQcqO_zpiTGufHZ1GxUkbkPpG-pYra5h8n8ltguE77Y0coO07lu_AMeTM33kb6d5brr3CeTz/w640-h302/20220411_114845.jpg" width="640" /></span></a></div><span style="color: #444444; font-family: inherit;"><br /></span><div><span style="color: #444444; font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div><p><span style="color: #444444; font-family: inherit;">Mostly Wemyss Bay station is a place you travel to to:</span></p><p><span style="color: #444444; font-family: inherit;">- see the station, bookshop, <a href="https://www.facebook.com/thestationcafewemyssbay/" target="_blank">cafe</a>...</span></p><p><span style="color: #444444; font-family: inherit;">- travel onwards to the isle of Bute</span></p><p><span style="color: #444444; font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="color: #444444; font-family: inherit;">Even while you're still in the station you hear and see the sea. Walking down the (stunning) covered ramp between station concourse and ferry ticket office I could hear and smell seabirds, wonderful. From the windows shags and gulls and other seabirds were visible:</span></p><p><span style="color: #444444; font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhudcSOpz1nDqHpcJ7RiSTgIBT9945Ek1IFfb_Ih_y1P_Nqd7hP75D8_lX4JVklsHfyWtnJF_cdxtcpTJJGkKpysKgtYvbEpqAq7QHxETQCVY19LRZtKxQVs0DbftBtVuMvwemuI2UybxXex944hDHIVfi85kxMc0TWSx3kuWHKMrhEBJVtR6xo008U/s4032/20220411_120408.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><span style="color: #444444; font-family: inherit;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1908" data-original-width="4032" height="302" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhudcSOpz1nDqHpcJ7RiSTgIBT9945Ek1IFfb_Ih_y1P_Nqd7hP75D8_lX4JVklsHfyWtnJF_cdxtcpTJJGkKpysKgtYvbEpqAq7QHxETQCVY19LRZtKxQVs0DbftBtVuMvwemuI2UybxXex944hDHIVfi85kxMc0TWSx3kuWHKMrhEBJVtR6xo008U/w640-h302/20220411_120408.jpg" width="640" /></span></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #444444; font-family: inherit;">pair of shags</span></td></tr></tbody></table><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #444444; font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div><span style="color: #444444; font-family: inherit;"><br /></span><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEghgLnkPsYDgmMG0wUmo951ByT_d2bW4TeHwbO_v1e3XH-s42eIuCiW9yXhSZ1DzX6e6zjVZuEsYlWfrKC9jUAfLz1iUwWxqzW3jIA3yqpJCYkcx-C-atQiClv75lBJ2tK_FrHL5tj6UEnv5-Pqblq0mipmdkLqKprDGavLzFdWu5DgST9tu39aWrZW/s4032/20220411_120425.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><span style="color: #444444; font-family: inherit;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1908" data-original-width="4032" height="302" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEghgLnkPsYDgmMG0wUmo951ByT_d2bW4TeHwbO_v1e3XH-s42eIuCiW9yXhSZ1DzX6e6zjVZuEsYlWfrKC9jUAfLz1iUwWxqzW3jIA3yqpJCYkcx-C-atQiClv75lBJ2tK_FrHL5tj6UEnv5-Pqblq0mipmdkLqKprDGavLzFdWu5DgST9tu39aWrZW/w640-h302/20220411_120425.jpg" width="640" /></span></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #444444; font-family: inherit;">same spot, zoomed out</span></td></tr></tbody></table><span style="color: #444444; font-family: inherit;"><br /><br />Now on the ferry, about to depart:</span><div><span style="color: #444444; font-family: inherit;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #444444; font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhk6nlwVvzl2roBTyBRVRupHk8hTy70de6JO2GYrdf79gt7Ze6UVQQHm0XF46dlb0gfm3tZ7yqV3MQNUcKmr8fN6xHqDnEJZgrBW8RGF5YERG_nL9rUPHTGP6wPLGRaKsm7G9u04BUe2JG1avDS5dfcmMppv8nlmGWrSFDLnN_HkqMB62jLxUYlKcwl/s4032/20220411_121324.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: #444444; font-family: inherit;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1908" data-original-width="4032" height="302" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhk6nlwVvzl2roBTyBRVRupHk8hTy70de6JO2GYrdf79gt7Ze6UVQQHm0XF46dlb0gfm3tZ7yqV3MQNUcKmr8fN6xHqDnEJZgrBW8RGF5YERG_nL9rUPHTGP6wPLGRaKsm7G9u04BUe2JG1avDS5dfcmMppv8nlmGWrSFDLnN_HkqMB62jLxUYlKcwl/w640-h302/20220411_121324.jpg" width="640" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="color: #444444; font-family: inherit;">The end of the ferry opens to allow cars in and out. I had to video it for our son:</span></p><p><span style="color: #444444; font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #444444; font-family: inherit;"><iframe allowfullscreen='allowfullscreen' webkitallowfullscreen='webkitallowfullscreen' mozallowfullscreen='mozallowfullscreen' width='610' height='507' src='https://www.blogger.com/video.g?token=AD6v5dwKatB0Vp_mS-CSbmmhj5lj9MUR8UIiuNkQZgIi9-Fl6bdKf_Fd2nwOGY8jd82GROERv6iuX1xPRJ0lKQQJFw' class='b-hbp-video b-uploaded' frameborder='0'></iframe></span></div><span style="color: #444444; font-family: inherit;"><br /></span><p><span style="color: #444444; font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJJ0bKChWscotivVZl38gdzJivRS5nfV465vvksRjA-gTnw7V9qZ9I78WxMKpp_Kx5yOKUWwgIK8m5BwNQItfs4q4qqVEl3l0PY58_EIRws0k4izUB7t8PKQlMuS4vxObjrvzn0Mfc9QhO5JnhSl7ct6L1oihYRKozAkSNv8hKsz1OTl1TKtw8EOc8/s4032/20220411_122735.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><span style="color: #444444; font-family: inherit;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1908" data-original-width="4032" height="302" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJJ0bKChWscotivVZl38gdzJivRS5nfV465vvksRjA-gTnw7V9qZ9I78WxMKpp_Kx5yOKUWwgIK8m5BwNQItfs4q4qqVEl3l0PY58_EIRws0k4izUB7t8PKQlMuS4vxObjrvzn0Mfc9QhO5JnhSl7ct6L1oihYRKozAkSNv8hKsz1OTl1TKtw8EOc8/w640-h302/20220411_122735.jpg" width="640" /></span></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #444444; font-family: inherit;">On MV Argyll soon after departing Wemyss Bay.<br />Isle of Bute & Rothesay town ahead & MV Bute just visible forwards left.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><span style="color: #444444; font-family: inherit;"><br /></span><p><span style="color: #444444; font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="color: #444444; font-family: inherit;">The journey to Rothesay on Bute takes only about 35 minutes and ferries <a href="https://www.calmac.co.uk/article/7826/Bute-Wemyss-Bay---Rothesay" target="_blank">depart hourly from both Rothesay and Wemyss Bay</a>, run by Calmac. There are two ferries, MV Argyll and MV Bute. They pass each other half way across.</span></p><p><span style="color: #444444; font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgUjJq3R986DXE36u8sFYtlHtUY8bzU4w-5QWK4EKP0ImHiseAoqSzXuA8MsKHVRNM9-cJWJbasakkQqFMpftwPQwAjQEeSj3x1U4xNrKTv-4tSRlH4-NaTSRRleNrcle7xL5iXX7Xgl2pk4uv8kozNMqxSO1aKr4OTFBz-8crPbmoNvB727g51_5fF/s3025/20220411_122726.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: #444444; font-family: inherit;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1840" data-original-width="3025" height="390" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgUjJq3R986DXE36u8sFYtlHtUY8bzU4w-5QWK4EKP0ImHiseAoqSzXuA8MsKHVRNM9-cJWJbasakkQqFMpftwPQwAjQEeSj3x1U4xNrKTv-4tSRlH4-NaTSRRleNrcle7xL5iXX7Xgl2pk4uv8kozNMqxSO1aKr4OTFBz-8crPbmoNvB727g51_5fF/w640-h390/20220411_122726.jpg" width="640" /></span></a></div><div><span style="color: #444444; font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div><span style="color: #444444; font-family: inherit;"><br /></span><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEha6wlKIIrva28yf0BcgItIkF6QpPQNtYZeYs52B3FQ-UXL35rgd-JuMFfk4AbfBcwtDv-xGP53a20Q0xwgtGHJzPYT4YcT2ho135az9tMSakkijeOESYwyGOJT9Nn6mYTwA051qw5fF8tBO6xua0XoiR2kP6ekd7Mkr6PVJcRYb4oxZSS9NX3FIVdQ/s3549/20220411_122953.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><span style="color: #444444; font-family: inherit;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1908" data-original-width="3549" height="344" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEha6wlKIIrva28yf0BcgItIkF6QpPQNtYZeYs52B3FQ-UXL35rgd-JuMFfk4AbfBcwtDv-xGP53a20Q0xwgtGHJzPYT4YcT2ho135az9tMSakkijeOESYwyGOJT9Nn6mYTwA051qw5fF8tBO6xua0XoiR2kP6ekd7Mkr6PVJcRYb4oxZSS9NX3FIVdQ/w640-h344/20220411_122953.jpg" width="640" /></span></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #444444; font-family: inherit;">MV Bute passes MV Argyll (which I was on), Bute heading for Wemyss Bay, Argyll for Rothesay</span></td></tr></tbody></table><span style="color: #444444; font-family: inherit;"><br /><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjWWY39GHA9XWXD7QB1Kr8CyIMlP4nEd1vVk_Zi7cUy6hXzG4tjWECPtcCtUdXEOAqp6ZevbMKYbTj-TVISUREs-HPDpPfczHKqGVpA5nz-IZ6PjaIEAK8HhiIZU0qA9BrKYOM0fc8kHxucDJ7owZcIp_ALGsej5iukLMGbHYAHhgbZD4n3VTFP3mlp/s2047/20220411_123201.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: #444444; font-family: inherit;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1908" data-original-width="2047" height="596" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjWWY39GHA9XWXD7QB1Kr8CyIMlP4nEd1vVk_Zi7cUy6hXzG4tjWECPtcCtUdXEOAqp6ZevbMKYbTj-TVISUREs-HPDpPfczHKqGVpA5nz-IZ6PjaIEAK8HhiIZU0qA9BrKYOM0fc8kHxucDJ7owZcIp_ALGsej5iukLMGbHYAHhgbZD4n3VTFP3mlp/w640-h596/20220411_123201.jpg" width="640" /></span></a></div><span style="color: #444444; font-family: inherit;"><div><span style="color: #444444;"><br /></span></div><br /></span><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhc3Amr2XNWGkZDhhBd5QiXsSBKka6brxFRrGQdtbVb3vqAGDnQq4MV0jAPdG1ZXhdJlY5ktJbtKhwyMaLAiienbkIRPXndETNIOqeU-Ldw-KDiBG7uDwwa5A-nylaxv6nbLQ8NlYjscCq285aDfjbqjz0KyOChlina4EBe52oVWkFNkhVnpcaFLzT3/s3024/20220411_122843.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><span style="color: #444444; font-family: inherit;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1908" data-original-width="3024" height="404" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhc3Amr2XNWGkZDhhBd5QiXsSBKka6brxFRrGQdtbVb3vqAGDnQq4MV0jAPdG1ZXhdJlY5ktJbtKhwyMaLAiienbkIRPXndETNIOqeU-Ldw-KDiBG7uDwwa5A-nylaxv6nbLQ8NlYjscCq285aDfjbqjz0KyOChlina4EBe52oVWkFNkhVnpcaFLzT3/w640-h404/20220411_122843.jpg" width="640" /></span></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #444444; font-family: inherit;">Toward <a href="https://www.undiscoveredscotland.co.uk/dunoon/toward/index.html" target="_blank">Toward Lighthouse (yes, that's correct) on the Cowal peninsula</a></span></td></tr></tbody></table><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #444444; font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div><span style="color: #444444; font-family: inherit;"><br /></span><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgpdrR_VSRIBvfg-q1Xk0f0gHRgymhLKxDyMEgzdLw3KPa1XQLKtTNcDry-yw_KV-nIn8hd6tFBiwfLu2BJc37XsVrnH7HSNoKzY9iFPfwL8VpVHysWVXyk2OTK9kXK2fH6WMqm1MTX1h2CpBaAtZUlDEGvxhsgY1IfLELW6orv2_asLnzcyerGEeTC/s4032/20220411_123934.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><span style="color: #444444; font-family: inherit;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1908" data-original-width="4032" height="302" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgpdrR_VSRIBvfg-q1Xk0f0gHRgymhLKxDyMEgzdLw3KPa1XQLKtTNcDry-yw_KV-nIn8hd6tFBiwfLu2BJc37XsVrnH7HSNoKzY9iFPfwL8VpVHysWVXyk2OTK9kXK2fH6WMqm1MTX1h2CpBaAtZUlDEGvxhsgY1IfLELW6orv2_asLnzcyerGEeTC/w640-h302/20220411_123934.jpg" width="640" /></span></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #444444; font-family: inherit;">Bute already</span></td></tr></tbody></table><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #444444; font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div><span style="color: #444444; font-family: inherit;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgTG9M4GIArGeW0q397SGa721Y8183-LunDoQ-4zxK5EBX8J68aTDrMicL07hot3_WkF9_lE7g2oKIXlv7dC4MWxaI6N-R9VZq1iRGsXSMTVUh-qq8HSbI5q2lN3e7CtTF4YleL7G6VFfa_dVlD7hgfq8wFOv3RBsaQ_-ry4OS3w432xNToRqZpaL5d/s4032/20220411_124018.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: #444444; font-family: inherit;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1908" data-original-width="4032" height="302" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgTG9M4GIArGeW0q397SGa721Y8183-LunDoQ-4zxK5EBX8J68aTDrMicL07hot3_WkF9_lE7g2oKIXlv7dC4MWxaI6N-R9VZq1iRGsXSMTVUh-qq8HSbI5q2lN3e7CtTF4YleL7G6VFfa_dVlD7hgfq8wFOv3RBsaQ_-ry4OS3w432xNToRqZpaL5d/w640-h302/20220411_124018.jpg" width="640" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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font-family: inherit;">looking north-north-west towards Loch Striven, Kyles of Bute...</span></td></tr></tbody></table><div><span style="color: #444444; font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div><span style="color: #444444; font-family: inherit;"><br /></span><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-Q-1tEg1l8nk72-ffgf75QRhEGccCmVoKW3ywKZb4jIOF_SKwncciNG5oBAG33nbVOrbln1bvLXdUzD9VT-P_r-bqZaNLBgyR1y-W7ydx1DK5Zc8m8XXQQkF8bEELBFO6mmEI2KIWSxbd91Tj-dlfVJ4M6er28IdixZRfIlIpkKVjpXgFik7ypBSP/s3478/20220411_124949.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><span style="color: #444444; font-family: inherit;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1908" data-original-width="3478" height="352" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-Q-1tEg1l8nk72-ffgf75QRhEGccCmVoKW3ywKZb4jIOF_SKwncciNG5oBAG33nbVOrbln1bvLXdUzD9VT-P_r-bqZaNLBgyR1y-W7ydx1DK5Zc8m8XXQQkF8bEELBFO6mmEI2KIWSxbd91Tj-dlfVJ4M6er28IdixZRfIlIpkKVjpXgFik7ypBSP/w640-h352/20220411_124949.jpg" width="640" /></span></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #444444; font-family: inherit;">now sadly <a href="https://canmore.org.uk/site/143435/bute-rothesay-skeoch-wood-bathing-place" target="_blank">derelict bath house</a></span></td></tr></tbody></table><span style="color: #444444; font-family: inherit;"><br /></span><div><span style="color: #444444; font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjfcKiHnZogFVjgL3loQM-jEJzYRsXYsq3pKlYQyuxkLGqSTv9BpG5vWUojoWzsdxBIlUlJfH1bedACfyvJvCQfIjvuwAU8KJvVEiUoFV7OmTufDnFcKtkRl8FMHSNjLftsBuwHfGMhQo_Zo2dFkHyHLNRXf3YRaSOh1ghn12bkJONxZ3bf-CHt8kY8/s3672/20220411_124159.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><span style="color: #444444; font-family: inherit;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1908" data-original-width="3672" height="332" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjfcKiHnZogFVjgL3loQM-jEJzYRsXYsq3pKlYQyuxkLGqSTv9BpG5vWUojoWzsdxBIlUlJfH1bedACfyvJvCQfIjvuwAU8KJvVEiUoFV7OmTufDnFcKtkRl8FMHSNjLftsBuwHfGMhQo_Zo2dFkHyHLNRXf3YRaSOh1ghn12bkJONxZ3bf-CHt8kY8/w640-h332/20220411_124159.jpg" width="640" /></span></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #444444; font-family: inherit;">Note the <a href="https://canmore.org.uk/site/143522/bute-rothesay-winter-gardens" target="_blank">Winter Gardens</a> (sage green with terracotta roof).<br />Now <a href="http://www.bute-at-war.org/gallery/wintergdn.pdf" target="_blank">Isle of Bute Discovery Centre</a> (ie Tourist Info +)</span></td></tr></tbody></table><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #444444; font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div><span style="color: #444444; font-family: inherit;"><br /></span><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZZOjG_hHDLoDbPXxsOohG28Pfvi5cUB-7XkEJB73X_97BuQXHvlJkLSpwMIn5RQPlp6FxAtPjjPbdCD9UG7X_mezYequjZsFkFgTJ8F767Z-QL840XxNA32efqXfQkttTDxSwUGjh-WB85QnuGBX7QLD6EAFFtn5FMLjCQn1RtBoIaNcrQCdcMbuL/s3644/20220411_124203.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; 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margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: #444444; font-family: inherit;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1908" data-original-width="3681" height="332" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj4fFZ9vffi_I4Zm3OLjFmYaoluFFS84WBeDzQqI8uzHd2dzXw6iZOORKUwvAczC85wj0VMeqGaL0jdCDLyJq2K8CeEGxWQtVoL9iL4TyfsRwSiSWP9lRD224-UZt0xU4lArWUz8dsjRIKOS8xRS5v597uh9-U9BrVy4BfDerC8XImOfl5v8HxgUlxo/w640-h332/20220411_124212.jpg" width="640" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #444444; font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div><span style="color: #444444; font-family: inherit;"><div><span style="color: #444444; font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="color: #444444; font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="color: #444444; font-family: inherit;">And don't forget the Black guillemots:</span></div><div><span style="color: #444444; font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="color: #444444; 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margin-right: auto;"><span style="color: #444444; font-family: inherit;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1908" data-original-width="4032" height="302" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhRQPAtrgc7sZqVV159VjZ1Dxl04gJLhExeS3GY1xKnLdjd4R-edpEN6FXZVWdG4LPmsjsDiZG8S4pB7dw2u7QdsQDUONCAPVGeO8w5jylP_nPxNrNYLTGTU9q6ebtDZeK_ixIEjbjYrqCTENJgDhEALDRohw--9gAzDEOEXcZ4XckFFNzKXkdGmxtX/w640-h302/20220411_124336.jpg" width="640" /></span></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #444444; font-family: inherit;">Rothesay Ferry Terminal</span></td></tr></tbody></table><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #444444; font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #444444; font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjCmYCq-4ttBnCP_SsPNzQNZPDjziw17nGFoXHdWL_w3-6_bbUk7nJtBWmH7QfkoeOTORZrs58N9bluF322iWp3riDcro4W-UMiRdgRQ_i4FLd63GFumdtdFs1r8TEJge0_UMwlqrwjMymji0oraD8-1WABSnrZ4TG45x6NvNeu8ASAfPkGHQlGRjWT/s4032/20220411_125630.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><span style="color: #444444; font-family: inherit;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1908" data-original-width="4032" height="302" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjCmYCq-4ttBnCP_SsPNzQNZPDjziw17nGFoXHdWL_w3-6_bbUk7nJtBWmH7QfkoeOTORZrs58N9bluF322iWp3riDcro4W-UMiRdgRQ_i4FLd63GFumdtdFs1r8TEJge0_UMwlqrwjMymji0oraD8-1WABSnrZ4TG45x6NvNeu8ASAfPkGHQlGRjWT/w640-h302/20220411_125630.jpg" width="640" /></span></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #444444; font-family: inherit;">marina</span></td></tr></tbody></table><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #444444; font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div><span style="color: #444444; font-family: inherit;"><br /></span><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiQ02IUMCTTkI4JBwrnPgyXvf3QgTAYSgSrxHe9NIv36lTn7b0GwkU3h9mngpv3jEGKvnLBsF5KHmBTGbzljBOQBTb99B5rMvcZ4G7U01rKkVh-Qu-Z9woeYdB5qil1FPFP5zyII0YuvX_D0g8_ZZy4TxlM7IYgJqKtXr9ZYsYCCT7ksJxEnGYcfj0c/s4608/20220411_125800.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><span style="color: #444444; font-family: inherit;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2184" data-original-width="4608" height="304" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiQ02IUMCTTkI4JBwrnPgyXvf3QgTAYSgSrxHe9NIv36lTn7b0GwkU3h9mngpv3jEGKvnLBsF5KHmBTGbzljBOQBTb99B5rMvcZ4G7U01rKkVh-Qu-Z9woeYdB5qil1FPFP5zyII0YuvX_D0g8_ZZy4TxlM7IYgJqKtXr9ZYsYCCT7ksJxEnGYcfj0c/w640-h304/20220411_125800.jpg" width="640" /></span></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #444444; font-family: inherit;">Rothesay Ferry Terminal + ferry.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><span style="color: #444444; font-family: inherit;"><br /></span><p><span style="color: #444444; font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="color: #444444; font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="color: #444444;">Next blog post - </span><a href="http://landscapeartnaturebirds.blogspot.com/2022/06/scotland-by-rail-rothesay-circular-walk.html" target="_blank">a 6km circular walk from Rothesay</a><span style="color: #444444;">.</span></p><p><span style="color: #444444; font-family: inherit;">Previous blog post - </span><a href="http://landscapeartnaturebirds.blogspot.com/2022/06/scotland-by-rail-half-hour-in-port.html" style="font-family: inherit;" target="_blank">Port Glasgow, on route to Wemyss Bay</a></p><div class="post-body entry-content" id="post-body-8872423298095030240" itemprop="description articleBody" style="background-color: white; line-height: 1.4; position: relative; width: 656px;"><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #444444; font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="color: #444444; font-family: inherit;">-----------------------</span></div><div><span style="color: #444444; font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="color: #444444; font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="color: #444444; font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div><div><b><span style="color: #444444; font-family: inherit;">Getting to Wemyss Bay:</span></b></div><div><b><span style="color: #444444; font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></b></div><div><span style="color: #444444; font-family: inherit;">Trains from Glasgow Central station are hourly and the journey takes about 50 minutes.</span></div><div><span style="color: #444444; font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="color: #444444; font-family: inherit;">Check ScotRail 'Buy Tickets' in advance of your journey - <a href="https://www.scotrail.co.uk/" style="text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">www.scotrail.co.uk</a></span></div><div><span style="color: #444444; font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="color: #444444; font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div><div><b><span style="color: #444444; font-family: inherit;">Ferry Wemyss Bay to Rothesay:</span></b></div><div><span style="color: #444444; font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="color: #444444; font-family: inherit;">The journey takes only about 35 minutes and ferries depart hourly from both Rothesay and Wemyss Bay</span></div><div><span style="color: #444444; font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="color: #444444; font-family: inherit;">Check Calmac timetable and website - <a href="http://www.calmac.co.uk/article/7826/Bute-Wemyss-Bay---Rothesay" target="_blank">www.calmac.co.uk/article/7826/Bute-Wemyss-Bay---Rothesay</a></span></div><div><span style="color: #444444; font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div><div><div><span style="color: #444444; font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="color: #444444; font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="color: #444444; font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="color: #444444; font-family: inherit;">-----------------------</span></div><div><span style="color: #444444; font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="color: #444444; font-family: inherit;">Thank you for reading my Scotland By Rail blog.</span></div><div><span style="color: #444444; font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="color: #444444; font-family: inherit;">Please spread the word and do let me know of any of your favourite railway days out. </span></div></div></div><div><span style="color: #444444; font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div></div><div class="post-footer" style="background-color: white; border-bottom: 1px solid rgb(255, 255, 255); color: #76a5af; font-family: Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 10.8px; line-height: 1.6; margin: 20px -2px 0px; padding: 5px 10px;"><div class="post-footer-line post-footer-line-1"><br /></div></div></div>Leo du Feu Painter of landscape and naturehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08209949942922567508noreply@blogger.com0Wemyss Bay, Wemyss Bay PA18 6AR, UK55.8760225 -4.88913275.84801328822099 -75.2016327 90 65.4233673tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5449447842234713078.post-88724232980950302402022-06-23T17:49:00.004+01:002022-06-28T18:26:56.223+01:00Scotland By Rail - half an hour in Port Glasgow, + video<p><span style="color: #444444; font-family: inherit;">Next post - </span><span style="color: #444444; font-family: inherit;"><a href="http://landscapeartnaturebirds.blogspot.com/2022/06/scotland-by-rail-wemyss-bay-station-and.html" target="_blank">Wemyss Bay and ferry to Bute</a></span></p><p><span style="color: #444444;">Third post - </span><a href="http://landscapeartnaturebirds.blogspot.com/2022/06/scotland-by-rail-rothesay-circular-walk.html" target="_blank">on Bute, a 6km circular walk from Rothesay</a><span style="color: #444444;">.</span></p><p><span style="color: #444444;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="color: #444444;">On my way to Wemyss Bay and the ferry to Rothesay (see future posts) I broke my journey in Port Glasgow. I wanted to see John McKenna's newly installed 33ft tall sculpture, Shipbuilders of Port Glasgow. I had half about half an hour before my next train and the walk to the shore and Shipbuilders is no more than five minutes, so fifteen minutes to enjoy looking out over the River Clyde, at the not-yet-finished ferry MV Glen Sannox, at the colossal Shipbuilders, at other public art I didn't know was there, and at a black guillemot. </span></p><p><span style="color: #444444;">The Shipbuilders of Port Glasgow are truly outstanding. Here they are:</span></p><p><span style="color: #444444;"><br /></span></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiLjTdxWxBl5lMlSpRUZYT17BKYCxwm0vz_kT0Puamg17XPpdBwIVM3ogHuywxYiX2HUVgJDvPe5zw0AIRsWbkVzLBNd8RupubViy9Gw9AokQp5sevaHBF7xOWjNbyqlrgx80X_8mhLWV35eqRvtYbA7QgoLm2gBeTkYVFiMwLbA4wYEOMg_dG_LWWc/s4032/20220411_100506.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><span style="color: #444444;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1908" data-original-width="4032" height="302" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiLjTdxWxBl5lMlSpRUZYT17BKYCxwm0vz_kT0Puamg17XPpdBwIVM3ogHuywxYiX2HUVgJDvPe5zw0AIRsWbkVzLBNd8RupubViy9Gw9AokQp5sevaHBF7xOWjNbyqlrgx80X_8mhLWV35eqRvtYbA7QgoLm2gBeTkYVFiMwLbA4wYEOMg_dG_LWWc/w640-h302/20220411_100506.jpg" width="640" /></span></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #444444;"><i>Shipbuilders of Port Glasgow</i>, John McKenna</span></td></tr></tbody></table><div><span style="color: #444444;"><br /></span></div><span style="color: #444444;"><br /></span><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhvp8m3YOgc5OpFBvNWC9ezHLFRWatz6O5lMIkpnETfNtIf6l3KV1hnPUkgMBkFNZe4XFwlNeTA9Q470Ub8SXAqwxRGe2tf1syRs8ycJWaCVZDk5wzHS1MwckEFhT5c30Me6S9dcMK4QryU_T2Y5UaEGH0WXbiIZDqXYYcqv5pHP4I4z12uwlbb_qn4/s4032/20220411_100734.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><span style="color: #444444;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1908" data-original-width="4032" height="302" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhvp8m3YOgc5OpFBvNWC9ezHLFRWatz6O5lMIkpnETfNtIf6l3KV1hnPUkgMBkFNZe4XFwlNeTA9Q470Ub8SXAqwxRGe2tf1syRs8ycJWaCVZDk5wzHS1MwckEFhT5c30Me6S9dcMK4QryU_T2Y5UaEGH0WXbiIZDqXYYcqv5pHP4I4z12uwlbb_qn4/w640-h302/20220411_100734.jpg" width="640" /></span></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #444444;"><i>Shipbuilders of Port Glasgow</i>, John McKenna</span></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table><div><span style="color: #444444;"><br /></span></div><span style="color: #444444;"><div><span style="color: #444444;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="color: #444444;">And here they are again in this short video / video blog / vlog I put on my:</span></div><div><span style="color: #444444;">- <a href="https://www.facebook.com/100003528787543/posts/pfbid0Di2Z2oFHZmQRFyy2R4jpxNDvK7cm4iXM48A4xVGmHxGQjFwocy74vimTaoJoVwdNl/?sfnsn=scwspwa" target="_blank">facebook</a></span></div><div><span style="color: #444444;">- <a href="https://www.instagram.com/tv/CcXiogGIan6/" target="_blank">instagram</a></span></div><div><span style="color: #444444;">- <a href="https://twitter.com/LeoduFeu/status/1514912589586870274?t=9m_wQGLWbRt3vm6jYYuwLg&s=19" target="_blank">twitter</a></span></div><div>Take your pick!</div><div><span style="color: #444444;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="color: #444444;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="color: #444444;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="color: #444444;">The Clyde:</span></div><br /></span><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhXoshKZZZ8KyX43Gs-lJaxJac1Tcq9zjvK_heQpX-labqXMDWXXgsmHqQGw3Qhaw05oc0CkB1mYSqkSpjZrRe-3aspmxmhVG-JNrwsoc_YXuzLUui8KSiRxJnajMvLPxT6niyHaj_KX9inBWBhK6ffGyQ_gwgw3oNyx6efWWShvV6zfS1_Ez6U43ta/s4032/20220411_100906.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><span style="color: #444444;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1908" data-original-width="4032" height="302" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhXoshKZZZ8KyX43Gs-lJaxJac1Tcq9zjvK_heQpX-labqXMDWXXgsmHqQGw3Qhaw05oc0CkB1mYSqkSpjZrRe-3aspmxmhVG-JNrwsoc_YXuzLUui8KSiRxJnajMvLPxT6niyHaj_KX9inBWBhK6ffGyQ_gwgw3oNyx6efWWShvV6zfS1_Ez6U43ta/w640-h302/20220411_100906.jpg" width="640" /></span></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #444444;">The River Clyde, looking north-west towards Helensburgh, the Rosneath peninsula and beyond.<br /><a href="http://landscapeartnaturebirds.blogspot.com/2022/01/scotland-by-rail-charles-rennie.html" target="_blank">Click here for previous Helensburgh Scotland By Rail blog post.)</a></span></td></tr></tbody></table><div><span style="color: #444444;"><br /></span></div><span style="color: #444444;"><br /></span><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiLzm5AsfXRyeEhjRwPcRrlOEpSk-n8EEfG1KHLZ_S3ayCmoO27F-3FM-VvEKBhSYkH8kMOte6Bvh1hkuLnJVis7FejbBkh0y3F7Uqfuxmh0TFb3H0HKes2id8KvCn5zSIMQy3DwyDgOlwLgwv0N4cSX8eu1JHoQlwwFfHvi6Ig4cb_RXousulMgbyc/s4032/20220411_100912.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><span style="color: #444444;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1908" data-original-width="4032" height="302" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiLzm5AsfXRyeEhjRwPcRrlOEpSk-n8EEfG1KHLZ_S3ayCmoO27F-3FM-VvEKBhSYkH8kMOte6Bvh1hkuLnJVis7FejbBkh0y3F7Uqfuxmh0TFb3H0HKes2id8KvCn5zSIMQy3DwyDgOlwLgwv0N4cSX8eu1JHoQlwwFfHvi6Ig4cb_RXousulMgbyc/w640-h302/20220411_100912.jpg" width="640" /></span></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #444444;">MV Glen Sannox, under construction..</span></td></tr></tbody></table><span style="color: #444444;"><br /><br /></span><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj4VCtG2MK6wjXJPnoHXeLoycKH_wKYPKIBkKBAosEgyvpt5dGUsWVYdUKGAQ-5a6imOOinFisJRIbSiyXbYAtB9BfkUykY0qamJZXKwm4xCi8WYHH90X1q9OWhrECe4Uk34UxFOWMusNryyP4uFPuZ64SV0VHKT4b-Vs_uAEzyg-4-Oc_XiArWYKYi/s2949/20220411_101131.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><span style="color: #444444;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1857" data-original-width="2949" height="404" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj4VCtG2MK6wjXJPnoHXeLoycKH_wKYPKIBkKBAosEgyvpt5dGUsWVYdUKGAQ-5a6imOOinFisJRIbSiyXbYAtB9BfkUykY0qamJZXKwm4xCi8WYHH90X1q9OWhrECe4Uk34UxFOWMusNryyP4uFPuZ64SV0VHKT4b-Vs_uAEzyg-4-Oc_XiArWYKYi/w640-h404/20220411_101131.jpg" width="640" /></span></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #444444;">Black guillemot. Living on the east coast I rarely see them.<br />The moment you get to a bit of west coast shore - there they are. <br />DYK they have bright red feet and inside-mouths to match?</span></td></tr></tbody></table><span style="color: #444444;"><br /><br /></span><div><span style="color: #444444;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="color: #444444;">Another shipping sculpture:</span><div><span style="color: #444444;"><br /></span><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjOMN8QA3w7MBMXO3DjADu3Y9KhWHbHuNs995G1Jq_NPMQ88GcnUFZ1WHoPfKGVQGZ9wbXotxINFzxCpohrzAAVBcQGumzeVQXxhVb2XOh6vgn__bHhIpEn2TQJbP_iZagEIsZyG_wMoyD_nopcL1AcG4T_BqRPEOxzMn90zenge8nc9ncc7kj1b1pN/s4032/20220411_101711.jpg"><span style="color: #444444;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1908" data-original-width="4032" height="302" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjOMN8QA3w7MBMXO3DjADu3Y9KhWHbHuNs995G1Jq_NPMQ88GcnUFZ1WHoPfKGVQGZ9wbXotxINFzxCpohrzAAVBcQGumzeVQXxhVb2XOh6vgn__bHhIpEn2TQJbP_iZagEIsZyG_wMoyD_nopcL1AcG4T_BqRPEOxzMn90zenge8nc9ncc7kj1b1pN/w640-h302/20220411_101711.jpg" width="640" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="color: #444444;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="color: #444444;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="color: #444444;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="color: #444444;">And other public art:</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="color: #444444;"><br /></span></div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg7_Iz_dpRKetMVVXQDJiFtE-YXp_U9wZoMBys3SysmhLvMhv5kgrd8TNkCegxu99R033kC7q9I6IFZtVJ4Pi4NrX_0r-2dLywdiZZLIePv8tukYd4q9ZxBCrdftvROWwD5d4RSx9CEmYEgCCQtScKxRY5knsHInysq0wcpP05IFXP7_OonWBvBF4LF/s3234/20220411_095940.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: #444444;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1908" data-original-width="3234" height="378" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg7_Iz_dpRKetMVVXQDJiFtE-YXp_U9wZoMBys3SysmhLvMhv5kgrd8TNkCegxu99R033kC7q9I6IFZtVJ4Pi4NrX_0r-2dLywdiZZLIePv8tukYd4q9ZxBCrdftvROWwD5d4RSx9CEmYEgCCQtScKxRY5knsHInysq0wcpP05IFXP7_OonWBvBF4LF/w640-h378/20220411_095940.jpg" width="640" /></span></a></div><span style="color: #444444;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="color: #444444;">An excellent set of murals at Port Glasgow station:</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #444444;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQ3n68B89iJGaQjfYmcSvASkO15Nfstq80rtrOERqdWFPnmJOoi8GDWwlZcnhF930FLPxydzmA0Y6quVQ1AMvLTp6QUFfD_KpWyrvW_ZPaR6wFI7lDzhooGd8dYpogZ1jq-KdSjse7VQKluymgSWNmsW5lpG8ejKLJqUoTHOeqPEASK-GM3TLSXrZC/s4032/20220411_095725.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: #444444;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1908" data-original-width="4032" height="302" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQ3n68B89iJGaQjfYmcSvASkO15Nfstq80rtrOERqdWFPnmJOoi8GDWwlZcnhF930FLPxydzmA0Y6quVQ1AMvLTp6QUFfD_KpWyrvW_ZPaR6wFI7lDzhooGd8dYpogZ1jq-KdSjse7VQKluymgSWNmsW5lpG8ejKLJqUoTHOeqPEASK-GM3TLSXrZC/w640-h302/20220411_095725.jpg" width="640" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgk0zZhUMAHbPE81sN7D7wanpfy8z41fex6NJ-1gXGLgOpHwHTXlpLScUynkw96r6tTejASoHsk8wlX_JNbAmPjW6zVcCUHpBcRBD2aDhSB-Jty41X6fs3O1tVFRnwn2rY9x9n-NUk0pb7KNPFAnVtebXLXY5A57Ui-NXN5YTDqfliBOLt-XncEFa9g/s1438/20220411_095702.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: #444444;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1438" data-original-width="1208" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgk0zZhUMAHbPE81sN7D7wanpfy8z41fex6NJ-1gXGLgOpHwHTXlpLScUynkw96r6tTejASoHsk8wlX_JNbAmPjW6zVcCUHpBcRBD2aDhSB-Jty41X6fs3O1tVFRnwn2rY9x9n-NUk0pb7KNPFAnVtebXLXY5A57Ui-NXN5YTDqfliBOLt-XncEFa9g/w538-h640/20220411_095702.jpg" width="538" /></span></a></div><span style="color: #444444;"><br /><br /><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="color: #444444;">I'll go for more than half an hour next time.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="color: #444444;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="color: #444444;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="color: #444444;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="color: #444444;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Next blog post - </span><span style="font-family: inherit;"><a href="http://landscapeartnaturebirds.blogspot.com/2022/06/scotland-by-rail-wemyss-bay-station-and.html" target="_blank">Wemyss Bay and ferry to Bute</a></span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="color: #444444;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="color: #444444;">Third post - <a href="http://landscapeartnaturebirds.blogspot.com/2022/06/scotland-by-rail-rothesay-circular-walk.html" target="_blank">on Bute, a 6km circular walk from Rothesay</a></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #444444;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="color: #444444;">-----------------------</span></div><div><span style="color: #444444;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="color: #444444;"><br /></span></div><div><b><span style="color: #444444;">Getting to Port Glasgow:</span></b></div><div><b><span style="color: #444444;"><br /></span></b></div><div><span style="color: #444444;">Port Glasgow is 20 miles west of Glasgow. The journey takes roughly half an hour from</span><span style="color: #444444;"> Glasgow Central station with three trains an hour on weekdays and Saturdays and two an hour on Sundays.</span></div><div><span style="color: #444444;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="color: #444444;">Check ScotRail 'Buy Tickets' in advance of your journey - </span><span style="color: #444444;"><a href="https://www.scotrail.co.uk/" target="_blank">www.scotrail.co.uk</a></span></div><div><span style="color: #444444;"><br /></span></div><div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><span style="color: #444444;">-----------------------</span></div><div><span style="color: #444444;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="color: #444444;">Thank you for reading my Scotland By Rail blog.</span></div><div><span style="color: #444444;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="color: #444444;">Please spread the word and do let me know of any of your favourite railway days out. </span></div></div></div></div><div><span style="color: #444444;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="color: #444444;"><br /></span></div>Leo du Feu Painter of landscape and naturehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08209949942922567508noreply@blogger.com0Port Glasgow, UK55.932291 -4.679806999999999427.622057163821154 -39.836057 84.242524836178845 30.476443tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5449447842234713078.post-67702293474127235862022-05-19T16:26:00.000+01:002022-05-19T16:26:06.884+01:00Scotland By Rail - Redhall Walled Garden, Edinburgh<div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgKvHIxhqP2NTGCjBqhuglrGZ-WD30mRFsnscGM5itUPYGz_9AudanI-h6VMjMFSRZ6tXqH1JCzeXZplFNy61XewD0fyE8ysptYRv8vblBQarwI4mFQ4SfToGvJF8FiZecHN-T0DhXkmZYTrUj1nxAym11xJtvx-eo6Dr6kJs-luQ-_T_29JjWniJxD/s4032/Leo%20du%20Feu,%20Redhall%20Walled%20Garden,%202022%20(21).jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: #444444;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1908" data-original-width="4032" height="302" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgKvHIxhqP2NTGCjBqhuglrGZ-WD30mRFsnscGM5itUPYGz_9AudanI-h6VMjMFSRZ6tXqH1JCzeXZplFNy61XewD0fyE8ysptYRv8vblBQarwI4mFQ4SfToGvJF8FiZecHN-T0DhXkmZYTrUj1nxAym11xJtvx-eo6Dr6kJs-luQ-_T_29JjWniJxD/w640-h302/Leo%20du%20Feu,%20Redhall%20Walled%20Garden,%202022%20(21).jpg" width="640" /></span></a></div><span style="color: #444444;"><br /></span></div><span style="color: #444444; font-family: inherit;">So sorry it's taken such a time to get this online. Several other Scotland By Rail days to follow soon!</span><div><span style="color: #444444; font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="color: #444444; font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="color: #444444; font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="color: #444444; font-family: inherit;">My last post was a really enjoyable and almost all traffic free <a href="http://landscapeartnaturebirds.blogspot.com/2022/02/scotland-by-rail-edinburgh-haymarket-to.html" target="_blank">walk along canal and river to Redhall Walled Garden</a>. This one shows the garden itself. Please note these photos were all taken back in February and March.</span></div><div><span style="color: #444444; font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="color: #444444;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">SAMH's (<a href="https://www.samh.org.uk/" target="_blank">Scottish Association for Mental Health</a>) Redhall Walled Garden is <i>"</i><span style="background-color: white;"><i>a therapeutic horticultural project based in a beautiful walled garden."</i> </span><span style="background-color: white;">It certainly is beautiful. </span></span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: inherit;">I've only been in winter and spring when bulbs and tubers are poking their way through the leaf litter then turn by turn opening flowerheads wide. The woodland garden corner especially was an absolute dream. By now, the start of summer, the whole garden will be looking so lush.</span></span></div><div><span style="color: #444444;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="color: #444444;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: inherit;">Visitors are welcome at Redhall Walled Garden from 9am - 4pm Monday to Friday. </span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: inherit;">The garden is closed at weekends apart from special open days. Keep an eye on their Facebook page for updates - </span><a href="https://www.facebook.com/RedhallWalledGarden/" target="_blank">www.facebook.com/RedhallWalledGarden</a></span></div><div><span style="color: #444444;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="color: #444444;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj01ujCn7wm1hrr4F5bd0dt3n1hrLjn2DOH0tYVE2ByBKy5K5j0Cg7wzJTl6lotg5cVv83x3rrwjJ-zm6qQMdEAlwStW5NAbPVZ9aW5GoiR_MZJPZIUPaWqI5SQPI9KtX8bddTBTJrZygFidR1rLz7unpkXw8jyl1FhaIlU85R7nM2_rju5lhe_Lh0v/s4032/Leo%20du%20Feu,%20Redhall%20Walled%20Garden,%202022%20(1).jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: #444444;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1908" data-original-width="4032" height="302" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj01ujCn7wm1hrr4F5bd0dt3n1hrLjn2DOH0tYVE2ByBKy5K5j0Cg7wzJTl6lotg5cVv83x3rrwjJ-zm6qQMdEAlwStW5NAbPVZ9aW5GoiR_MZJPZIUPaWqI5SQPI9KtX8bddTBTJrZygFidR1rLz7unpkXw8jyl1FhaIlU85R7nM2_rju5lhe_Lh0v/w640-h302/Leo%20du%20Feu,%20Redhall%20Walled%20Garden,%202022%20(1).jpg" width="640" /></span></a></div><span style="color: #444444;"><br /></span><div><span style="color: #444444;"><br /></span></div><div><br /></div><div><span style="color: #444444;">But I must warn you that Redhall has:</span></div><div><span style="color: #444444;"><br /></span></div><div><b style="color: #444444; font-size: xx-large;">🚨</b><span style="font-size: x-large;"><b><span style="color: #444444;">**</span><span style="color: #a64d79;">PLANTS FOR SALE</span><span style="color: #444444;">**🚨</span></b></span></div><div><br /></div><div><span style="color: #444444;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="color: #444444;">Not just a few plants. Hundreds and hundreds, in great variety and at much better than garden centre prices, and supporting a great project - proceeds going to the work of the garden. If you are, say, running a weekly art workshop there, you'll find it almost impossible not to buy another two or three to carry home on the train each day.</span></div><div><span style="color: #444444;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="color: #444444;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhRGFxyvICYwJM7nla8KtnZNi0YRdWQh65FKNFkjZ_qoA7-vZS2eoS7-oNYHqCc3sMV6KI77vvw8TUQekJjA9IqSgtYDOHQ6eORFm0A5TWtBZwR5X9RV9iGmJnCVRT6ZnZn7A_xmb5GGTj5ArzowRmyadf5S8cTCEb0sQNlNiH_fiQJ4QqZL3Riwuer/s4032/Leo%20du%20Feu,%20Redhall%20Walled%20Garden,%202022%20(16).jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: #444444;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1908" data-original-width="4032" height="189" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhRGFxyvICYwJM7nla8KtnZNi0YRdWQh65FKNFkjZ_qoA7-vZS2eoS7-oNYHqCc3sMV6KI77vvw8TUQekJjA9IqSgtYDOHQ6eORFm0A5TWtBZwR5X9RV9iGmJnCVRT6ZnZn7A_xmb5GGTj5ArzowRmyadf5S8cTCEb0sQNlNiH_fiQJ4QqZL3Riwuer/w400-h189/Leo%20du%20Feu,%20Redhall%20Walled%20Garden,%202022%20(16).jpg" width="400" /></span></a></div><span style="color: #444444;"><br /></span><div><span style="color: #444444;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="color: #444444;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="color: #444444;">Here's the garden:</span></div><div><span style="color: #444444;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="color: #444444;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhltirI_dtJ1gfLjX5Xx8JzAJHo6fmXbXAbpoyaeEByRNN34-Bne-sdb6Ouw5erUITyYtohXG1idH0DBKG4_BCuOwOitIKrxecMl7sZlbfv5swkWE6LB0J2ZhU_8iDkZfoX0H-8yE9YMnKbSVeBvFS2qBC7uiajbJkx32Np8z5NdnVPTNZOXrBV9bh9/s4032/Leo%20du%20Feu,%20Redhall%20Walled%20Garden,%202022%20(22).jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><span style="color: #444444;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1908" data-original-width="4032" height="302" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhltirI_dtJ1gfLjX5Xx8JzAJHo6fmXbXAbpoyaeEByRNN34-Bne-sdb6Ouw5erUITyYtohXG1idH0DBKG4_BCuOwOitIKrxecMl7sZlbfv5swkWE6LB0J2ZhU_8iDkZfoX0H-8yE9YMnKbSVeBvFS2qBC7uiajbJkx32Np8z5NdnVPTNZOXrBV9bh9/w640-h302/Leo%20du%20Feu,%20Redhall%20Walled%20Garden,%202022%20(22).jpg" width="640" /></span></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #444444;">unfinished new stained glass window for Redhall</span></td></tr></tbody></table><span style="color: #444444;"><br /></span><div><br /></div><div><div><span style="color: #444444;">-----------------------</span></div><div><span style="color: #444444;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="color: #444444;"><br /></span></div><div><b><span style="color: #444444;">Getting to Redhall Walled Garden:</span></b></div><div><b><span style="color: #444444;"><br /></span></b></div><div><span style="color: #444444;">- train to Edinburgh Haymarket then follow this lovely waterside walk - <a href="http://landscapeartnaturebirds.blogspot.com/2022/02/scotland-by-rail-edinburgh-haymarket-to.html" target="_blank">http://landscapeartnaturebirds.blogspot.com/2022/02/scotland-by-rail-edinburgh-haymarket-to.html</a></span></div><div><span style="color: #444444;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="color: #444444;">- get train from Haymarket / Waverley to Slateford or Kingsknowe station. Each of these station is only about a 15 minute walk from the Redhall Walled Garden. Trains from these stations are usually hourly - check your journey in advance on ScotRail website or app - <a href="http://www.scotrail.co.uk/" target="_blank">www.scotrail.co.uk</a></span></div><div><span style="color: #444444;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="color: #444444;">- get one of various frequent buses from the city centre to anywhere you please on Lanark Road. The closest stop is called "Redhall View", only a</span><span style="color: #444444;"> couple of minutes walk from the garden.</span></div><div><div><span style="color: #444444;"><br /></span></div><div><br /></div><div><div><span style="color: #444444;">-----------------------</span></div></div><div><span style="color: #444444;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="color: #444444;">Thank you for reading my Scotland By Rail blog. Please share with anyone who might be interested and let me know if there are any railway days out you recommend me to try. </span></div></div><div><br /></div></div><div><div><br /></div></div>Leo du Feu Painter of landscape and naturehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08209949942922567508noreply@blogger.com1Redhall Walled Garden (SAMH), 97 Lanark Rd, Edinburgh EH14 2LZ, UK55.9203371 -3.25144527.610103263821152 -38.407695 84.23057093617885 31.904805tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5449447842234713078.post-60985165867488480022022-02-10T17:50:00.000+00:002022-02-10T17:50:25.551+00:00Scotland By Rail - Edinburgh Haymarket to Redhall Walled Garden along the Union Canal & Water of Leith<p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjkgeNGwsY_H-1hIjdb3kh1N91qrgUnxqUCBKHZQEtkUZzaat51VorL3Mw5axqcX53gFGOrvtq3VFxlle9JspOQ2_5wNOi94CrhmdELmyzqcQ-TbszLgHmhE6i4bATcUo3L4cZzwtjkVoPwItKM5ojxkixtoA4uIuSD_dAM8-LUeSbjXLcl-xj_D85_=s3235" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1282" data-original-width="3235" height="254" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjkgeNGwsY_H-1hIjdb3kh1N91qrgUnxqUCBKHZQEtkUZzaat51VorL3Mw5axqcX53gFGOrvtq3VFxlle9JspOQ2_5wNOi94CrhmdELmyzqcQ-TbszLgHmhE6i4bATcUo3L4cZzwtjkVoPwItKM5ojxkixtoA4uIuSD_dAM8-LUeSbjXLcl-xj_D85_=w640-h254" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: left;"><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="color: #444444; font-family: inherit;">Water of Leith and red wall of Redhall</span></i></div><i><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="color: #444444; font-family: inherit;">(Walled Garden).</span></i></div><span style="color: #444444; font-family: inherit;"><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="color: #444444; font-family: inherit;">Hoping for a Kingfisher or Dipper.</span></i></div></span></i></td></tr></tbody></table></p><p><span style="color: #444444; font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="color: #444444; font-family: inherit;">A three mile walk from Edinburgh Haymarket to Redhall Walled Garden. Almost entirely traffic-free along the very well-walked and safe feeling Union Canal & Water of Leith. At a fast speed I with long legs can manage it in a bit over an hour. I prefer taking much longer and enjoying all there is to see -including cafe at Water of Leith Visitor Centre!</span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #444444; font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="color: #444444; font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="color: #444444; font-family: inherit;">Get off the train at Haymarket, a great one for train watching with four-year-olds. These are the views looking west and east from the station concourse:</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="color: #444444; font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEj9c80VFLYeqWXUHSMUqOqdpDxMiTzHeKnybL3BplgZK4j1YFH5iidtedPGZMPuKNfUm6w1fc1jRgkOdsotdkfuMIUDbZK8MgasipQoNTtVDNKMGwRDnm6Pegbqz2ePAADDXvFBR4lfKnuwtXMD-olsdi08rYGwiNwlb0FmeZCjqqNayNui7KoVbbyK=s4032" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: #444444; font-family: inherit;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1908" data-original-width="4032" height="302" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEj9c80VFLYeqWXUHSMUqOqdpDxMiTzHeKnybL3BplgZK4j1YFH5iidtedPGZMPuKNfUm6w1fc1jRgkOdsotdkfuMIUDbZK8MgasipQoNTtVDNKMGwRDnm6Pegbqz2ePAADDXvFBR4lfKnuwtXMD-olsdi08rYGwiNwlb0FmeZCjqqNayNui7KoVbbyK=w640-h302" width="640" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #444444;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEihhqS9ux-tU7ujGGkXpicXN38Lqqd9y0OXz6nvvhdqDpbw9_TduSnrhALPmVkDOvgZWNHEcLD_FfcSjaEqxZ4NEvYeRFP8ALckUFsJx80ACV-FXpjkohWmSLVDaNJO-zl9s36bHXprwwNEyjJF42yRsPWuNFAgR1W3uzY1JWYp5OqkBEde0W06uYbo=s4032" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: #444444;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1908" data-original-width="4032" height="302" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEihhqS9ux-tU7ujGGkXpicXN38Lqqd9y0OXz6nvvhdqDpbw9_TduSnrhALPmVkDOvgZWNHEcLD_FfcSjaEqxZ4NEvYeRFP8ALckUFsJx80ACV-FXpjkohWmSLVDaNJO-zl9s36bHXprwwNEyjJF42yRsPWuNFAgR1W3uzY1JWYp5OqkBEde0W06uYbo=w640-h302" width="640" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #444444;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #444444;"> </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="color: #444444;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="color: #444444;">It's hard to remember now just how much smaller and darker Haymarket used to be. It's my favourite of all the big station renovations. These two pics show the old stone building and how it was incorporated into the new:</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #444444;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEg0CJJn8GAfkNkOJZp4wUNccvuwbxwKCJRC8SGjQcifDPkB-nEJzz1iH8JwXgt5NHyyxbuWVRe7ZRTm8QUz8mePy2PdH7PShlkCQaPnzaictBjWrX6CTtaOn8H08NP32CSIq0MWJsVhR2ieMPR0VWnwFTPKzaUr67WYNVJf0g1IbYBYxdMw4PP9mW-C=s4032" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: #444444;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1908" data-original-width="4032" height="302" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEg0CJJn8GAfkNkOJZp4wUNccvuwbxwKCJRC8SGjQcifDPkB-nEJzz1iH8JwXgt5NHyyxbuWVRe7ZRTm8QUz8mePy2PdH7PShlkCQaPnzaictBjWrX6CTtaOn8H08NP32CSIq0MWJsVhR2ieMPR0VWnwFTPKzaUr67WYNVJf0g1IbYBYxdMw4PP9mW-C=w640-h302" width="640" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #444444;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEif5M7fdhwxMdAVMD75ZDW_iWdwXj8kLVJibkic_iXzU2PiEIco7Ec_GGJa3fAzg4kFtooyh98vaESxQxcfex4xqKQlZ3z3BWs2KLVsj_sBc3-wO1h1SPBCjSVUUTKj1UnstQg0nBWlSUcMLGF_jQli4o7q3nM8bZU7q1poXeJLe_VaFd4qTtHeyHXH=s4032" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: #444444;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1908" data-original-width="4032" height="302" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEif5M7fdhwxMdAVMD75ZDW_iWdwXj8kLVJibkic_iXzU2PiEIco7Ec_GGJa3fAzg4kFtooyh98vaESxQxcfex4xqKQlZ3z3BWs2KLVsj_sBc3-wO1h1SPBCjSVUUTKj1UnstQg0nBWlSUcMLGF_jQli4o7q3nM8bZU7q1poXeJLe_VaFd4qTtHeyHXH=w640-h302" width="640" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #444444;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="color: #444444;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="color: #444444;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="color: #444444;">There's loads of bike parking space outside:</span></div><span style="color: #444444;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjh3BRqdRs55vkzwnmwHv_vhKWxKH4gIEpF9czhbkMuBucnQ9WwBtI3ftK8w3TObnrj6G4ofz2xjtsZGwmdnIETrK9iLKlbrQ2aQjFBbBb4pDDfJA24aBrro2XjiOBZfq9YuVuGcE0PDlcd1NjxGidoR5Y1SiS72eCKpRLY696TRce_4h9O_ISRSi7v=s4032" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: #444444;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1908" data-original-width="4032" height="302" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjh3BRqdRs55vkzwnmwHv_vhKWxKH4gIEpF9czhbkMuBucnQ9WwBtI3ftK8w3TObnrj6G4ofz2xjtsZGwmdnIETrK9iLKlbrQ2aQjFBbBb4pDDfJA24aBrro2XjiOBZfq9YuVuGcE0PDlcd1NjxGidoR5Y1SiS72eCKpRLY696TRce_4h9O_ISRSi7v=w640-h302" width="640" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #444444;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #444444;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="color: #444444;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="color: #444444;">From Haymarket turn right past historic Ryrie's Bar (interesting reading about its past <a href="https://www.ryries.bar/history" target="_blank">here</a>) and a huge construction site gradually shutting away the sky. Walk a short way along Dalry Road past an excellent Shelter shop then turn left up pedestrianised Dalry Place past the house where I spend the first two years of my life:</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="color: #444444;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhjXY83ckxxex8KdhzQ5y0VK6Ml31nkTyHTZmOUEE2wF5dXptBKSb8HJZqctL43mn58S5y-Yf-bcjxw2kX4sZIZEV3jwOuWIggPdYgCQNLvtVHvOJ1yW_ibJKHELvZtE3nn2q8uUhjLZKqs9pYbwXAk2sqg8Or74ARaJ6SmeRQBtte1cRx8YvYedbk5=s4032" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: #444444;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1908" data-original-width="4032" height="302" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhjXY83ckxxex8KdhzQ5y0VK6Ml31nkTyHTZmOUEE2wF5dXptBKSb8HJZqctL43mn58S5y-Yf-bcjxw2kX4sZIZEV3jwOuWIggPdYgCQNLvtVHvOJ1yW_ibJKHELvZtE3nn2q8uUhjLZKqs9pYbwXAk2sqg8Or74ARaJ6SmeRQBtte1cRx8YvYedbk5=w640-h302" width="640" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #444444;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #444444;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="color: #444444;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="color: #444444;">At the top of Dalry Place turn right and curve round with Morrison Crescent until you reach the lights taking you safely across the nasty Western Approach Road:</span></div><span style="color: #444444;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhO79W69GGf0dpToyxcDK7dwCI8RF3q-DmvZO9DwjQ3RMKbKwDoQtrA43FRc0H8QT1wF_HA0_uYtLH5R3a1gJ5YBOamSrP3N-66EQQ44dbqH7PLKYlHSzt0Sy-w9fFaVqARt8WsnLc7W1zDJVNIYfv1ysNlhBCTrNTRTcCMqzyJDGfzrAX0UBe1QpnF=s2944" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: #444444;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2184" data-original-width="2944" height="474" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhO79W69GGf0dpToyxcDK7dwCI8RF3q-DmvZO9DwjQ3RMKbKwDoQtrA43FRc0H8QT1wF_HA0_uYtLH5R3a1gJ5YBOamSrP3N-66EQQ44dbqH7PLKYlHSzt0Sy-w9fFaVqARt8WsnLc7W1zDJVNIYfv1ysNlhBCTrNTRTcCMqzyJDGfzrAX0UBe1QpnF=w640-h474" width="640" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #444444;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #444444;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #444444;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="color: #444444;">A good bit of urban tree planting as you walk straight ahead along McEwan Square (though more tall buildings have recently stolen the sky) but sadly sadly a lot of these are ash trees and last year were <a href="https://www.woodlandtrust.org.uk/trees-woods-and-wildlife/tree-pests-and-diseases/key-tree-pests-and-diseases/ash-dieback/" target="_blank">looking pretty unwell</a>:</span></div><span style="color: #444444;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgcWZhRyzC17amoGNsL2zUDFJucRFdmpVQYWfQiGiak3GBA6JNQDIxaN4rtf_yQkMss9zgGAnuoQjjF6E_SQRwOAbimbth77BV6W0Q5vaS9eEZE41miUqo8GV_xS3EOiMRBI_6McxDPxCTS6JrvnYj9l3NLSAj0oI7e3XfoiKDD0uFH2F_rriLgYkVP=s4032" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: #444444;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1908" data-original-width="4032" height="302" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgcWZhRyzC17amoGNsL2zUDFJucRFdmpVQYWfQiGiak3GBA6JNQDIxaN4rtf_yQkMss9zgGAnuoQjjF6E_SQRwOAbimbth77BV6W0Q5vaS9eEZE41miUqo8GV_xS3EOiMRBI_6McxDPxCTS6JrvnYj9l3NLSAj0oI7e3XfoiKDD0uFH2F_rriLgYkVP=w640-h302" width="640" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #444444;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #444444;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #444444;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="color: #444444;">Cross Fountainbridge / Dundee Street (turning right takes you to cinema and bowling) and walk uphill up Gilmore Park. <a href="https://edinburghprintmakers.co.uk/" target="_blank">Edinburgh Printmakers</a> is on your right with a <a href="https://edinburghprintmakers.co.uk/visit/cafe" target="_blank">great cafe</a> and <a href="https://edinburghprintmakers.co.uk/shop/" target="_blank">print Viewing Rooms</a>:</span></div><span style="color: #444444;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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text-align: center;"><span style="color: #444444;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="color: #444444;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="color: #444444;">From here it's easy - turn right and walk along the Union Canal westwards for two miles until you reach the Slateford aqueduct. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="color: #444444;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="color: #444444;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="color: #444444;">On the way there's all this to enjoy:</span></div><span style="color: #444444;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEh6AQS80TrhHyPRFA2JurkY892hxhmqScPdeAdTMhozPv9ZMpXgpg6bY6jSh9CKkyR4tPk32egVef6K3KYSDmaAfRwDQcFA9iGir7VeYg5e6VrzEwMg4pgS4MJDoQptizmBf7WDZVkPCkhRlp2WPtSvC1gOe_i9GAT39rHeE_TN7M89wjirDvhzIxYD=s4032" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; 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margin-right: auto;" width="640" /></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>first glimpse of the Pentland Hills</i></td></tr></tbody></table><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgsnTDGOoONGJg8Kkw4T-sPMmGe_L9CSI4O6btUMP8WoLmj1khMR2TjxKZ1a4V82x62rNiTBxUcq_n3RrrXlnV_bhFm6-upiGEYqGcU1jtAIZLwXVgZMTqLb10WJCBTGsC_TYC67KCcZ9gwv6ecS5OnM1wWIQWUD2lRUAsRfmVPpdqhOJ9Jdf9a5WsT=s4032" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><i><span style="color: #444444;"></span></i></a></div><span style="color: #444444;"><div><span style="color: #444444;"><br /></span></div><br /></span><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2920" data-original-width="1830" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgbxaTljY7u8VcVHlHA0RFS3bQTzGLfMwCpJLTHQB_Xub4hUBP7Ls0GZ0iIAlBcZw4uiYB98ZFDhQeOoSdkX-CEKIHULFI8n-KnIWZLo5FflzvjV9L-OGIJSQ3mwVQo7ejde49WrcEZ9eGZ5z1YQij4w2Ge42qFa_P1oM1hZnCspnNd76UVJp2CbbDf=w402-h640" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;" width="402" /></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i><a href="https://www.facebook.com/groups/900961676672747/" target="_blank">Harrison Park</a> looks a great one with open space, tree planting, dog-free playparks and community events</i></td></tr></tbody></table><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgbxaTljY7u8VcVHlHA0RFS3bQTzGLfMwCpJLTHQB_Xub4hUBP7Ls0GZ0iIAlBcZw4uiYB98ZFDhQeOoSdkX-CEKIHULFI8n-KnIWZLo5FflzvjV9L-OGIJSQ3mwVQo7ejde49WrcEZ9eGZ5z1YQij4w2Ge42qFa_P1oM1hZnCspnNd76UVJp2CbbDf=s2920" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: #444444;"></span></a></div><span style="color: #444444;"><br /><br />A lot of watersports take place along this stretch:</span><div><span style="color: #444444;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhvNSjNZPnzd7DS8qa67BhzYrUja6hc4BF-pAXxj9gzslbiSPZkBKxHMlVU1DO_ltgNWpwi4oA5_7AOduo8fRZTe4OsLhK2zuug19EEmck_yX7GvtTKPINtAfdKopy7Brx4huHJ-7ReCUVUJ6tOYZWh4sgontEcYpsNFEkK9wYAS4dtlkoYyf5_JO4z=s4032" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; 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margin-right: auto;" width="640" /></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="color: #444444;">canal crossing railway</span></i></td></tr></tbody></table><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEj9e3l0PN4NA2l2vy0cR-4lrCCCRde8n8GPmvTK5WnuMT7ZC_oLR9jWr7z5aySUR8LIGzlyg4nJ4Uy1pmQfWEEsnrGpOXGbVQKYok6naDiFo8P2PbpKDy4yMl2T17vfXWFjnMS3OrhUxGsBdrRXoPD-sy-XDJNEHKDko-oEaHZWgOJ4bffkekmvsY6V=s4032" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><i><span style="color: #444444;"></span></i></a></div><span style="color: #444444;"><br /></span><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1908" data-original-width="4032" height="302" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjwhvElh49sEdnUJdkPyeVc-ksVLe0UTWuWX64rnMqA7hbq8UJi8KYW5w_KZcqG5ZfW5XCHO5pPNl4pUNWFOlKas5iRT4JyRC6PLexN3UDGbgB2yK9f9PFeRdkJNO8cnT7JjTjKRODbpVbBLKHDkvK5H9YV9u8LwdPURtN3DnYRD0WeuRXvu7qxPEix=w640-h302" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;" width="640" /></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>If you're out of time you can at this point leave the canal and walk a short way to Slateford station.<br />Trains from Slateford run only hourly.</i></td></tr></tbody></table><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjwhvElh49sEdnUJdkPyeVc-ksVLe0UTWuWX64rnMqA7hbq8UJi8KYW5w_KZcqG5ZfW5XCHO5pPNl4pUNWFOlKas5iRT4JyRC6PLexN3UDGbgB2yK9f9PFeRdkJNO8cnT7JjTjKRODbpVbBLKHDkvK5H9YV9u8LwdPURtN3DnYRD0WeuRXvu7qxPEix=s4032" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: #444444;"></span></a></div><span style="color: #444444;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="color: #444444;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="color: #444444;">But you'd miss some more great gardens (and Wood pigeons):<br /><br /></span><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; 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margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1908" data-original-width="4032" height="302" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgDeo8KQTp45UkLfA1sMjdEn85_IEunnS4HNx4K2GOtvQiGCmlBU5XciGj_-QH5OXeN9e5WmlZmvD1FyOimd2KKPoSJ6QvbnfrFoTYq4K51EHq0OFJTb20gba_FrI1sOEI4HbsoqkZ09B95W_RBVPVG8M5jPkOr_Ev-zgZxlUFWl-SJcIvFZ1am2oBU=w640-h302" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;" width="640" /></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>Note the trough on the right for wheeling bikes up and down. If only all steps were this thoughtful.</i></td></tr></tbody></table><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgDeo8KQTp45UkLfA1sMjdEn85_IEunnS4HNx4K2GOtvQiGCmlBU5XciGj_-QH5OXeN9e5WmlZmvD1FyOimd2KKPoSJ6QvbnfrFoTYq4K51EHq0OFJTb20gba_FrI1sOEI4HbsoqkZ09B95W_RBVPVG8M5jPkOr_Ev-zgZxlUFWl-SJcIvFZ1am2oBU=s4032" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><i><span style="color: #444444;"></span></i></a></div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEheg9c3LgCQOW1jSxt8T7TVAzr_uS5BD6RNoFSvgliZMoya-rDvljQBLf0x7254ix6DeGSdUKYtT-26jo87glTQ6eHczrw2Bmc6IflBOry-vGOI4EY67Vd3Lc53YYVoMmW7XF-AOxRwIKMrBB7VKUoRPJP7Mw5RHXlhYHSqKx78UfFSebWyHOebirW9=s4608" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: #444444;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2184" data-original-width="4608" height="304" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEheg9c3LgCQOW1jSxt8T7TVAzr_uS5BD6RNoFSvgliZMoya-rDvljQBLf0x7254ix6DeGSdUKYtT-26jo87glTQ6eHczrw2Bmc6IflBOry-vGOI4EY67Vd3Lc53YYVoMmW7XF-AOxRwIKMrBB7VKUoRPJP7Mw5RHXlhYHSqKx78UfFSebWyHOebirW9=w640-h304" width="640" /></span></a></div><span style="color: #444444;"><div><span style="color: #444444;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="color: #444444;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="color: #444444;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="color: #444444;">--</span></div><div><span style="color: #444444;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="color: #444444;"><b>The River</b></span></div><div><span style="color: #444444;"><br /></span></div>You're on the Water of Leith now!</span></div><div><span style="color: #444444;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="color: #444444;">Turn left for the Water of Leith Visitor Centre and the rest of our walk to Redhall Walled Garden:</span></div><div><span style="color: #444444;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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text-align: center;"><span style="color: #444444;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #444444;"><br /></span></div><span style="color: #444444;">The <a href="https://www.waterofleith.org.uk/visitor-centre/" target="_blank">Water of Leith Visitor Centre</a> is a lovely, small, free to enter centre with cafe, toilets, info to read, hands-on displays for the little and big ones, local books to buy.</span></div><div><span style="color: #444444;"> </span></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjzEblneCkpOLjx3pcJq8H61euyzQy7h34bro5oWjM7awwUPkbvr7OgcuaggdKmODlFGKYa30D-IyqvJkPgFbNFKKUWwLAkta-8Jb_2Yb46X4pWW5nr_eJh_6aIrvsBCYYlgReYWeG5Od5HE5H-y3P5y7pTBpGw71HvQ_vKgMwVBISk5SpE9Y5zJwaN=s4608" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: #444444;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2184" data-original-width="4608" height="304" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjzEblneCkpOLjx3pcJq8H61euyzQy7h34bro5oWjM7awwUPkbvr7OgcuaggdKmODlFGKYa30D-IyqvJkPgFbNFKKUWwLAkta-8Jb_2Yb46X4pWW5nr_eJh_6aIrvsBCYYlgReYWeG5Od5HE5H-y3P5y7pTBpGw71HvQ_vKgMwVBISk5SpE9Y5zJwaN=w640-h304" width="640" /></span></a></div><span style="color: #444444;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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margin-right: auto;" width="588" /></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>Very useful map of the whole Water of Leith walkway from Balerno to Leith. Only £1.</i></td></tr></tbody></table><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjPbd6O_UDm1XJ41P13D7j-hAO1KpfdfpoSqrV0PhYCU0VTLEaTUWBaxUc5H0PGy9aohMx4zULHSbJ8T8nrmYlKm-oxDEhoG4_1RiwnWPhjFMNUC9Z5gSNC2nKtXi4dJ2wF1SHT6sdk2idkKsbh7cVXIyhOe1whHoUyl0Us2YsNuwSRj9XG1ZTmlJKu=s1653" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><i><span style="color: #444444;"></span></i></a></div><span style="color: #444444;"><br /></span><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1686" data-original-width="2451" height="440" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhl8_tkwrYo5S91QUhj3RbByisxDOP-PdiOJQKELikL0isXN-f5NyZpA4DHstihLjttACD_LbRYFfmP06HvHBYvndzrhyOZhxt3qHj1mrCUAISE_IT_pDBSRSoApVYGLouBLzISjZjZPf_GAKuRk8PK51N1hzMVOMKVKRLiUYdjwnhqBHi1uiHrJjzi=w640-h440" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;" width="640" /></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>and an audio trail - <a href="http://www.waterofleith.org.uk/audio-trail/">www.waterofleith.org.uk/audio-trail/</a></i></td></tr></tbody></table><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhl8_tkwrYo5S91QUhj3RbByisxDOP-PdiOJQKELikL0isXN-f5NyZpA4DHstihLjttACD_LbRYFfmP06HvHBYvndzrhyOZhxt3qHj1mrCUAISE_IT_pDBSRSoApVYGLouBLzISjZjZPf_GAKuRk8PK51N1hzMVOMKVKRLiUYdjwnhqBHi1uiHrJjzi=s2451" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><i><span style="color: #444444;"></span></i></a></div><span style="color: #444444;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEggddIqaL1lLnWksoEdnNV4uAkKeE1mbZmNezK2bz7VRctJjhWbPQThq7QC8zuSvcYxBoPZ1guk4ZcuksDcntFTeJ8rsQyEP3UioW8g4XFvF1tbLfatzSyopb68hlu49vmP9Rq5W2PDR2Vw5rN7teLfzoatIlT6eZ2tBFmbCvdyPCLemf2lzZSiUblw=s4032" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: #444444;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1908" data-original-width="4032" height="302" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEggddIqaL1lLnWksoEdnNV4uAkKeE1mbZmNezK2bz7VRctJjhWbPQThq7QC8zuSvcYxBoPZ1guk4ZcuksDcntFTeJ8rsQyEP3UioW8g4XFvF1tbLfatzSyopb68hlu49vmP9Rq5W2PDR2Vw5rN7teLfzoatIlT6eZ2tBFmbCvdyPCLemf2lzZSiUblw=w640-h302" width="640" /></span></a></div><p><span style="color: #444444;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="color: #444444;">Here's how to donate to the work of the Water of Leith Conservation Trust:</span></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="985" data-original-width="1782" height="221" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEheD1j_Bjo0W_jYs3c7rAmADSIl73rZiBjDU8F_uXjWDgr9v2MWxNUAV0OvvhGE6wCS2-u6fTUmdy8YbldJmmKCBzsKBohuUGt5PP-nPwRdCxCiV5ORc1fHoSXqD40v71K1PhhHXGFDfAEVFbsSziFHAR6398a5WJGes1cIy1G0vYO77MJUYyErN1zt=w400-h221" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;" width="400" /></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.waterofleith.org.uk/donate"><i>www.waterofleith.org.uk/donate</i></a></td></tr></tbody></table><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEheD1j_Bjo0W_jYs3c7rAmADSIl73rZiBjDU8F_uXjWDgr9v2MWxNUAV0OvvhGE6wCS2-u6fTUmdy8YbldJmmKCBzsKBohuUGt5PP-nPwRdCxCiV5ORc1fHoSXqD40v71K1PhhHXGFDfAEVFbsSziFHAR6398a5WJGes1cIy1G0vYO77MJUYyErN1zt=s1782" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: #444444;"></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #444444;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #444444;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="color: #444444;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="color: #444444;">Leave the Visitor Centre and cross your second really not nice road, Lanark Road, at the lights. The Water of Leith walkway continues just to the left of the lights. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="color: #444444;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="color: #444444;">Here on the ground twists a silver trail:</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #444444;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhvqGOyKKpXXaBTTjJHB28FgBU9d7T2ow_8sHsZlJsat1VGnzYga5R48Ii5xKf_MMVTm1PA3mlgFRHaRua-eACfWhtmMoqpgx7UxnjiR5rGhNVdkrrdSd5YuCF8BPmM60IXvqdI_mMUcNXAQ59-K65ni8A7bpb4efpema7ltqYb9uF33zk2DrDjHolT=s2860" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: #444444;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2860" data-original-width="1161" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhvqGOyKKpXXaBTTjJHB28FgBU9d7T2ow_8sHsZlJsat1VGnzYga5R48Ii5xKf_MMVTm1PA3mlgFRHaRua-eACfWhtmMoqpgx7UxnjiR5rGhNVdkrrdSd5YuCF8BPmM60IXvqdI_mMUcNXAQ59-K65ni8A7bpb4efpema7ltqYb9uF33zk2DrDjHolT=w260-h640" width="260" /></span></a></div><span style="color: #444444;"><div><br /></div></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEh2mSnZvkLL_w6e-2OzXHLYY-ORlGHmBWBm2N6v4a2Y7bryx4iAH_LG9BhmXtfRh1gwvlf4WqpRwxw6pdxNE_4BymoDhdZ6tdu6AVYSR7YsS00ZBAZ7MXYTXQaPRaYUuaS8MGZkGs3hUs5O0dFRjNTEDUtUxj6M6rlBIyP4_PUzxxEBcwW0Qljx7dCy=s2493" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: #444444;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1761" data-original-width="2493" height="452" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEh2mSnZvkLL_w6e-2OzXHLYY-ORlGHmBWBm2N6v4a2Y7bryx4iAH_LG9BhmXtfRh1gwvlf4WqpRwxw6pdxNE_4BymoDhdZ6tdu6AVYSR7YsS00ZBAZ7MXYTXQaPRaYUuaS8MGZkGs3hUs5O0dFRjNTEDUtUxj6M6rlBIyP4_PUzxxEBcwW0Qljx7dCy=w640-h452" width="640" /></span></a></div><span style="color: #444444;"><div><span style="color: #444444;"><br /></span></div><br /></span><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1545" data-original-width="3807" height="260" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgV7ztwUNe9COyCql-78GZu_tTyfxoX7DJF4EXe2EVJly-MQCwLgIQrYsvosLuu5jYtGaQL60elzMyVWt214rvHMWu95k17MQjNiEZpekBNEVZy_1LixlWUVhnkyqZq6_Rcwc02-Tn7VTKy4iB3kx1OpiOKgxcmd1aVt0JMj9BCoc3HYFFFP0avS821=w640-h260" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;" width="640" /></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>An intriguing woven enclosure, not yet finished, no gap for an entrance.</i></td></tr></tbody></table><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgV7ztwUNe9COyCql-78GZu_tTyfxoX7DJF4EXe2EVJly-MQCwLgIQrYsvosLuu5jYtGaQL60elzMyVWt214rvHMWu95k17MQjNiEZpekBNEVZy_1LixlWUVhnkyqZq6_Rcwc02-Tn7VTKy4iB3kx1OpiOKgxcmd1aVt0JMj9BCoc3HYFFFP0avS821=s3807" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><i><span style="color: #444444;"></span></i></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #444444;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2184" data-original-width="4608" height="304" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjTv_L8XHpUtHws8I98IC70AjVuYZj-fGyq2RQI5QlK8-HfklfZ_O4a9f0rlCSir2l7eb5TPRLQGFpufihODUvxTJALawiboqp7sXZy8a7NjN7XXnOHt7LTooflvvadzbQ6JSF1JoGUz4k-BMFTCRcSnqMmzgDM7k5dmwVRFULJLn-3z_ktdLgsaDIh=w640-h304" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;" width="640" /></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">well-trodden path</td></tr></tbody></table><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjTv_L8XHpUtHws8I98IC70AjVuYZj-fGyq2RQI5QlK8-HfklfZ_O4a9f0rlCSir2l7eb5TPRLQGFpufihODUvxTJALawiboqp7sXZy8a7NjN7XXnOHt7LTooflvvadzbQ6JSF1JoGUz4k-BMFTCRcSnqMmzgDM7k5dmwVRFULJLn-3z_ktdLgsaDIh=s4608" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: #444444;"></span></a></div><span style="color: #444444;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjx7HJbuIe8rZw--_GO-51dFnhNHJ6kOihlanT5D7pkHWoYGf0iurQczD-78QTA7mX6fHDt-U1Fg-acjEH-HF9VrOXp4BC_vKIHJg4LFKXS-vW_9Ez_XuNUO0gXCzfZXnm2GhB9ddGFIatd1T_pBw2An4davYrVZhRMjFhB6ivd9uM8kInmbtUFWUGD=s4032" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: #444444;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1908" data-original-width="4032" height="302" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjx7HJbuIe8rZw--_GO-51dFnhNHJ6kOihlanT5D7pkHWoYGf0iurQczD-78QTA7mX6fHDt-U1Fg-acjEH-HF9VrOXp4BC_vKIHJg4LFKXS-vW_9Ez_XuNUO0gXCzfZXnm2GhB9ddGFIatd1T_pBw2An4davYrVZhRMjFhB6ivd9uM8kInmbtUFWUGD=w640-h302" width="640" /></span></a></div><span style="color: #444444;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #444444;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">There are various paths. To find a grotto stick to the low one.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div></span><div style="text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1452" data-original-width="2097" height="444" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhkbXrXZMLmwE_7J9ITLv4tJq-0LKgaEcwkqNlOUyNDMA5KXY4u4kfCVp2nzf4rj6gTOKB_mUODXbkxL4KSFykjSO3bTm-EdL-kKQjKnK74KDxFR3OpZE5FViN-U6FbPBqIQBNs461DsZdOtXCBDKfihWHYY2VH5ibXGqpfVyo3aYUczwjv1gUOgaYg=w640-h444" width="640" /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><span style="color: #444444;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjFGS7IpLBJKEWo2JDVtKyMSlpsauchXoBdoy9OM3Rq7q--HYxCMFgdtjMXnMrv2KlkakxkZtTSzq-mT5NKcQDmoEL8hfD8lPnWtkWbtmlnmj74qtD7PYnpCx_BkC2iU6YlPu2jWpUe32cddzaRbTA_wN6qT3UhlbQhsuNZ_vNVq74aKqZxoEH-wkUv=s4032" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: #444444;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1908" data-original-width="4032" height="302" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjFGS7IpLBJKEWo2JDVtKyMSlpsauchXoBdoy9OM3Rq7q--HYxCMFgdtjMXnMrv2KlkakxkZtTSzq-mT5NKcQDmoEL8hfD8lPnWtkWbtmlnmj74qtD7PYnpCx_BkC2iU6YlPu2jWpUe32cddzaRbTA_wN6qT3UhlbQhsuNZ_vNVq74aKqZxoEH-wkUv=w640-h302" width="640" /></span></a></div><span style="color: #444444;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #444444;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #444444;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;">To find where a Dipper once was look for little white patches on stones in the river:</div></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #444444;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjZ7IBoDAsZof-XnqAeZepXA3uIO1H9PlURYY0C-i63RyAG_LhbCC3ux1Jjt4V4MEFv54P3A8v3nYY3qvv0AEZ4kWmqD0iYevj5gFL-7K-Y-xeMYN96aFm0RJ5rm5v8SyjLQDkJtBFaxb4j_dhTA87wFgJRnApE3hdCznKytbjduoeVC1YPoyBTDxxD=s2364" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: #444444;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1035" data-original-width="2364" height="280" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjZ7IBoDAsZof-XnqAeZepXA3uIO1H9PlURYY0C-i63RyAG_LhbCC3ux1Jjt4V4MEFv54P3A8v3nYY3qvv0AEZ4kWmqD0iYevj5gFL-7K-Y-xeMYN96aFm0RJ5rm5v8SyjLQDkJtBFaxb4j_dhTA87wFgJRnApE3hdCznKytbjduoeVC1YPoyBTDxxD=w640-h280" width="640" /></span></a></div><span style="color: #444444;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #444444;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="color: #444444;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="color: #444444;">Or maybe it was a Grey wagtail.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="color: #444444;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="color: #444444;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="color: #444444;">This is the bridge which takes you over the water to Redhall:</span></div><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEisx6fRq4I7O1egogZBBvzOOS_7aBu_9TiBb9yWyPuFQwcciagli1EgTBy8HgdPcTPGVWnTaHEL9i8yNck7MzkD_imnyxa1bvuNnu3B14v6WAfOBFPsLzoCzXAugODl4nVF4oeEZia9kRtAaTxsVZpUERi8KbQGTnmH4iP4MjGC_ht2mD1drZWDrUiv=s4032" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: #444444;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1908" data-original-width="4032" height="302" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEisx6fRq4I7O1egogZBBvzOOS_7aBu_9TiBb9yWyPuFQwcciagli1EgTBy8HgdPcTPGVWnTaHEL9i8yNck7MzkD_imnyxa1bvuNnu3B14v6WAfOBFPsLzoCzXAugODl4nVF4oeEZia9kRtAaTxsVZpUERi8KbQGTnmH4iP4MjGC_ht2mD1drZWDrUiv=w640-h302" width="640" /></span></a></div><span style="color: #444444;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #444444;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div></span><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1908" data-original-width="4032" height="302" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhoXrtpSfsViVrBPlC2EW8xaZXGE_ihD3k6zx6R3BUh7FFtQF9NZEJzPKgTKS2yz55292oPoJPJftT_YdCKn5MEs_9j-2J2ox38A6QxNuivyyOIsPTa0AD_N1Y6RTMB5UA0p8fz5N-_xFEqRBKRapPC_6Cc8JmvDKmJAbv0BmpOmVz2g8sZ1n3rZOzf=w640-h302" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;" width="640" /></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>The yellow flowers of <a href="https://www.woodlandtrust.org.uk/trees-woods-and-wildlife/plants/wild-flowers/lesser-celandine/" target="_blank">Lesser celandine</a> are really beautiful but it's their leaves I love most of all.</i></td></tr></tbody></table><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhoXrtpSfsViVrBPlC2EW8xaZXGE_ihD3k6zx6R3BUh7FFtQF9NZEJzPKgTKS2yz55292oPoJPJftT_YdCKn5MEs_9j-2J2ox38A6QxNuivyyOIsPTa0AD_N1Y6RTMB5UA0p8fz5N-_xFEqRBKRapPC_6Cc8JmvDKmJAbv0BmpOmVz2g8sZ1n3rZOzf=s4032" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><i><span style="color: #444444;"></span></i></a></div><span style="color: #444444;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="color: #444444;">I made time to sketch. No Kingfisher came, and no Dipper.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="color: #444444;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEheJs9j1UbdTkYsMcXQdye6-i0Wky9jTn21vlFnR5iMQQFydsu4rZ0NoE5TmD6400Ez9dAaUOgqD6u4iRgaFhpoX7bqkRlY8uecSFw2jXvPZPvqrWVBf0xIH2p78gpztMWsF-lTSXvcCXtIylNgWKlQuxKj4trI23_a15LF56lLp1HI-Jd4DU9AsZVM=s4608" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: #444444;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2184" data-original-width="4608" height="304" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEheJs9j1UbdTkYsMcXQdye6-i0Wky9jTn21vlFnR5iMQQFydsu4rZ0NoE5TmD6400Ez9dAaUOgqD6u4iRgaFhpoX7bqkRlY8uecSFw2jXvPZPvqrWVBf0xIH2p78gpztMWsF-lTSXvcCXtIylNgWKlQuxKj4trI23_a15LF56lLp1HI-Jd4DU9AsZVM=w640-h304" width="640" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #444444;"><br /></span></div><span style="color: #444444;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEi8fvnO5zRrqaUwL4PxnjBJfJYrEmzFjpN1odhFtvH6QCa6oOtbf9O7tXyvBLoAcKi0x3BnHozn5K5Vb-maCOCZeBMMI4Sl8OaWLR0X_N9K8c4RHf-KNWE2i4g9U3uWNXxNn-jB0gatXZ43JD4EMo_AxoiZV-jd2JRFdcdBiKF39lqVf7MF5KLsJLy7=s4608" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: #444444;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2184" data-original-width="4608" height="304" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEi8fvnO5zRrqaUwL4PxnjBJfJYrEmzFjpN1odhFtvH6QCa6oOtbf9O7tXyvBLoAcKi0x3BnHozn5K5Vb-maCOCZeBMMI4Sl8OaWLR0X_N9K8c4RHf-KNWE2i4g9U3uWNXxNn-jB0gatXZ43JD4EMo_AxoiZV-jd2JRFdcdBiKF39lqVf7MF5KLsJLy7=w640-h304" width="640" /></span></a></div><span style="color: #444444;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #444444;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #444444;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="color: #444444;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="color: #444444;">Sketch and picnic lunch over, back to the walk. You've crossed the bridge, now turn left and walk with river on your left and red wall of Redhall on your right. Under that gateway:</span></div><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjgXFZgiownVBhwL1861hb6lENyVl1iyQJYODCYb2_1c7F72kXL2CRiFLn7UN3W3bGw0BWq4ydGKT-f25j6_c_IDY7e5yg-CbIFOaAz_soLpwNXv088qicjddvf1cGY96n4dJzgplBxYrqAvKHaKUkmvJUN7DkLWBKx4VzP4TL7NOm8yacw6adJOAoN=s4032" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: #444444;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1908" data-original-width="4032" height="302" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjgXFZgiownVBhwL1861hb6lENyVl1iyQJYODCYb2_1c7F72kXL2CRiFLn7UN3W3bGw0BWq4ydGKT-f25j6_c_IDY7e5yg-CbIFOaAz_soLpwNXv088qicjddvf1cGY96n4dJzgplBxYrqAvKHaKUkmvJUN7DkLWBKx4VzP4TL7NOm8yacw6adJOAoN=w640-h302" width="640" /></span></a></div><span style="color: #444444;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #444444;"> </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="color: #444444;">Here's Redhall Walled Garden where I am currently running art sessions.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="color: #444444;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="color: #444444;">Redhall Walled Garden is <i>"a therapeutic horticultural project for SAMH (<a href="https://www.samh.org.uk/about-us/our-work" target="_blank">Scottish Association for Mental Health</a>) based in a beautiful walled garden.</i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="color: #444444;"><i><br /></i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="color: #444444;"><i>The project works to improve... mental health and wellbeing through gardening and a variety of outdoor tasks... a supportive environment for learning skills in IT, horticulture, being more active, spending time in nature and working alongside others."</i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="color: #444444;"><i><br /></i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="color: #444444;">Learn more here </span><span style="color: #444444;">- </span><span style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #444444;"><a href="https://ithriveedinburgh.org.uk/services/redhall-walled-garden-samh/#">ithriveedinburgh.org.uk/services/redhall-walled-garden-samh</a></span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="color: #444444;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="color: #444444;"><br /></span></div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhU6qkRtd6T_4rlnI4ACPKN7CpFz1ZsG4GqFc8NUkkZz0Gl90AKK_EVvE1cSoK4bYruS9CdF77s0pqLf8NcMmT6-o-uyLIJoW6He1Jy1Sq34KoOMfsSvc46pWTaKvpIunNrhFoosoGRHYgmeaUfHkft6wJJz_AQRXdPxBJu2oe0dQBnaAxPaXYfifTy=s2952" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: #444444;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1692" data-original-width="2952" height="366" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhU6qkRtd6T_4rlnI4ACPKN7CpFz1ZsG4GqFc8NUkkZz0Gl90AKK_EVvE1cSoK4bYruS9CdF77s0pqLf8NcMmT6-o-uyLIJoW6He1Jy1Sq34KoOMfsSvc46pWTaKvpIunNrhFoosoGRHYgmeaUfHkft6wJJz_AQRXdPxBJu2oe0dQBnaAxPaXYfifTy=w640-h366" width="640" /></span></a></div></div><span style="color: #444444;"><br /> </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="color: #444444;">Visitors are welcome at Redhall Walled Garden, 9am-4pm Monday to Friday.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="color: #444444;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="color: #444444;">The garden is not open at weekends.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #444444;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEj0NBgONunN4wC2z92m93PzY_4PfHysp1t4SpJKDpaV4U8WrpLP3VPlXprq59S7sCSyBHEC86yHyQkxg3ZYh_J7BssiUM4wuDDCncQa7ltH2fRpPrEcsnhKEE5Aqi_DiZAFB8m5PRuXZt9XZKkzEe-LRWqszLmDoWN4o581JG8_ZzqgiIRWmSFrnW3i=s552" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: #444444;"><img border="0" data-original-height="381" data-original-width="552" height="276" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEj0NBgONunN4wC2z92m93PzY_4PfHysp1t4SpJKDpaV4U8WrpLP3VPlXprq59S7sCSyBHEC86yHyQkxg3ZYh_J7BssiUM4wuDDCncQa7ltH2fRpPrEcsnhKEE5Aqi_DiZAFB8m5PRuXZt9XZKkzEe-LRWqszLmDoWN4o581JG8_ZzqgiIRWmSFrnW3i=w400-h276" width="400" /></span></a></div></div><br /><p></p></div><div><br /></div><div>The inside of the garden will be the subject of my next Scotland By Rail blog post.</div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div>-----------------------</div><div><br /></div><div><b>Getting back to the centre of Edinburgh:</b></div><div><b><br /></b></div><div>- walk back to Haymarket the way you came.</div><div><br /></div><div>- walk to Slateford or Kingsknowe station, each about a 15 minute walk from the walled garden. Trains from these stations are usually hourly - check your journey in advance on ScotRail website or app - <a href="http://www.scotrail.co.uk">www.scotrail.co.uk</a></div><div><br /></div><div>- get one of various buses from previously mentioned<span style="color: #444444;"> not nice road, Lanark Road</span></div><div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><div>-----------------------</div><div><br /></div></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div>Thank you for reading my Scotland By Rail blog. Please share with anyone who might be interested and let me know if there are any railway days out you recommend me to try. </div></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEh9au0k2YGSw0MySzLgpw2QANtzzH7gcNJyTGf6lQi19gtwohlF7UMzm7q8wubRuSDc5pHJGS7GlK5YWRyPLfyNzQOdvHXahc0e-j4522GnbGFRe0tgdEmPbvxp4vXZDsa_6oBIc35sH0Jdr67vybCMoaUaQ228wt4xScrkiJ6hUnCgQyi0tUZlWMEA=s3235" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1282" data-original-width="3235" height="254" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEh9au0k2YGSw0MySzLgpw2QANtzzH7gcNJyTGf6lQi19gtwohlF7UMzm7q8wubRuSDc5pHJGS7GlK5YWRyPLfyNzQOdvHXahc0e-j4522GnbGFRe0tgdEmPbvxp4vXZDsa_6oBIc35sH0Jdr67vybCMoaUaQ228wt4xScrkiJ6hUnCgQyi0tUZlWMEA=w640-h254" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div></div>Leo du Feu Painter of landscape and naturehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08209949942922567508noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5449447842234713078.post-13795293237903999532022-01-17T19:19:00.007+00:002022-01-19T14:46:13.823+00:00Scotland By Rail - Charles Rennie Macintosh's Hill House, Helensburgh<p></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgqGobQhA-WG1H-G7M3jhhapmZUYjy3TP9p3l1d4oSZFksCYhwhLVOwwV6UPn3JC7BxZe4v7wrVR78H1IxOwizNbJ4OkU9oBhDK4LCKS_jA_qxsJWKKFDVgLL5NvAmvMpa514AqNg3T25akPktm1fOkPz4AyL-KQBeLAE3xZ2W7OepoNUPyhjyIPNfd=s2436" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><span style="color: #444444;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1719" data-original-width="2436" height="452" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgqGobQhA-WG1H-G7M3jhhapmZUYjy3TP9p3l1d4oSZFksCYhwhLVOwwV6UPn3JC7BxZe4v7wrVR78H1IxOwizNbJ4OkU9oBhDK4LCKS_jA_qxsJWKKFDVgLL5NvAmvMpa514AqNg3T25akPktm1fOkPz4AyL-KQBeLAE3xZ2W7OepoNUPyhjyIPNfd=w640-h452" width="640" /></span></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #444444;"><i>The Hill House, boxed<br /></i>acrylic, 15x21cm</span></td></tr></tbody></table><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="color: #444444;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="color: #444444;">This is <a href="https://www.nts.org.uk/visit/places/the-hill-house" target="_blank">The Hill House</a> in Helensburgh, designed outside and in by Charles Rennie Mackintosh and Margaret Macdonald in the first few years of the 20th Century. Nearly 120 years later the building is decaying badly thanks to Mackintosh's experimental modern designs and materials not being very compatible with a wet Scottish west coast climate. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="color: #444444;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="color: #444444;">Past National Trust for Scotland President Neil Oliver described The Hill House as "dissolving like an aspirin in a glass of water"</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="color: #444444;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="color: #444444;"><br /></span></div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgj52rqrP-D0O4BF8Ph91GJW_pvYD0uH4PxccvVDmZDPG-2kYuGfgxHA8VLlQdw_rHkCGzsLdo4WeCojRRn_abbhrYGCc8bImjRHKvLeLkOk09hMIoT24DJEuFj2Dc-gf2YcGYI5gqmAk8yYu8-xpEYEtFc6tRRpL-Vo9nR6Wbu1DHi1YM5cQ4aOvRK=s1626" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: #444444;"><img border="0" data-original-height="657" data-original-width="1626" height="258" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgj52rqrP-D0O4BF8Ph91GJW_pvYD0uH4PxccvVDmZDPG-2kYuGfgxHA8VLlQdw_rHkCGzsLdo4WeCojRRn_abbhrYGCc8bImjRHKvLeLkOk09hMIoT24DJEuFj2Dc-gf2YcGYI5gqmAk8yYu8-xpEYEtFc6tRRpL-Vo9nR6Wbu1DHi1YM5cQ4aOvRK=w640-h258" width="640" /></span></a></div><span style="color: #444444;"><br /><br /></span><div><span style="color: #444444;">The decision was made to cover the entire house in a protective cocoon to slow the decay by allowing the building to dry out. The cocoon isn't necessarily a long-term solution (though it might be) but it buys time to investigate all options. One idea discussed is to keep the house boxed forever. That's where my vote goes, it's an incredible structure offering a unique opportunity to view the outside <i>and rooftops</i> of the house. High walkways have been built within the shelter of the cocoon meaning visitors can now explore not only the inside of The Hill House but also all around its exterior including walking right over the roof.</span><div><span style="color: #444444;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="color: #444444;">Getting to Helensburgh by rail is easy. A lovely journey from Glasgow Queen Street along the banks of the Clyde. Look out for sunken ships, liners at anchor across the water in Greenock, glimpses of Dumbarton Rock with its <a href="https://www.historicenvironment.scot/visit-a-place/places/dumbarton-castle/" target="_blank">Historic Environment Scotland</a> castle (<a href="http://landscapeartnaturebirds.blogspot.com/2014/10/scotland-by-rail-dumbarton-october-2014.html" target="_blank">the subject of a previous Scotland By Rail post here</a></span><span style="color: #444444;">). Trains are half hourly from Queen Street and the journey takes just over 40 minutes. Helensburgh Central is the end of the line. The walk from Helensburgh Central is an uphill mile and takes about 25 minutes, or longer if you stop to explore, which you should. </span></div><div><span style="color: #444444;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="color: #444444;">You can make the walk much shorter by getting a different train from Queen Street and getting off at Helensburgh Upper station instead. From there the walk is only 10 minutes, still uphill. Helensburgh Upper is on a different line, the West Highland Line (<a href="http://landscapeartnaturebirds.blogspot.com/2014/04/scotland-by-rail-west-highland-line.html" target="_blank">previous blog post here</a>), with far fewer trains, just five a day from Glasgow Queen Street.</span></div><div><span style="color: #444444;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="color: #444444;"><br /></span></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgqlr3ugryz-hpPkYs7Vn9ggbXWDUUVdP6TPXXWyDn1-5lzcp-YCsHstJB_vAoSiXEdTs9U90t_LjQ2cXqbPwNXBtilxqWNmiHIg8G76qnoVh7xjWKbcJaPRcfdI1ID5vmaKm5Mrty-oef79wxtxt4VNSsXWKnl3GRcqdFBawP1MlLQ-9CRkjRZRven=s3124" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><span style="color: #444444;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2184" data-original-width="3124" height="448" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgqlr3ugryz-hpPkYs7Vn9ggbXWDUUVdP6TPXXWyDn1-5lzcp-YCsHstJB_vAoSiXEdTs9U90t_LjQ2cXqbPwNXBtilxqWNmiHIg8G76qnoVh7xjWKbcJaPRcfdI1ID5vmaKm5Mrty-oef79wxtxt4VNSsXWKnl3GRcqdFBawP1MlLQ-9CRkjRZRven=w640-h448" width="640" /></span></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #444444;">Helensburgh Central station</span></td></tr></tbody></table><span style="color: #444444;"><br /></span><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgAVPOh5FBQ0odvhddloEmPuRVQSi37kmeRTU0NNU6B54t9ZKmP3PexXSMuAH9U_RC1OUFBsCOGO2YMlI99GoleNKX6TdRAi1xI1ZXxu8WXVLEXzxvG1p1dwlSFhjs9waA1YIq752B7isjRMwcKkNd7duni8eeMsT-JpXCLNUsOqv2vtDuQGBGYJZue=s4608" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><span style="color: #444444;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2184" data-original-width="4608" height="304" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgAVPOh5FBQ0odvhddloEmPuRVQSi37kmeRTU0NNU6B54t9ZKmP3PexXSMuAH9U_RC1OUFBsCOGO2YMlI99GoleNKX6TdRAi1xI1ZXxu8WXVLEXzxvG1p1dwlSFhjs9waA1YIq752B7isjRMwcKkNd7duni8eeMsT-JpXCLNUsOqv2vtDuQGBGYJZue=w640-h304" width="640" /></span></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #444444;">Helensburgh Central station<br /></span></td></tr></tbody></table><span style="color: #444444;"><br /></span><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjdDO_9nSib1xz9YEbTH0hY4X1-W8bvyXAHp2hAGvpXKWGRg_0b5t5CFJ6wYknUnhShawmIMmLOAEiQcFXa-pQ7-C7PhnawehGoz7JjBYeihTatAWablPg5rPjBNYekkQ_kjrQU2v5tDHdl3djm0Iww3VLfY7pVRtsmbh2ayYYPfEyVAfn0eLNFXUzl=s3279" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><span style="color: #444444;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1689" data-original-width="3279" height="330" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjdDO_9nSib1xz9YEbTH0hY4X1-W8bvyXAHp2hAGvpXKWGRg_0b5t5CFJ6wYknUnhShawmIMmLOAEiQcFXa-pQ7-C7PhnawehGoz7JjBYeihTatAWablPg5rPjBNYekkQ_kjrQU2v5tDHdl3djm0Iww3VLfY7pVRtsmbh2ayYYPfEyVAfn0eLNFXUzl=w640-h330" width="640" /></span></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #444444;">Helensburgh Central station, looking east</span></td></tr></tbody></table><div><span style="color: #444444;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="color: #444444;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="color: #444444;">From Helensburgh Central Station step out onto East Princes Street then turn right to head west straight along West Princes Street for one block to reach Colquhoun Square. </span></div><div><span style="color: #444444;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="color: #444444;">Helensburgh has lots of independent shops including a zero-waste refill shop and a greengrocer, both of which you'll pass before you reach the square. </span></div><div><span style="color: #444444;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="color: #444444;"><br /></span></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEg1T4TNj2makNUxfHQuecBnLZKO8q9Te8EmX88YDwHsYQrqVoW0lN6a_UsC8RI6Vlu3XrjgMqE1OrN2VsCa12NW5pf8qVR2fEgYmXGqHHVrfwFb6Z30Dymp1tM4_M3pfypeXWvlf7LtUcXQeVbuE3xZXyNtC-qTKX3Jhacp57IbP87yc8Ff96enXgm7=s2854" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><span style="color: #444444;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2854" data-original-width="1908" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEg1T4TNj2makNUxfHQuecBnLZKO8q9Te8EmX88YDwHsYQrqVoW0lN6a_UsC8RI6Vlu3XrjgMqE1OrN2VsCa12NW5pf8qVR2fEgYmXGqHHVrfwFb6Z30Dymp1tM4_M3pfypeXWvlf7LtUcXQeVbuE3xZXyNtC-qTKX3Jhacp57IbP87yc8Ff96enXgm7=w429-h640" width="429" /></span></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #444444;"><a href="https://rossdhurefills.com/" target="_blank">Rossdhu Refills</a></span></td></tr></tbody></table><span style="color: #444444;"><br /></span><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEh4NnxXiLtiVNiwmyl_XylkFrGwdtJUb1wPrUqXGLRW3hWkOnnxgcDtkPjCnHLu3a2PbU6E0zoZqvy7L-dRgfjvCSRIkKA9aUn3iT02eg98IrKdI87FkIvuie809j5MhGNaCP-bAmClujS5q4Lr8M2ps4zpdUzw_PSTyChxzS_YiR0l9gUv9--hyeKI=s3921" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><span style="color: #444444;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1908" data-original-width="3921" height="312" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEh4NnxXiLtiVNiwmyl_XylkFrGwdtJUb1wPrUqXGLRW3hWkOnnxgcDtkPjCnHLu3a2PbU6E0zoZqvy7L-dRgfjvCSRIkKA9aUn3iT02eg98IrKdI87FkIvuie809j5MhGNaCP-bAmClujS5q4Lr8M2ps4zpdUzw_PSTyChxzS_YiR0l9gUv9--hyeKI=w640-h312" width="640" /></span></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #444444;"><a href="https://www.facebook.com/naturesharvesthelensburgh/" target="_blank">Nature's Harvest greengrocer</a></span></td></tr></tbody></table><div><span style="color: #444444;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="color: #444444;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="color: #444444;">Take time before or after visiting The Hill House to explore the shopping streets, mostly this one you're already on and down along the shore on West Clyde Street, and the streets joining the two such as Sinclair Street. I'll make Helensburgh shore the subject of a future blog post.</span></div><div><span style="color: #444444;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="color: #444444;">You have now reached Colquhoun Square.</span></div><div><span style="color: #444444;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="color: #444444;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEj0briM8iyeolSW6v9k9gd_RseAQzrlD2v8GzOy_LGfNVr4JqWRLpNmhi-Q-FN-5AOyKEFYa_7JFu221HS3vv23_ELGIPRmSNAxQoLKw_z8ndMlpE135ePDfHxGWHdon08RgOxE5DFHAiahQYZ6Fkp1Z15HI9tDcJeMkWNXcDfMDd1cRYJEwSKUTDBK=s4608" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: #444444;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2184" data-original-width="4608" height="304" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEj0briM8iyeolSW6v9k9gd_RseAQzrlD2v8GzOy_LGfNVr4JqWRLpNmhi-Q-FN-5AOyKEFYa_7JFu221HS3vv23_ELGIPRmSNAxQoLKw_z8ndMlpE135ePDfHxGWHdon08RgOxE5DFHAiahQYZ6Fkp1Z15HI9tDcJeMkWNXcDfMDd1cRYJEwSKUTDBK=w640-h304" width="640" /></span></a></div><span style="color: #444444;"><br /></span><div><span style="color: #444444;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="color: #444444;">I really really like it here. Low granite plinths are placed all along the road edges and gradually are being adorned with sculptures, artefacts and engraved words relating to the town and surrounding area.</span></div><div><span style="color: #444444;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="color: #444444;"><br /></span></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiXl1UdpsE94uOiyDdvtoEGnjVQkYQAXCPcdb0ILX5DB7hVdEdwbQ1Tau38lJ0DZCztFHv_fW18ehvcQtm5qMe2Pqh83yDgSkK_n3JloIwKFyrghFgTzQO9vevSbgP3KkN-Z_z_xx_OQVNdo0CgidRkM7aU9neTTZCPktZHnBT8s5b9UL0_eb2MLIDA=s3543" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><span style="color: #444444;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1908" data-original-width="3543" height="344" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiXl1UdpsE94uOiyDdvtoEGnjVQkYQAXCPcdb0ILX5DB7hVdEdwbQ1Tau38lJ0DZCztFHv_fW18ehvcQtm5qMe2Pqh83yDgSkK_n3JloIwKFyrghFgTzQO9vevSbgP3KkN-Z_z_xx_OQVNdo0CgidRkM7aU9neTTZCPktZHnBT8s5b9UL0_eb2MLIDA=w640-h344" width="640" /></span></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #444444;">shipwrecked sugar boat</span></td></tr></tbody></table><span style="color: #444444;"><br /><br /></span><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgietFVP-7E88xZ6OY2FNcVooLVO_nlGOJjpfmH9HggZEl5W9qglcBx-J8vWO83I_BKihxtLfQrKvq04A1aRk0ufp7o6Pv86W2R5O4wvum4z7yfDamdCmlzJj-XJUiyqTRO0G4VpZe0xLqXhxLKBHTgLzRx9JmA-oKNZKZ2T3Xm_QVAPV38Z3JqiqvU=s2344" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><span style="color: #444444;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2344" data-original-width="1908" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgietFVP-7E88xZ6OY2FNcVooLVO_nlGOJjpfmH9HggZEl5W9qglcBx-J8vWO83I_BKihxtLfQrKvq04A1aRk0ufp7o6Pv86W2R5O4wvum4z7yfDamdCmlzJj-XJUiyqTRO0G4VpZe0xLqXhxLKBHTgLzRx9JmA-oKNZKZ2T3Xm_QVAPV38Z3JqiqvU=w520-h640" width="520" /></span></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #444444;">shipwrecked sugar boat<br /></span></td></tr></tbody></table><span style="color: #444444;"><br /></span><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #444444;"><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgXAL8WLyhKhH3RzLUKM_ZpWUBSCT6t16EktgL4dS1nM5Ts53fYbNCtxJurOEGqCrooZVBI-stNw6_YiOf_sRG7MYnUlUcCG0j2TFWWhbZ4uRXoaBpHC1lD-YsRh2jNa9lqWWSamHIF6pFp-mt3CADL9jtkiXa_XfR4FlItakSLwaXdpJbOBCVBZfnz=s2591" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2591" data-original-width="1908" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgXAL8WLyhKhH3RzLUKM_ZpWUBSCT6t16EktgL4dS1nM5Ts53fYbNCtxJurOEGqCrooZVBI-stNw6_YiOf_sRG7MYnUlUcCG0j2TFWWhbZ4uRXoaBpHC1lD-YsRh2jNa9lqWWSamHIF6pFp-mt3CADL9jtkiXa_XfR4FlItakSLwaXdpJbOBCVBZfnz=w472-h640" width="472" /></a></span></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #444444;">Hermitage School pupils made these sculptures in tribute to John Muir.<br />Down at the shore a sculpture marks the beginning (or end) of The John Muir Way)</span></td></tr></tbody></table><span style="color: #444444;"><br /><br /></span><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhhZ8iXkMR3oW_e5ImpjTd6pUqQLkkNRfEaplcOlBC16Qwg3yGEROrhBOAbiTFqJug7hBZPBovL93gCIvvNCR0qKZLZ3QamyqtaPgHwCzThNT92UkCTM-BFeRM4QLnrK7piIyRsxJMO0UCpK68ikv8OuhO3mw-Dztg5P2BfmrViHomLGkt_hJUIrpn5=s2140" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><span style="color: #444444;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2140" data-original-width="1700" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhhZ8iXkMR3oW_e5ImpjTd6pUqQLkkNRfEaplcOlBC16Qwg3yGEROrhBOAbiTFqJug7hBZPBovL93gCIvvNCR0qKZLZ3QamyqtaPgHwCzThNT92UkCTM-BFeRM4QLnrK7piIyRsxJMO0UCpK68ikv8OuhO3mw-Dztg5P2BfmrViHomLGkt_hJUIrpn5=w508-h640" width="508" /></span></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #444444;">1920s 'Gareloch' racing yachts</span></td></tr></tbody></table><span style="color: #444444;"><br /><br /></span><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; 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margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #444444;">Special Old Scotch Ginger Beer!</span></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #444444;"><br /></span></div><span style="color: #444444;"><br /></span><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjv12lDdXBsyuNdrWvKA8cs8WptTaiFT2c6lhFRuKSI_jit2-hWJ3tbMzbRm_cK7A7jnVtNlrJfEHrPhrxjYjazn2H8cf-j3-U8VSUYsV3-gEZPYir_E6D9Sis5sypdoyp5lIFxxtUiohylW9kV0qAtjqnSs_sBo24u2kypciqf4YEVCtzv9cBu8YfG=s2458" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><span style="color: #444444;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2458" data-original-width="1776" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjv12lDdXBsyuNdrWvKA8cs8WptTaiFT2c6lhFRuKSI_jit2-hWJ3tbMzbRm_cK7A7jnVtNlrJfEHrPhrxjYjazn2H8cf-j3-U8VSUYsV3-gEZPYir_E6D9Sis5sypdoyp5lIFxxtUiohylW9kV0qAtjqnSs_sBo24u2kypciqf4YEVCtzv9cBu8YfG=w462-h640" width="462" /></span></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #444444;">The Lions Club</span></td></tr></tbody></table><span style="color: #444444;"><br /><br /></span><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEggYVdheFcmtin1Q4gULj_Aumminm0MYHUYnZzU9P1d461NAgb4VGxjmf4Q7FSZObJpv78tAt64JL5WjzaSxMFrzDvMQ28BS7qOp9BCI_cd6IVw6dIbcZc531CT1IsxBKaOJzVprJ1p163cZTUH0W1ykB6hreM7iDV21zzZ8EtNHXHbqtgNBe0xOCm_=s2629" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><span style="color: #444444;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2629" data-original-width="1578" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEggYVdheFcmtin1Q4gULj_Aumminm0MYHUYnZzU9P1d461NAgb4VGxjmf4Q7FSZObJpv78tAt64JL5WjzaSxMFrzDvMQ28BS7qOp9BCI_cd6IVw6dIbcZc531CT1IsxBKaOJzVprJ1p163cZTUH0W1ykB6hreM7iDV21zzZ8EtNHXHbqtgNBe0xOCm_=w384-h640" width="384" /></span></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #444444;">Reid's Waters</span></td></tr></tbody></table><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #444444;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #444444;"><br /></span></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjp1ACcep63wc57t2gsHkRXFQ3JP04KzScDPx-Lk6fayKox4AAFXUXMiFobDyOh7pOH1K-3eBhuLlUBiZb5BaGNOXs04CfaAo8ts7q7EMEispFoUNz_N9-MyQMtRKKtRrjRHoPK77CXZ4fPUEQbygtR75IVBgVD6p4DRKKWpz9D1vSpX9opjWladXxA=s3488" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><span style="color: #444444;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3488" data-original-width="1908" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjp1ACcep63wc57t2gsHkRXFQ3JP04KzScDPx-Lk6fayKox4AAFXUXMiFobDyOh7pOH1K-3eBhuLlUBiZb5BaGNOXs04CfaAo8ts7q7EMEispFoUNz_N9-MyQMtRKKtRrjRHoPK77CXZ4fPUEQbygtR75IVBgVD6p4DRKKWpz9D1vSpX9opjWladXxA=w350-h640" width="350" /></span></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #444444;">Reid's Waters</span></td></tr></tbody></table><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #444444;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #444444;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="color: #444444;"><a href="https://destinationhelensburgh.org/the-outdoor-museum/" target="_blank">Read more about The Outdoor Museum here</a>. If any other towns have public art as interesting and informative and inspired as this I'd love to hear.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="color: #444444;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="color: #444444;">Once you're finished take the road heading uphill from the middle of the square - Colquhoun Street. Walk up to its very top enjoying quiet streets, beautiful houses, large and well vegetated gardens, grass pavements (really) and lots and lots of street trees including many recently planted - see <a href="https://www.treetrust.co.uk/what-we-do/" target="_blank">Helensburgh Tree Conservation Trust</a>.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="color: #444444;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="color: #444444;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjVRVQ3TwHZypdiq7c20AcQ8kMEQJRzYkHM7yKCNIt9GAgGnb9SZVs0RoEjD50VqiyxeNZ5vsplH-sy4hdZKplOW0TJYvNtMPnUVcJYp300UXbRima5X4hwYCIaqDNaTH5jXgd_Z7H17_ooWetTjga40XSPRw3dSKkHnOj9xIHU0SnDjuVPbYIeaR8E=s4032" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: #444444;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1908" data-original-width="4032" height="302" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjVRVQ3TwHZypdiq7c20AcQ8kMEQJRzYkHM7yKCNIt9GAgGnb9SZVs0RoEjD50VqiyxeNZ5vsplH-sy4hdZKplOW0TJYvNtMPnUVcJYp300UXbRima5X4hwYCIaqDNaTH5jXgd_Z7H17_ooWetTjga40XSPRw3dSKkHnOj9xIHU0SnDjuVPbYIeaR8E=w640-h302" width="640" /></span></a></div><span style="color: #444444;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="color: #444444;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="color: #444444;">At the top of Colquhoun Street you are interrupted by a cutting containing the West Highland Line and Helensburgh Upper station. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="color: #444444;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="color: #444444;"><br /></span></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjidxeaK94rROMXBE8XUHQlr2rXRTm8mS2Ou1fJh5voSRtI31KLX0oiVuKgcKHpifMz3Nh8gNkNfG7cPatdHkia_P0CAI9dswNtCR4lqgwECme4miO_iM4U0UxKeoDid7w9_3w8mv9HXcs_AAka8v3JAvRiXPdBQNvhzL0QrYV2UxLEsrzyyvQ5AL-F=s4032" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><span style="color: #444444;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1908" data-original-width="4032" height="302" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjidxeaK94rROMXBE8XUHQlr2rXRTm8mS2Ou1fJh5voSRtI31KLX0oiVuKgcKHpifMz3Nh8gNkNfG7cPatdHkia_P0CAI9dswNtCR4lqgwECme4miO_iM4U0UxKeoDid7w9_3w8mv9HXcs_AAka8v3JAvRiXPdBQNvhzL0QrYV2UxLEsrzyyvQ5AL-F=w640-h302" width="640" /></span></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #444444;">top of Colquhoun Street. Turn right along West Rossdhu Drive here</span></td></tr></tbody></table><span style="color: #444444;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="color: #444444;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="color: #444444;">Turn right along West Rossdhu Drive then left to pass over the station with its single track rails, very unusual covered walkway and decorative carved fence tops. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="color: #444444;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #444444;"><br /></span></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgfp51ogXEK4hjDFqqjI-Cec-PwfBwMOUHDKS6vlM7gLCC6HqI8eCJFQwERcg_ubk8WChdozAg23fnSOj4G8XBqfRkg8Jttf8qNZ7hvZF63opBDM4O_euvNaAihGop6nUgzAacS-OXq_qoLFAsf2VuRk4OTJmq6pgu4QXYmmzH3YFKh5ORnZc5WxR2I=s4032" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><span style="color: #444444;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1908" data-original-width="4032" height="302" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgfp51ogXEK4hjDFqqjI-Cec-PwfBwMOUHDKS6vlM7gLCC6HqI8eCJFQwERcg_ubk8WChdozAg23fnSOj4G8XBqfRkg8Jttf8qNZ7hvZF63opBDM4O_euvNaAihGop6nUgzAacS-OXq_qoLFAsf2VuRk4OTJmq6pgu4QXYmmzH3YFKh5ORnZc5WxR2I=w640-h302" width="640" /></span></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #444444;">West Rossdhu Drive</span></span></td></tr></tbody></table><span style="color: #444444;"><br /><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhSvRtlBvlcFE-tmRejilVpoOYC0Z02bOjghjCh17hIIEWUkwWksp7vPmanjn03DniUQhBv2W85QY1JK0n_F0rQcP8VbuWGdZxvxzOARdubC-kYy7A6rwGrNgc1s1Hvn4etDh0etuludcWPn2-QEk9FP3itHq-NJZGBWnHeclnVAXRldZIA3nNSyYj0=s1933" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1509" data-original-width="1933" height="500" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhSvRtlBvlcFE-tmRejilVpoOYC0Z02bOjghjCh17hIIEWUkwWksp7vPmanjn03DniUQhBv2W85QY1JK0n_F0rQcP8VbuWGdZxvxzOARdubC-kYy7A6rwGrNgc1s1Hvn4etDh0etuludcWPn2-QEk9FP3itHq-NJZGBWnHeclnVAXRldZIA3nNSyYj0=w640-h500" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Helensburgh Upper station, West Highland Line</td></tr></tbody></table><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjNIgrKF_TCdLBnH6kGLBrkqNK0XpEAzX5WKwh2S54VFHpsmxJ2STE0tUqZIIxU_I_ID23K3RJSJ0vs_tok647H-llgc6uPNV5-PdHVHQMGj1lxdVaoOmPgvsFzi14Z-cBkaUvM6kNW1pRSTj3DSCRcKv83NmSy2FDzSU_mx-O-1deR4-VPz316c5lK=s4608" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><span style="color: #444444;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2184" data-original-width="4608" height="304" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjNIgrKF_TCdLBnH6kGLBrkqNK0XpEAzX5WKwh2S54VFHpsmxJ2STE0tUqZIIxU_I_ID23K3RJSJ0vs_tok647H-llgc6uPNV5-PdHVHQMGj1lxdVaoOmPgvsFzi14Z-cBkaUvM6kNW1pRSTj3DSCRcKv83NmSy2FDzSU_mx-O-1deR4-VPz316c5lK=w640-h304" width="640" /></span></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #444444;">Helensburgh Upper station</span></td></tr></tbody></table><span style="color: #444444;"><br /><br /></span><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgrMY1-JwfkGyfwGwSx7p3Tl2LJ9nDZdG-42mPsaBjL17jThUMoNrJVpQqgkS5jPq7JnCpf_Idbfri7wTouAjEIMKIk8i7xvYwoJArfeHcJbiOR7gCbKrKXmQa1YC1jS9OwNu4TlHfbnNoIJncf-6YqyFIs6xa6w0o5f3bO0CoFKDllLsrBZS5rxLU2=s4608" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><span style="color: #444444;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2184" data-original-width="4608" height="304" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgrMY1-JwfkGyfwGwSx7p3Tl2LJ9nDZdG-42mPsaBjL17jThUMoNrJVpQqgkS5jPq7JnCpf_Idbfri7wTouAjEIMKIk8i7xvYwoJArfeHcJbiOR7gCbKrKXmQa1YC1jS9OwNu4TlHfbnNoIJncf-6YqyFIs6xa6w0o5f3bO0CoFKDllLsrBZS5rxLU2=w640-h304" width="640" /></span></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #444444;">Helensburgh Upper station - covered walkway</span></td></tr></tbody></table><span style="color: #444444;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="color: #444444;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="color: #444444;">Straight away turn left again onto Munro Drive West then right onto Upper Colquhoun Street. The Hill House is up there ahead of you.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="color: #444444;"><br /></span></div><div><div><span style="color: #444444;"><br /></span></div></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjJaUa13QtU3KRANelYd--p8MBWoHEsLFNmKymyBBLguAU5hB-7UDKy1xlhx91ZnxJ371CS8xj2Qov52fyOnDEtpEe1-rUjCZrq57rZt6XkLE-ya5UE21h-gLvNbj7xeezyOwVFbvtlaXJvf53Oa_6JY6-kvcnb4AcgVtHwvvP0p5ZaUDw3jMUMs4YM=s4064" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><span style="color: #444444;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1432" data-original-width="4064" height="226" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjJaUa13QtU3KRANelYd--p8MBWoHEsLFNmKymyBBLguAU5hB-7UDKy1xlhx91ZnxJ371CS8xj2Qov52fyOnDEtpEe1-rUjCZrq57rZt6XkLE-ya5UE21h-gLvNbj7xeezyOwVFbvtlaXJvf53Oa_6JY6-kvcnb4AcgVtHwvvP0p5ZaUDw3jMUMs4YM=w640-h226" width="640" /></span></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #444444;">Munro Drive West. Turn right onto Upper Colquhoun Street</span></td></tr></tbody></table><span style="color: #444444;"><br /><br /></span><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiF7JKp4JZWiVxIwgWEH4dpV7S5nfGznrKvRxpzG1q1G9FTdEW1WnQXbtKQGg4I_wk41rz-03eY5wWm5HNyMSJIynSqF67LL2eJ5f0S5Mmb9jcUXz03r9zzjD6t4k8-ZYjxo822zOL6UX5TznciijPbUvG3QwuTqLcTNS04-zHeq4KuaK0MAyNGJti9=s3675" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><span style="color: #444444;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1494" data-original-width="3675" height="260" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiF7JKp4JZWiVxIwgWEH4dpV7S5nfGznrKvRxpzG1q1G9FTdEW1WnQXbtKQGg4I_wk41rz-03eY5wWm5HNyMSJIynSqF67LL2eJ5f0S5Mmb9jcUXz03r9zzjD6t4k8-ZYjxo822zOL6UX5TznciijPbUvG3QwuTqLcTNS04-zHeq4KuaK0MAyNGJti9=w640-h260" width="640" /></span></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #444444;">Upper Colquhoun Street. Can you spot the box yet?</span></td></tr></tbody></table><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><span style="color: #444444;"><br /></span><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhQsQxMqLlqPAm_Ng3Q_0_di03jPrvrUgpBkWn5Bsai0vl7odQnr1TDbeT5pgp1NR_G12Itw7A3HLzyOpoZbKfBAT1t2INkjCCd8QjM923lC-3D_A896oSB9LdcagwArSj2NkNi5SGCaKFGvR3fZQZBVtKPLlPrExh4wyB8g-gNl8a3rkcVgeJcVKwp=s4032" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><span style="color: #444444;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1908" data-original-width="4032" height="302" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhQsQxMqLlqPAm_Ng3Q_0_di03jPrvrUgpBkWn5Bsai0vl7odQnr1TDbeT5pgp1NR_G12Itw7A3HLzyOpoZbKfBAT1t2INkjCCd8QjM923lC-3D_A896oSB9LdcagwArSj2NkNi5SGCaKFGvR3fZQZBVtKPLlPrExh4wyB8g-gNl8a3rkcVgeJcVKwp=w640-h302" width="640" /></span></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #444444;">Now you can</span></td></tr></tbody></table><div><span style="color: #444444;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="color: #444444;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="color: #444444;">The Hill House:</span></div><div><span style="color: #444444;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="color: #444444;"><br /></span></div><div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; 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margin-right: auto;"><span style="color: #444444;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1764" data-original-width="3147" height="358" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiBu9BGQU2PZQvtjVGxCDPHv3tcGPeh_-HZtKg1cHERyeQ9AYg8ox1-VPvdb2n9nBlc7xWtxMX2cIhBZM_feg590ME0famJvzjSA3x9z7h2vTeJ0mgRvOHT27wkvj91I5bmz184m0LAlg9z8IqQh8Qbe3OYAWshiICXZcGOWt17vuvepOBUM8WD9zb6=w640-h358" width="640" /></span></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #444444;">one sink, three taps </span></td></tr></tbody></table><span style="color: #444444;"><br /><br /></span><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiL_TeaMMnMctievHWH-Peeno2SCX9aL8efX_o8J1zQB1SB8iv9M97bDsX0nDl-6BHewHqGewem7RrNy4J7IGgnbz00Evn4JQl7JZTpyrSNdSOjfIX2eFsi9ElIgPYb5XOvYvgUbV-tM2PtGfS-s7Fi1y1vHBl5D5Jek_77jqxZwjvaa3WYlfkyIg_M=s3360" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><span style="color: #444444;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3360" data-original-width="1908" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiL_TeaMMnMctievHWH-Peeno2SCX9aL8efX_o8J1zQB1SB8iv9M97bDsX0nDl-6BHewHqGewem7RrNy4J7IGgnbz00Evn4JQl7JZTpyrSNdSOjfIX2eFsi9ElIgPYb5XOvYvgUbV-tM2PtGfS-s7Fi1y1vHBl5D5Jek_77jqxZwjvaa3WYlfkyIg_M=w364-h640" width="364" /></span></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #444444;">how often nowadays do people repair ceramic bowls?!<br />(how often nowadays do people keep miniature people in ceramic bowls?)</span></td></tr></tbody></table><span style="color: #444444;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #444444;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjABahR6oy53qFDdb6K8sEntv2w4VEmjvnn9XKvPAEUsW0rfgUaHa3H6ifKXzv1PMGJMqmI3X2CYBVE_NEwlWvFAS_uDwXn2pJRH8G6NMSzN5x0vSg5k8FtIqSWC-ziRDjWA8iNna6hv5kdtNT4Cbd-XAZHx5Z8Tuypkig7Luy-mRu5rSN-mF_QgTdp=s3786" style="margin-left: 1em; 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text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgpmHKd0NIzo6_STmOMbX3MjwdYheWYiOXhFnQr8OuYcoroSs2KQeUSNhjBmq4jPlwOWDrd4pSHcAh7WPfKOW1MosAExGNYRo3Yre0uPZZ10Bmptn3NY1xHgGS3pvbOX6QJgT5KxtNYb7mjPYL2bWbgZXvzwMREM1c1xSbPo1ET1XkxyDGfGM07KC6H=s4608" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: #444444;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2184" data-original-width="4608" height="304" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgpmHKd0NIzo6_STmOMbX3MjwdYheWYiOXhFnQr8OuYcoroSs2KQeUSNhjBmq4jPlwOWDrd4pSHcAh7WPfKOW1MosAExGNYRo3Yre0uPZZ10Bmptn3NY1xHgGS3pvbOX6QJgT5KxtNYb7mjPYL2bWbgZXvzwMREM1c1xSbPo1ET1XkxyDGfGM07KC6H=w640-h304" width="640" /></span></a></div><span style="color: #444444;"><br /><br /><br /></span><div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjjTD0TmGWQFkKe3Xic9Sj6VKvR9cY5RhgA0Gyg8zg2jewdzRFNAzH2iMQwm-8vat_6nKoUnIbddVnUl7WLgHtcbhT-jxvDtw69yJvA4JFje-9XqgdrKXgeTbllm0wuFEK5GZDAKUKLMz7BqFHzn04QmjWzAC3reDrykXBdvIiITjFqVIp7QwUkElLp=s1770" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><span style="color: #444444;"><img border="0" data-original-height="529" data-original-width="1770" height="192" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjjTD0TmGWQFkKe3Xic9Sj6VKvR9cY5RhgA0Gyg8zg2jewdzRFNAzH2iMQwm-8vat_6nKoUnIbddVnUl7WLgHtcbhT-jxvDtw69yJvA4JFje-9XqgdrKXgeTbllm0wuFEK5GZDAKUKLMz7BqFHzn04QmjWzAC3reDrykXBdvIiITjFqVIp7QwUkElLp=w640-h192" width="640" /></span></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #444444;">Sun setting over the water, seen through chain mail cocoon walls. Zoomed in mail below:</span></td></tr></tbody></table><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #444444;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #444444;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEh1_SQ7x1mZr1VOt8nmRvh04J-p4oDFz6LJT59Jj5GODeur1BUUZR1bIdF7XnwFvMBDr5HQY5db5lIElHjn9JKU_KFc48e1uijQ9PXk3yNXIBfwj31VArNnxqkhW7CZjrIlXxu6Blc_uxXy_e8dThN1bt1US2G2VrT8e70ZSUYNDgjVK79VfjZpnoJr=s279" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: #444444;"><img border="0" data-original-height="170" data-original-width="279" height="122" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEh1_SQ7x1mZr1VOt8nmRvh04J-p4oDFz6LJT59Jj5GODeur1BUUZR1bIdF7XnwFvMBDr5HQY5db5lIElHjn9JKU_KFc48e1uijQ9PXk3yNXIBfwj31VArNnxqkhW7CZjrIlXxu6Blc_uxXy_e8dThN1bt1US2G2VrT8e70ZSUYNDgjVK79VfjZpnoJr=w200-h122" width="200" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #444444;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #444444;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><b><span style="color: #444444;"><br /></span></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><b><span style="color: #444444;"><br /></span></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><b><span style="color: #444444;">-----------------------</span></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><b><span style="color: #444444;"><br /></span></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><b><span style="color: #444444;"><br /></span></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><b><span style="color: #444444;">How to Get There:</span></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><b><span style="color: #444444;"><br /></span></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><b><span style="color: #444444;"><br /></span></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="color: #444444;">- Trains to <b>Helensburgh Central</b> are half hourly from <b>Glasgow Queen Street</b> and the journey takes about 40 minutes.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="color: #444444;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="color: #444444;">- Trains to</span><span style="color: #444444;"> </span><b style="color: #444444;">Helensburgh Upper </b><span style="color: #444444;">are five a day</span><span style="color: #444444;"> from</span><span style="color: #444444;"> </span><b style="color: #444444;">Glasgow Queen Street</b><span style="color: #444444;"> </span><span style="color: #444444;">and the journey takes about 45 minutes.</span><span style="color: #444444;"> </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="color: #444444;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="color: #444444;">- The walk from <b>Helensburgh Central</b> to <b>The Hill House</b> is an uphill mile and a bit taking about 25-30 minutes with no stops.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="color: #444444;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="color: #444444;">- The walk from <b>Helensburgh Upper </b>to <b>The Hill House</b> is also uphill but only 5-10 minutes.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="color: #444444;">--</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="color: #444444;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="color: #444444;">Trains are less frequent on Sundays.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="color: #444444;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="color: #444444;">Check your journey in advance on ScotRail website or app - <a href="http://www.scotrail.co.uk">www.scotrail.co.uk</a></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">--</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Thank you for reading my Scotland By Rail blog. Please share with anyone who might be interested.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Let me know if there are any railway days out you'd recommend me to try. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhq9bprP4eEqIEFAU8Sr4edCxp_zSosm4ExEi5lmcZDZw5H8Wr2300qLuO-kNL9No4H_-azmAamlkOYExaml1GJ5YQpR_QMwqqFFOkN5HAurU9rdtUfKTVyZn25pMaXgavnlHC8jpeDo_09_klVD8zhiaCzIls1rx-3Wc_Hy5p_xiyWDLpMzAao6sMJ=s4532" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2184" data-original-width="4532" height="308" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhq9bprP4eEqIEFAU8Sr4edCxp_zSosm4ExEi5lmcZDZw5H8Wr2300qLuO-kNL9No4H_-azmAamlkOYExaml1GJ5YQpR_QMwqqFFOkN5HAurU9rdtUfKTVyZn25pMaXgavnlHC8jpeDo_09_klVD8zhiaCzIls1rx-3Wc_Hy5p_xiyWDLpMzAao6sMJ=w640-h308" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><br /></td></tr></tbody></table></div></div>Leo du Feu Painter of landscape and naturehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08209949942922567508noreply@blogger.com1Helensburgh, UK56.002318 -4.73401435.953060024596681 -39.890264 76.051575975403324 30.422235999999998tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5449447842234713078.post-88499881056807258472021-09-27T13:51:00.004+01:002021-09-27T15:18:26.736+01:002022 calendar now ready, £10 + p&p<p><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="color: #444444; font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">A bit different this year, my 2022 calendar features my Discovered Worlds:</span></p><p><img border="0" data-original-height="704" data-original-width="1000" height="450" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-QJZ2JfB59iQ/YVGWeDyIu0I/AAAAAAAAK8I/W6mNWD5XR54vUlSx0tSYOglYC67lCJJ_QCLcBGAsYHQ/w640-h450/Leo%2Bdu%2BFeu%252C%2B2022%2Bcalendar%252C%2Bfront%2Bcover.JPG" style="font-size: large; text-align: center;" width="640" /></p><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-bDtm_5QmsK8/YVHKoc6pdCI/AAAAAAAAK9U/I0yxv1raMygEiJNhk0OYFabSoBB_QOWqQCLcBGAsYHQ/s1000/low%2Bres%2B-%2BLeo%2Bdu%2BFeu%252C%2B2022%2Bcalendar%252C%2Bback%2Bcover.jpg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="707" data-original-width="1000" height="452" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-bDtm_5QmsK8/YVHKoc6pdCI/AAAAAAAAK9U/I0yxv1raMygEiJNhk0OYFabSoBB_QOWqQCLcBGAsYHQ/w640-h452/low%2Bres%2B-%2BLeo%2Bdu%2BFeu%252C%2B2022%2Bcalendar%252C%2Bback%2Bcover.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-ajMpQGR0sOI/YVHLG3f8XjI/AAAAAAAAK9c/Pu_QwTeT49ESkxIQ2eM68k0I5Qqs1O7KQCLcBGAsYHQ/s2555/low%2Bres%2B-%2BLeo%2Bdu%2BFeu%252C%2B2022%2Bcalendar%252C%2BCROPPED%2Btitle%2Bpage.jpg" style="clear: left; display: inline; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1231" data-original-width="2555" height="309" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-ajMpQGR0sOI/YVHLG3f8XjI/AAAAAAAAK9c/Pu_QwTeT49ESkxIQ2eM68k0I5Qqs1O7KQCLcBGAsYHQ/w640-h309/low%2Bres%2B-%2BLeo%2Bdu%2BFeu%252C%2B2022%2Bcalendar%252C%2BCROPPED%2Btitle%2Bpage.jpg" width="640" /></a></div></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div><div><span style="color: #444444; font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">calendar is same format as usual:</span></div><div><div style="clear: both;"><span style="color: #444444; font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">- folded & stapled with hole for hanging</span></div><div style="clear: both;"><span style="color: #444444; font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">- A4 (21x30cm) when closed, A3 (42x30cm) when open</span></div><div style="clear: both;"><span style="color: #444444; font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">- printed sustainably in the UK on 100% recycled paper/card</span></div></div></div><div style="clear: both;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="clear: both;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div><div><b><span style="color: #444444; font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">- £10 per A4 <span class="gmail-il">calendar</span></span></b></div><div><b><span style="color: #444444; font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">- £9 per <span class="gmail-il">calendar</span> if ordering 6 or more</span></b></div></div></div><div><br /></div><div><div style="clear: both;"><div><span style="color: #444444; font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><b>+ p&p Royal Mail 2nd Class:</b></span></div><div><span style="color: #444444; font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">1 calendar - £2</span></div><div><span style="color: #444444; font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">2 calendar - £2.50</span></div><div><span style="color: #444444; font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">3 calendar - £3</span></div><div><span style="color: #444444; font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">4-10 calendars - £3.50</span></div><div><span style="color: #444444; font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">(Non-UK orders very welcome, p&p will cost more)</span></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><span style="color: #444444; font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><div><div><div style="color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: medium;"><span face="arial, sans-serif" style="color: #444444; font-size: medium;"><b>To order:</b></span></div><div style="color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: medium;"><span face="arial, sans-serif" style="color: #444444; font-size: medium;">- let us know what you want - <a href="mailto:jennifer@leodufeu.co.uk" target="_blank">jennifer@leodufeu.co.uk</a></span></div><div style="color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: medium;"><span face="arial, sans-serif" style="color: #444444; font-size: medium;">- include postal address so we can confirm total cost & email you payment details</span></div><div style="color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: medium;"><span face="arial, sans-serif" style="color: #444444; font-size: medium;">- bank transfer, cheque, cash are all fine</span></div><div style="color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: medium;"><span face="arial, sans-serif" style="color: #444444; font-size: medium;">- PayPal fine but an extra £1 to cover fees.</span></div></div><div><span face="arial, sans-serif" style="color: #444444; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div></div></span></div><div><br /></div><div><div style="clear: both;"><div style="color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><div><div><span style="font-size: medium;"><b style="color: #444444; font-family: "Times New Roman";">______________________________<wbr></wbr>________</b><span style="color: #444444; font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></div></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div><br /></div></div></div></div></div></div><div style="clear: both;"><div><div style="color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span face="arial, sans-serif" style="color: #444444; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span face="arial, sans-serif" style="color: #444444; font-size: medium;"><b>Winter / Christmas cards</b></span></div><div style="color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></div><div style="color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="color: #444444; font-family: arial;"><span face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: medium;">2 new designs this year:</span></span></div><div style="color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="color: #222222; 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font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></div><div style="color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></div><div style="color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></div><div style="color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></div><div style="color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></div><div style="color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></div><div style="color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><div><span style="color: #444444; font-family: arial;"><span face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: medium;">also limited supplies of 2 previous designs:</span></span></div></div><div style="color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></div><div style="color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-yWRerNyYVGU/X7WofmM883I/AAAAAAAAKJ8/gByWfLuwZOg71xChKfhmWnA7IzYsvvtzwCLcBGAsYHQ/s300/FINAL%2B-%2BFOX%2B5x7%2BFRONT.jpg" style="clear: left; float: left; font-family: arial; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="214" data-original-width="300" height="285" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-yWRerNyYVGU/X7WofmM883I/AAAAAAAAKJ8/gByWfLuwZOg71xChKfhmWnA7IzYsvvtzwCLcBGAsYHQ/w400-h285/FINAL%2B-%2BFOX%2B5x7%2BFRONT.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div style="color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-qQXB7idQcFA/X7Wop-yRlDI/AAAAAAAAKKE/RFq3I94YASglphh8kSCpkvCyZHuDWRVWQCLcBGAsYHQ/s300/FINAL%2B-%2BHARES%2B5x7%2BFRONT.JPG" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="214" data-original-width="300" height="285" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-qQXB7idQcFA/X7Wop-yRlDI/AAAAAAAAKKE/RFq3I94YASglphh8kSCpkvCyZHuDWRVWQCLcBGAsYHQ/w400-h285/FINAL%2B-%2BHARES%2B5x7%2BFRONT.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><br /><span face="arial, sans-serif" style="color: #444444;"><br /></span></div><div style="color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span face="arial, sans-serif" style="color: #444444;"><br /></span></div><div style="color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span face="arial, sans-serif" style="color: #444444;"><br /></span></div><div style="color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span face="arial, sans-serif" style="color: #444444;"><br /></span></div><div style="color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span face="arial, sans-serif" style="color: #444444;"><br /></span></div><div style="color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span face="arial, sans-serif" style="color: #444444;"><br /></span></div><div style="color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span face="arial, sans-serif" style="color: #444444;"><br /></span></div><div style="color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span face="arial, sans-serif" style="color: #444444;"><br /></span></div><div style="color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></div><div style="color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></div><div style="color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></div><div style="color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></div><div><div style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="color: #222222;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="color: #222222;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="color: #222222;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="color: #222222;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="color: #222222; font-size: medium;"><div><br /></div><div>All details here - </div><div><a href="http://landscapeartnaturebirds.blogspot.com/2021/09/new-cards-ready-for-winter-deer-penguin.html" target="_blank">http://landscapeartnaturebirds.blogspot.com/2021/09/new-cards-ready-for-winter-deer-penguin.html</a></div></span></div><div style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman";"><br /></div></div><div style="color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><div><div><div><span face="arial, sans-serif" style="color: #444444; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div><span face="arial, sans-serif" style="color: #444444; font-size: medium;"><div style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: medium;"><span face="arial, sans-serif" style="color: #444444; font-size: medium;"><b>______________________________<wbr></wbr>________</b> <br /></span></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><div style="color: #222222;"><span face="arial, sans-serif" style="color: #444444; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="color: #444444; font-size: medium;"><b><i>winter owl wood engraving - lovely little Christmas gift?</i></b></span></div><div><span style="color: #444444; font-size: medium;"><b><i><br /></i></b></span></div><div style="color: #222222;"><div><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-kgxuiVGaRVk/X5MH0NfX6fI/AAAAAAAAKDk/ED4aJCerIwIrECD-zeSxiOvcAr1Euq1EwCLcBGAsYHQ/s1000/Leo%2Bdu%2BFeu%252C%2Bwinter%2Bowl%2BA6%2BFRONT.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><img border="0" data-original-height="705" data-original-width="1000" height="226" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-kgxuiVGaRVk/X5MH0NfX6fI/AAAAAAAAKDk/ED4aJCerIwIrECD-zeSxiOvcAr1Euq1EwCLcBGAsYHQ/w320-h226/Leo%2Bdu%2BFeu%252C%2Bwinter%2Bowl%2BA6%2BFRONT.jpg" width="320" /></span></a></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div><div><span face="arial, sans-serif" style="color: #444444; font-size: medium;">This wood engraving is handprinted in an edition of 100:</span></div><div><b><span face="arial, sans-serif" style="color: #444444; font-size: medium;">- £17 per signed print, unmounted, includes UK p&p. </span></b></div><div><b><span face="arial, sans-serif" style="color: #444444; font-size: medium;">- £21 for non-UK addresses, includes p&p.</span></b></div><div><b><span face="arial, sans-serif" style="color: #444444; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></b></div></div></div><div style="color: #222222;"><span face="arial, sans-serif" style="color: #444444; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="color: #222222;"><span face="arial, sans-serif" style="color: #444444; font-size: medium;"><div style="background-color: white; color: #222222;"><b style="color: #444444; font-family: "Times New Roman";">______________________________<wbr></wbr>________</b><span style="color: #444444; font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span></div><div><span style="color: #444444; font-family: "Times New Roman";"><br /></span></div></span></div></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div></span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;"><span face="arial, sans-serif" style="color: #444444;">(My non-seasonal greetings cards and two non-winter wood engravings continue to be orderable from my Etsy shop - </span><b style="color: #444444; font-family: arial, sans-serif;"><a data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://www.etsy.com/uk/shop/LeoduFeuArtist&source=gmail&ust=1603371121394000&usg=AFQjCNGNuGEyq65YylzDy-NjFhnfCtHw9w" href="https://www.etsy.com/uk/shop/LeoduFeuArtist" style="color: #1155cc;" target="_blank">www.etsy.com/uk/shop/<wbr></wbr>LeoduFeuArtist</a>)</b></span></div></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;"><b style="color: #444444; font-family: arial, sans-serif;"><br /></b></span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;"><b style="color: #444444; font-family: arial, sans-serif;"><br /></b></span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;"><b style="color: #444444; font-family: arial, sans-serif;"><br /></b></span></div></div></div><div style="color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"></div></div></div>Leo du Feu Painter of landscape and naturehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08209949942922567508noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5449447842234713078.post-19037725549989523212021-09-27T13:26:00.011+01:002021-09-27T15:19:18.874+01:00new cards ready for winter - a deer & a penguin<div style="text-align: left;"><span style="background-color: white;"><span face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="color: #444444;"><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;">I have two new cards ready for winter ( / Christmas!) :</span></div><div style="font-size: large;"><br /></div><div><b><span style="font-size: medium;">1. <i>woodland deer</i></span></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-UlarTCaSkiY/YVGfqeDfEGI/AAAAAAAAK80/zY6M-I5aDTwk69TsJXJycOlDzHFS5gkEQCLcBGAsYHQ/s800/Leo%2Bdu%2BFeu%252C%2Bdeer%2Bcard.jpg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="800" data-original-width="571" height="400" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-UlarTCaSkiY/YVGfqeDfEGI/AAAAAAAAK80/zY6M-I5aDTwk69TsJXJycOlDzHFS5gkEQCLcBGAsYHQ/w285-h400/Leo%2Bdu%2BFeu%252C%2Bdeer%2Bcard.jpg" width="285" /></a></div><br /><div style="font-size: large;"><br /></div><div><div style="font-size: large;"><br /></div><div style="font-size: large;"><br /></div><div style="font-size: large;"><br /></div><div style="font-size: large;"><br /></div><div style="font-size: large;"><br /></div><div style="font-size: large;"><br /></div><div style="font-size: large;"><br /></div><div style="font-size: large;"><br /></div><div style="font-size: large;"><br /></div><div style="font-size: large;"><br /></div><div style="font-size: large;"><br /></div><div style="font-size: large;"><br /></div><div style="font-size: large;"><br /></div><div style="font-size: large;"><br /></div><div style="font-size: large;"><br /></div><div style="font-size: large;"><br /></div><div>(The original of this A5 painting will be available in the <a href="https://www.openeyegallery.co.uk/" target="_blank">Open Eye Gallery</a>'s December Small Scale exhibition.)</div><div style="font-size: large;"><br /></div><div style="font-size: large;"><br /></div><div><b><span style="font-size: medium;">2. <i>king penguin</i></span></b></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-XxsC4OMmLf0/YVGhslEfI-I/AAAAAAAAK88/fOuKFrPGGmMeMApLcYGlMg-CkKRGku55ACLcBGAsYHQ/s800/Leo%2Bdu%2BFeu%252C%2Bpenguin%2Bcard.jpg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="800" data-original-width="571" height="400" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-XxsC4OMmLf0/YVGhslEfI-I/AAAAAAAAK88/fOuKFrPGGmMeMApLcYGlMg-CkKRGku55ACLcBGAsYHQ/w285-h400/Leo%2Bdu%2BFeu%252C%2Bpenguin%2Bcard.jpg" width="285" /></a></div><br /><div style="font-size: large;"><br /></div><div><div style="font-size: large;"><i><br /></i></div><div style="font-size: large;"><i><br /></i></div><div style="font-size: large;"><i><br /></i></div><div style="font-size: large;"><i><br /></i></div><div style="font-size: large;"><i><br /></i></div><div style="font-size: large;"><i><br /></i></div><div style="font-size: large;"><i><br /></i></div><div style="font-size: large;"><i><br /></i></div><div style="font-size: large;"><i><br /></i></div><div style="font-size: large;"><i><br /></i></div><div style="font-size: large;"><i><br /></i></div><div style="font-size: large;"><i><br /></i></div><div style="font-size: large;"><i><br /></i></div><div style="font-size: large;"><i><br /></i></div><div style="font-size: large;"><i><br /></i></div><div style="font-size: large;"><i><br /></i></div><div><br /></div></div></div><div><div><span style="font-size: medium;">- both cards are 7x5inch (c.175mm x 125mm)</span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;">- blank inside</span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;">- white envelopes</span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;">- printed sustainably in the UK on 100% recycled card</span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div><div><span style="font-size: medium;">- 1 card = £1.50</span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;">- 10 cards = £12</span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;">- 20 cards = £20 </span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;">+ p&p</span></div></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;"><b style="font-family: "Times New Roman";">______________________________<wbr></wbr>________</b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></div><div><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;">I also have limited numbers remaining of these two previous designs, first come first served. <span face="arial, sans-serif">Same size and prices as the two new cards</span>:</span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div></div></span></span></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b><span style="font-size: medium;">3. <i style="color: #444444;">winter woods</i></span></b></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span face="arial, sans-serif" style="color: #444444; font-size: medium;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-JBsaUcLTLQU/X7Waq1zn98I/AAAAAAAAKJc/648xElu8w5UZacj6i75dIDneYBk2Cfj_gCLcBGAsYHQ/s1376/FINAL%2B-%2BFOX%2B5x7%2BFRONT.jpg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="980" data-original-width="1376" height="285" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-JBsaUcLTLQU/X7Waq1zn98I/AAAAAAAAKJc/648xElu8w5UZacj6i75dIDneYBk2Cfj_gCLcBGAsYHQ/w400-h285/FINAL%2B-%2BFOX%2B5x7%2BFRONT.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><span face="arial, sans-serif" style="color: #444444;"><i><div style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span face="arial, sans-serif" style="color: #444444;"><span face="arial, sans-serif" style="color: #444444;"><i><br /></i></span></span></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span face="arial, sans-serif" style="color: #444444;"><span face="arial, sans-serif" style="color: #444444;"><i><br /></i></span></span></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span face="arial, sans-serif" style="color: #444444;"><span face="arial, sans-serif" style="color: #444444;"><i><br /></i></span></span></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span face="arial, sans-serif" style="color: #444444;"><span face="arial, sans-serif" style="color: #444444;"><i><br /></i></span></span></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span face="arial, sans-serif" style="color: #444444;"><span face="arial, sans-serif" style="color: #444444;"><i><br /></i></span></span></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span face="arial, sans-serif" style="color: #444444;"><span face="arial, sans-serif" style="color: #444444;"><i><br /></i></span></span></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span face="arial, sans-serif" style="color: #444444;"><span face="arial, sans-serif" style="color: #444444;"><i><br /></i></span></span></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span face="arial, sans-serif" style="color: #444444;"><span face="arial, sans-serif" style="color: #444444;"><i><br /></i></span></span></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span face="arial, sans-serif" style="color: #444444;"><span face="arial, sans-serif" style="color: #444444;"><i><br /></i></span></span></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span face="arial, sans-serif" style="color: #444444;"><span face="arial, sans-serif" style="color: #444444;"><i><br /></i></span></span></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span face="arial, sans-serif" style="color: #444444;"><span face="arial, sans-serif" style="color: #444444;"><i><br /></i></span></span></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span face="arial, sans-serif" style="color: #444444;"><span face="arial, sans-serif" style="color: #444444;"><i><br /></i></span></span></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span face="arial, sans-serif" style="color: #444444;"><span face="arial, sans-serif" style="color: #444444;"><i><br /></i></span></span></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span face="arial, sans-serif" style="color: #444444;"><span face="arial, sans-serif" style="color: #444444;"><i><br /></i></span></span></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></div></i></span></span></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><div><span face="arial, sans-serif" style="color: #444444; font-size: medium;"><b>4. <i>seven snow hares</i></b></span></div><div><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-QP91bAoxUxM/X5MEWi99eLI/AAAAAAAAKC0/7wMlp7_ltug1-Wuc86ABL6LIXmOQvrEJwCLcBGAsYHQ/s1000/Leo%2Bdu%2BFeu%252C%2Bseven%2Bsnow%2Bhares%252C%2B15x21cm.JPG" style="background-color: transparent; clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><img border="0" data-original-height="713" data-original-width="1000" height="285" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-QP91bAoxUxM/X5MEWi99eLI/AAAAAAAAKC0/7wMlp7_ltug1-Wuc86ABL6LIXmOQvrEJwCLcBGAsYHQ/w400-h285/Leo%2Bdu%2BFeu%252C%2Bseven%2Bsnow%2Bhares%252C%2B15x21cm.JPG" width="400" /></span></a></div></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><i style="color: #444444; font-family: arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></i></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><i style="color: #444444; font-family: arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></i></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><i style="color: #444444; font-family: arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></i></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><i style="color: #444444; font-family: arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></i></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><i style="color: #444444; font-family: arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></i></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><i style="color: #444444; font-family: arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></i></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><i style="color: #444444; font-family: arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></i></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><i style="color: #444444; font-family: arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></i></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><i style="color: #444444; font-family: arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></i></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><i style="color: #444444; font-family: arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></i></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><i style="color: #444444; font-family: arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></i></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><i style="color: #444444; font-family: arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></i></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><i style="color: #444444; font-family: arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></i></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><div><div style="color: #222222;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><b style="color: #444444; font-family: "Times New Roman";">______________________________<wbr></wbr>________</b><span style="color: #444444; font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></div><div style="color: #222222;"><span face="arial, sans-serif" style="color: #444444; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="color: #222222;"><span face="arial, sans-serif" style="color: #444444; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="color: #222222;"><span face="arial, sans-serif" style="color: #444444; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="color: #222222;"><div><b><span face="arial, sans-serif" style="color: #444444; font-size: medium;">2022 CALENDAR</span></b></div><div><span face="arial, sans-serif" style="color: #444444; font-size: medium;">- ready to order early this year!</span></div><div><span face="arial, sans-serif" style="color: #444444; font-size: medium;">- £10 +p&p.</span></div><div><span style="color: #444444; font-size: medium;">- same format as always.</span></div><div><span style="color: #444444; font-size: medium;">- details here- <a href="https://landscapeartnaturebirds.blogspot.com/2021/09/2022-calendar-now-ready-10-p.html" target="_blank">https://landscapeartnaturebirds.blogspot.com/2021/09/2022-calendar-now-ready-10-p.html</a></span></div><div><br /></div><div><b><span style="font-size: medium;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-KdTxJxNIVs8/YVGvLKqAu5I/AAAAAAAAK9E/POrLkRRx-S8unS_5XzqRAMbGOjkj_8fXQCLcBGAsYHQ/s1000/Leo%2Bdu%2BFeu%252C%2B2022%2Bcalendar%252C%2Bfront%2Bcover.JPG" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="704" data-original-width="1000" height="450" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-KdTxJxNIVs8/YVGvLKqAu5I/AAAAAAAAK9E/POrLkRRx-S8unS_5XzqRAMbGOjkj_8fXQCLcBGAsYHQ/w640-h450/Leo%2Bdu%2BFeu%252C%2B2022%2Bcalendar%252C%2Bfront%2Bcover.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><br /><span face="arial, sans-serif" style="color: #444444;"><br /></span></span></b></div><div><span face="arial, sans-serif" style="color: #444444; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div><span face="arial, sans-serif" style="color: #444444; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div><span face="arial, sans-serif" style="color: #444444; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div><span face="arial, sans-serif" style="color: #444444; 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font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div><span face="arial, sans-serif" style="color: #444444; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div><span face="arial, sans-serif" style="color: #444444; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div><br /></div></div><div style="color: #222222;"><span face="arial, sans-serif" style="color: #444444; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="color: #222222;"><br /></div><div style="color: #222222;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-ycVtfA5F5VY/YVHL9mUeeWI/AAAAAAAAK9k/_g7p7Ys6NV8ougZ5DrcPQAEVz0Zg-6KVgCLcBGAsYHQ/s1000/low%2Bres%2B-%2BLeo%2Bdu%2BFeu%252C%2B2022%2Bcalendar%252C%2Bback%2Bcover.jpg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="707" data-original-width="1000" height="452" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-ycVtfA5F5VY/YVHL9mUeeWI/AAAAAAAAK9k/_g7p7Ys6NV8ougZ5DrcPQAEVz0Zg-6KVgCLcBGAsYHQ/w640-h452/low%2Bres%2B-%2BLeo%2Bdu%2BFeu%252C%2B2022%2Bcalendar%252C%2Bback%2Bcover.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div></div><div style="color: #222222;"><div><span style="font-size: medium;"><b style="color: #444444; font-family: "Times New Roman";">______________________________<wbr></wbr>________</b><span style="color: #444444; font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></div><div><span face="arial, sans-serif" style="color: #444444; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div><span face="arial, sans-serif" style="color: #444444; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div><span face="arial, sans-serif" style="color: #444444; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div></div><div><span style="color: #444444; font-size: medium;"><b><i>winter owl wood engraving - lovely little Christmas gift?</i></b></span></div><div><span style="color: #444444; font-size: medium;"><b><i><br /></i></b></span></div><div style="color: #222222;"><div><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-kgxuiVGaRVk/X5MH0NfX6fI/AAAAAAAAKDk/ED4aJCerIwIrECD-zeSxiOvcAr1Euq1EwCLcBGAsYHQ/s1000/Leo%2Bdu%2BFeu%252C%2Bwinter%2Bowl%2BA6%2BFRONT.jpg" style="background-color: transparent; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><img border="0" data-original-height="705" data-original-width="1000" height="226" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-kgxuiVGaRVk/X5MH0NfX6fI/AAAAAAAAKDk/ED4aJCerIwIrECD-zeSxiOvcAr1Euq1EwCLcBGAsYHQ/w320-h226/Leo%2Bdu%2BFeu%252C%2Bwinter%2Bowl%2BA6%2BFRONT.jpg" width="320" /></span></a></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div><div><span face="arial, sans-serif" style="color: #444444; font-size: medium;">This wood engraving is handprinted in an edition of 100:</span></div><div><b><span face="arial, sans-serif" style="color: #444444; font-size: medium;">- £17 per signed print, unmounted, includes UK p&p. </span></b></div><div><b><span face="arial, sans-serif" style="color: #444444; font-size: medium;">- £21 for non-UK addresses, includes p&p.</span></b></div><div><b><span face="arial, sans-serif" style="color: #444444; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></b></div></div></div><div style="color: #222222;"><span face="arial, sans-serif" style="color: #444444; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="color: #222222;"><span face="arial, sans-serif" style="color: #444444; font-size: medium;"><div style="color: #222222;"><b style="color: #444444; font-family: "Times New Roman";">______________________________<wbr></wbr>________</b><span style="color: #444444; font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span></div><div style="color: #222222;"><span style="color: #444444; font-family: "Times New Roman";"><br /></span></div></span></div><div style="color: #222222;"></div></div><div style="color: #222222;"><div><span face="arial, sans-serif" style="color: #444444; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div><span face="arial, sans-serif" style="color: #444444; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div><div><b><span face="arial, sans-serif" style="color: #444444; font-size: medium;">ORDERING:</span></b></div><div><span face="arial, sans-serif" style="color: #444444; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div><span face="arial, sans-serif" style="color: #444444; font-size: medium;">- Let us know what you want - <a href="mailto:jennifer@leodufeu.co.uk" target="_blank">jennifer@leodufeu.co.uk</a></span></div><div><span face="arial, sans-serif" style="color: #444444; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div><span face="arial, sans-serif" style="color: #444444; font-size: medium;">- Include postal address so we can confirm total cost and email you payment details.</span></div><div><span face="arial, sans-serif" style="color: #444444; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div><span face="arial, sans-serif" style="color: #444444; font-size: medium;">- Bank transfer, cheque, cash are all fine.</span></div><div><span face="arial, sans-serif" style="color: #444444; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div><span face="arial, sans-serif" style="color: #444444; font-size: medium;">- PayPal fine but an extra £1 to cover fees.</span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div><span face="arial, sans-serif" style="color: #444444; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div><span face="arial, sans-serif" style="color: #444444; font-size: medium;"><div style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: medium;"><span face="arial, sans-serif" style="color: #444444; font-size: medium;"><b>______________________________<wbr></wbr>________</b> <br /></span></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div></span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;"><span face="arial, sans-serif" style="color: #444444;">(My non-seasonal greetings cards and two non-winter wood engravings continue to be orderable from my Etsy shop - </span><b style="color: #444444; font-family: arial, sans-serif;"><a data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://www.etsy.com/uk/shop/LeoduFeuArtist&source=gmail&ust=1603371121394000&usg=AFQjCNGNuGEyq65YylzDy-NjFhnfCtHw9w" href="https://www.etsy.com/uk/shop/LeoduFeuArtist" style="color: #1155cc;" target="_blank">www.etsy.com/uk/shop/<wbr></wbr>LeoduFeuArtist</a>)</b></span></div></div></div><div style="color: #222222;"><span face="arial, sans-serif" style="color: #444444; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="color: #222222;"><span face="arial, sans-serif" style="color: #444444; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div></div><div><br /></div><div><div><span face="arial, sans-serif" style="color: #444444; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div><div style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div></div></div><div><span face="arial, sans-serif" style="color: #444444; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div><span face="arial, sans-serif" style="color: #444444; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div><span face="arial, sans-serif" style="color: #444444; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><p><br /></p>Leo du Feu Painter of landscape and naturehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08209949942922567508noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5449447842234713078.post-54642432940429194792020-11-18T23:22:00.005+00:002020-11-18T23:27:52.426+00:002021 Calendar ready to order! £10 per calendar<div><div><span style="color: #444444; font-family: arial;"><span class="gmail-il"><b>2021 Calendar - Wildlife</b></span></span></div><div><span style="color: #444444; font-family: arial;"><span class="gmail-il">(</span>**Order by Mon 23rd Nov to be certain of me having enough copies**)</span></div><div><span style="color: #444444; font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="color: #444444; font-family: arial;"><span class="gmail-il">My 2021</span> <span class="gmail-il">calendar is at the printer so ready to post around end of November. </span>This year it looks at wildlife and wildlife in the landscape. I hope you'll like it.</span></div><div><span style="color: #444444; font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><div><b><span style="color: #444444; font-family: arial;">- £10 per A4 <span class="gmail-il">calendar</span></span></b></div><div><b><span style="color: #444444; font-family: arial;">- £9 per <span class="gmail-il">calendar</span> if ordering 5 or more</span></b></div></div><div><b><span style="color: #444444; font-family: arial;"><br /></span></b></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #444444; font-family: arial; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="827" data-original-width="1173" height="452" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-Gb7H2Uw2MoU/X7Wg_gGtJpI/AAAAAAAAKJs/SGIbyKl0TwcgCrA12yBPRRK6lN08VeILgCLcBGAsYHQ/w640-h452/Leo%2Bdu%2BFeu%2B2021%2Bcalendar%2Bback.jpg" width="640" /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #444444; font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #444444; font-family: arial; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"></span><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-aCZt-3zUqVg/X7Wg_VoT1OI/AAAAAAAAKJo/VYuuXoG1BEgl1IisOamFT3uKlxp_B3JkQCLcBGAsYHQ/s1170/Leo%2Bdu%2BFeu%2B2021%2Bcalendar%2Bfront.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="824" data-original-width="1170" height="450" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-aCZt-3zUqVg/X7Wg_VoT1OI/AAAAAAAAKJo/VYuuXoG1BEgl1IisOamFT3uKlxp_B3JkQCLcBGAsYHQ/w640-h450/Leo%2Bdu%2BFeu%2B2021%2Bcalendar%2Bfront.jpg" width="640" /></a></div></div></div><div><div><div><span style="color: #444444; font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><div><b><span style="color: #444444; font-family: arial;">- £10 per A4 <span class="gmail-il">calendar</span></span></b></div><div><b><span style="color: #444444; font-family: arial;">- £9 per <span class="gmail-il">calendar</span> if ordering 5 or more</span></b></div><div><div style="clear: both;"><div><span style="color: #444444; font-family: arial;"><b><br /></b></span></div><div><span style="color: #444444; font-family: arial;"><b>+ p&p Royal Mail 2nd Class:</b></span></div><div><span style="color: #444444; font-family: arial;">1 calendar - £2</span></div><div><span style="color: #444444; font-family: arial;">2 calendar - £2.50</span></div><div><span style="color: #444444; font-family: arial;">3 calendar - £3</span></div><div><span style="color: #444444; font-family: arial;">4-10 calendars - £3.50</span></div><div><span style="color: #444444; font-family: arial;">(Non-UK orders very welcome but p&p will be higher)</span></div><div><span style="color: #444444; font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><div><br /></div></div><div><div><span style="color: #444444; font-family: arial;">Calendar is exactly same format as my 2020:</span></div><div><div><div style="clear: both;"><span style="color: #444444; font-family: arial;">- folded & stapled (<i>not spiral bound this year</i>)</span></div><div style="clear: both;"><span style="color: #444444; font-family: arial;">- A4 (21x30cm) closed, A3 (42x30cm) open</span></div><div style="clear: both;"><span style="color: #444444; font-family: arial;">- 100% recycled paper/card</span></div></div><div style="clear: both;"><span style="color: #444444; font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div style="clear: both;"><span style="color: #444444; font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div style="clear: both;"><div><span style="color: #444444; font-family: arial;">**<b>Order by Mon 23rd Nov to be certain of me having enough copies</b>**</span></div><div><span style="color: #444444; font-family: arial;"> I can increase the print run if necessary as long as I have your order by/on Monday. I will be ordering surplus so if you don't get your order to us by Monday don't worry too much, I will hopefully still have plenty spares.</span></div><div><span style="color: #444444; font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div></div><div style="clear: both;"><span style="color: #444444; font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div style="clear: both;"><span style="color: #444444; font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div style="clear: both;"><div style="color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><div><span face="arial, sans-serif" style="color: #444444;">-----------------------------</span><span face="arial, sans-serif" style="color: #444444;">-----------------------------</span><span face="arial, sans-serif" style="color: #444444;">-----------------------------</span></div><div><br /></div></div><div style="color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><div><div><b><span face="arial, sans-serif" style="color: #444444;">CARD POSTAGE, PAYMENT, DELIVERY:</span></b></div><div><span face="arial, sans-serif" style="color: #444444;"><br /></span></div><div><span face="arial, sans-serif" style="color: #444444;">- Let me know - leo@leodufeu.co.uk</span></div><div><span face="arial, sans-serif" style="color: #444444;"><br /></span></div><div><span face="arial, sans-serif" style="color: #444444;">- Include your postal address so we can confirm total cost and email you payment details.</span></div><div><span face="arial, sans-serif" style="color: #444444;">Bank transfer, cheque, cash are all fine. PayPal too but we'll add 50p to cover fees.</span></div><div><br /></div></div><div><br /></div></div></div><div style="clear: both;"><span style="color: #444444; font-family: arial;">The calendar paintings:</span></div><div style="clear: both;"><span style="color: #444444; font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div style="clear: both;"><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-BZSbRf8mkts/X7WpCd0vqXI/AAAAAAAAKKU/ba3btKG3XSUGw9-Ud9X0FgUnnSuU8NbZQCLcBGAsYHQ/s2048/01%2BJanuary.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1452" data-original-width="2048" height="454" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-BZSbRf8mkts/X7WpCd0vqXI/AAAAAAAAKKU/ba3btKG3XSUGw9-Ud9X0FgUnnSuU8NbZQCLcBGAsYHQ/w640-h454/01%2BJanuary.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">mountain hare, acrylic, 10x10cm (available)</td></tr></tbody></table><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-E1jtBP-y0mo/X7WpDCaSYmI/AAAAAAAAKKg/MzAAAPWKdZojD6cIdJBL_LZ1M_ObjeSYwCLcBGAsYHQ/s2048/02%2BFebruary.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"></a><br /><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1462" data-original-width="2048" height="456" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-E1jtBP-y0mo/X7WpDCaSYmI/AAAAAAAAKKg/MzAAAPWKdZojD6cIdJBL_LZ1M_ObjeSYwCLcBGAsYHQ/w640-h456/02%2BFebruary.JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;" width="640" /></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">winter deer, acrylic, 15x21cm</td></tr></tbody></table><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-E1jtBP-y0mo/X7WpDCaSYmI/AAAAAAAAKKg/MzAAAPWKdZojD6cIdJBL_LZ1M_ObjeSYwCLcBGAsYHQ/s2048/02%2BFebruary.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"></a></div><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-QdtFVzjD87A/X7WpDNmNGlI/AAAAAAAAKKY/RQyhyo4lkqILw5Wbv9bICclnp2zqz4tjgCLcBGAsYHQ/s2048/03%2BMarch.JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1444" data-original-width="2048" height="283" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-QdtFVzjD87A/X7WpDNmNGlI/AAAAAAAAKKY/RQyhyo4lkqILw5Wbv9bICclnp2zqz4tjgCLcBGAsYHQ/w400-h283/03%2BMarch.JPG" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">seal, acrylic, 10x10cm (available)<br /></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-53dw6ErV4M4/X7WpDZq4g4I/AAAAAAAAKKc/97Seo6kICAEvSzOeQP2z3BmxEzdDnMVkACLcBGAsYHQ/s1654/04%2BApril.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1158" data-original-width="1654" height="448" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-53dw6ErV4M4/X7WpDZq4g4I/AAAAAAAAKKc/97Seo6kICAEvSzOeQP2z3BmxEzdDnMVkACLcBGAsYHQ/w640-h448/04%2BApril.jpeg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">peregrine falcon, acrylic, 15x21cm (available)<br /></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-3js23OIN7J4/X7WpQY-NrjI/AAAAAAAAKLE/CKT34_liYjssNXiucDjcTGE9IeYnneKqACLcBGAsYHQ/s2048/05%2BMay.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1453" data-original-width="2048" height="454" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-3js23OIN7J4/X7WpQY-NrjI/AAAAAAAAKLE/CKT34_liYjssNXiucDjcTGE9IeYnneKqACLcBGAsYHQ/w640-h454/05%2BMay.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">small copper, house martin, watercolour, 15x21cm<br /></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-rOqZ3BRHoR4/X7WpEsAqD9I/AAAAAAAAKKk/zurh_HWNwwoDdgIvxdOHS5gzqWcGah4XACLcBGAsYHQ/s1653/06%2BJune.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1158" data-original-width="1653" height="448" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-rOqZ3BRHoR4/X7WpEsAqD9I/AAAAAAAAKKk/zurh_HWNwwoDdgIvxdOHS5gzqWcGah4XACLcBGAsYHQ/w640-h448/06%2BJune.jpeg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">lesser black-backed gull, acrylic, 15x21cm<br /></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-f62Tymptk7I/X7WpGOX3WwI/AAAAAAAAKKo/P9YaqfMdmicCAuVnaL-5_EyzCJikaV9lgCLcBGAsYHQ/s2048/07%2BJuly.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1455" data-original-width="2048" height="454" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-f62Tymptk7I/X7WpGOX3WwI/AAAAAAAAKKo/P9YaqfMdmicCAuVnaL-5_EyzCJikaV9lgCLcBGAsYHQ/w640-h454/07%2BJuly.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">priory pursuit, wagtail chases sparrowhawk, acrylic, 15x21cm (available)</td></tr></tbody></table><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-qLoq0zFdvWk/X7WpP8PwbjI/AAAAAAAAKK8/5JzikmzFh8cPiCL3AqZvCxc7Hj3gZc_8gCLcBGAsYHQ/s2048/08%2BAugust.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"></a><br /><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1453" data-original-width="2048" height="454" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-qLoq0zFdvWk/X7WpP8PwbjI/AAAAAAAAKK8/5JzikmzFh8cPiCL3AqZvCxc7Hj3gZc_8gCLcBGAsYHQ/w640-h454/08%2BAugust.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;" width="640" /></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">wheatear on South Uist, watercolour, 11x16cm (available)</td></tr></tbody></table></div><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-xsbU-J7XjII/X7WpIQNaJEI/AAAAAAAAKKs/2tQYItShasc75C7FXDd2tracaT5m-qCuQCLcBGAsYHQ/s2048/09%2BSeptember.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1453" data-original-width="2048" height="454" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-xsbU-J7XjII/X7WpIQNaJEI/AAAAAAAAKKs/2tQYItShasc75C7FXDd2tracaT5m-qCuQCLcBGAsYHQ/w640-h454/09%2BSeptember.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">woodpigeon, blue tit, swallow, acrylic, 28x16cm (available)</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-tIcjw-Fy2ek/X7WpLFUIz9I/AAAAAAAAKKw/Wh7UoLrQqpkdHtceLJlJ2vF3dNyxsVrEQCLcBGAsYHQ/s2048/10%2BOctober.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1451" data-original-width="2048" height="454" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-tIcjw-Fy2ek/X7WpLFUIz9I/AAAAAAAAKKw/Wh7UoLrQqpkdHtceLJlJ2vF3dNyxsVrEQCLcBGAsYHQ/w640-h454/10%2BOctober.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">hedgehog, watercolour, c.17x24cm</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-rt9Arv3E5Ms/X7WpNP1UrgI/AAAAAAAAKK0/EvfWigSdZmYIb3Z3BH8j0GsPZzabFmVbwCLcBGAsYHQ/s2048/11%2BNovember.JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1443" data-original-width="2048" height="281" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-rt9Arv3E5Ms/X7WpNP1UrgI/AAAAAAAAKK0/EvfWigSdZmYIb3Z3BH8j0GsPZzabFmVbwCLcBGAsYHQ/w400-h281/11%2BNovember.JPG" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">brown hare, acrylic, 10x10cm (available)</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-ihMX3DpGsbg/X7WpOzAOK_I/AAAAAAAAKK4/ZkQ4jm7CKCw3_NE4LFYSMD7vG6Yc05xRwCLcBGAsYHQ/s2048/12%2BDecember.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1452" data-original-width="2048" height="454" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-ihMX3DpGsbg/X7WpOzAOK_I/AAAAAAAAKK4/ZkQ4jm7CKCw3_NE4LFYSMD7vG6Yc05xRwCLcBGAsYHQ/w640-h454/12%2BDecember.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Earthquake House, acrylic, 10x11cm<br /></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><span style="color: #444444; font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div style="clear: both;"><span style="color: #444444; font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div style="clear: both;"><span face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="color: #444444;">-----------------------------</span><span face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="color: #444444;">-----------------------------</span><span face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="color: #444444;">-----------------------------</span></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div><div style="clear: both;"><div style="color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><div><div><span face="arial, sans-serif" style="color: #444444;"><br /></span></div><div><span face="arial, sans-serif" style="color: #444444;"><br /></span></div><div><span face="arial, sans-serif" style="color: #444444;"><b>Christmas/winter cards</b></span></div><div><span face="arial, sans-serif" style="color: #444444;"><b><br /></b></span></div><div><span face="arial, sans-serif" style="color: #444444;">are still orderable here: </span><span style="color: #444444; font-family: arial; text-decoration-line: underline;"> <b>http://landscapeartnaturebirds.blogspot.com/2020/10/winterchristmas-cards-ready-to-order.html</b></span></div><div><span style="color: #444444; font-family: arial; text-decoration-line: underline;"><b><br /></b></span></div><div><span style="color: #444444; font-family: arial; text-decoration-line: underline;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-yWRerNyYVGU/X7WofmM883I/AAAAAAAAKJ8/gByWfLuwZOg71xChKfhmWnA7IzYsvvtzwCLcBGAsYHQ/s300/FINAL%2B-%2BFOX%2B5x7%2BFRONT.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="214" data-original-width="300" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-yWRerNyYVGU/X7WofmM883I/AAAAAAAAKJ8/gByWfLuwZOg71xChKfhmWnA7IzYsvvtzwCLcBGAsYHQ/s0/FINAL%2B-%2BFOX%2B5x7%2BFRONT.jpg" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-wSePcEC-RpE/X7Wofl9-qoI/AAAAAAAAKKA/rBmxuUlMtOsnM4XcCE9genkaohAPWDuxACLcBGAsYHQ/s300/Leo%2Bdu%2BFeu%252C%2Bwinter%2Bowl%2BA6%2BFRONT%2Bcropped.jpg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="154" data-original-width="300" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-wSePcEC-RpE/X7Wofl9-qoI/AAAAAAAAKKA/rBmxuUlMtOsnM4XcCE9genkaohAPWDuxACLcBGAsYHQ/s0/Leo%2Bdu%2BFeu%252C%2Bwinter%2Bowl%2BA6%2BFRONT%2Bcropped.jpg" /></a></div><br /><b><br /></b></span></div><div><span style="color: #444444; font-family: arial; text-decoration-line: underline;"><b><br /></b></span></div><div><span style="color: #444444; font-family: arial; text-decoration-line: underline;"><br /></span></div><div><span face="arial, sans-serif" style="color: #444444;"><br /></span></div><div><span face="arial, sans-serif" style="color: #444444;"><br /></span></div><div><span face="arial, sans-serif" style="color: #444444;"><br /></span></div><div><span face="arial, sans-serif" style="color: #444444;"><br /></span></div><div><span face="arial, sans-serif" style="color: #444444;"><br /></span></div><div><span face="arial, sans-serif" style="color: #444444;"><br /></span></div><div><span face="arial, sans-serif" style="color: #444444;"><br /></span></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-qQXB7idQcFA/X7Wop-yRlDI/AAAAAAAAKKE/RFq3I94YASglphh8kSCpkvCyZHuDWRVWQCLcBGAsYHQ/s300/FINAL%2B-%2BHARES%2B5x7%2BFRONT.JPG" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="214" data-original-width="300" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-qQXB7idQcFA/X7Wop-yRlDI/AAAAAAAAKKE/RFq3I94YASglphh8kSCpkvCyZHuDWRVWQCLcBGAsYHQ/s0/FINAL%2B-%2BHARES%2B5x7%2BFRONT.JPG" /></a></div><br /><span face="arial, sans-serif" style="color: #444444;"><br /></span></div><div><span face="arial, sans-serif" style="color: #444444;"><br /></span></div><div><span face="arial, sans-serif" style="color: #444444;"><br /></span></div><div><span face="arial, sans-serif" style="color: #444444;"><br /></span></div><div><span face="arial, sans-serif" style="color: #444444;"><br /></span></div><div><span face="arial, sans-serif" style="color: #444444;"><br /></span></div><div><span face="arial, sans-serif" style="color: #444444;"><br /></span></div><div><span face="arial, sans-serif" style="color: #444444;"><br /></span></div><div><span face="arial, sans-serif" style="color: #444444;"><br /></span></div><div><span face="arial, sans-serif" style="color: #444444;"><br /></span></div><div><span face="arial, sans-serif" style="color: #444444;"><br /></span></div><div><span face="arial, sans-serif" style="color: #444444;"><br /></span></div><div><span face="arial, sans-serif" style="color: #444444;"><br /></span></div><div><br /></div><div><span face="arial, sans-serif" style="color: #444444;"><br /></span></div><div><span face="arial, sans-serif" style="color: #444444;">And my non-seasonal greetings cards and two non-winter wood engravings from my Etsy shop - </span><b style="color: #444444; font-family: arial, sans-serif;"><a data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://www.etsy.com/uk/shop/LeoduFeuArtist&source=gmail&ust=1603371121394000&usg=AFQjCNGNuGEyq65YylzDy-NjFhnfCtHw9w" href="https://www.etsy.com/uk/shop/LeoduFeuArtist" style="color: #1155cc;" target="_blank">www.etsy.com/uk/shop/<wbr></wbr>LeoduFeuArtist</a></b></div></div></div></div><p></p><div style="clear: both;"><div><div></div></div></div><p></p><div style="clear: both;"><br /></div>Leo du Feu Painter of landscape and naturehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08209949942922567508noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5449447842234713078.post-33076237730303176402020-10-28T22:07:00.001+00:002020-10-28T22:07:25.494+00:00Art Ideas - Charcoal<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Charcoal. It's been around for a while. A quick Google search says 28,000 years. Think cave drawings. I really enjoyed looking at these images here - <a href="https://arthistoryproject.com/mediums/charcoal/">https://arthistoryproject.com/mediums/charcoal/</a> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Why not give it a try? It's great for quick mark-making, great for speedy sketches outdoors, great for drawing people and animals, great for creating bold light-dark contrasting images but also great for creating softly changing tones.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">----------------------</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><b>Some tips:</b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><b><br /></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">- do a whole quick drawing in sharp outline, then smudge bits.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">- cover your whole paper with rubbed-in charcoal then draw light lines into it using a rubber or a 'putty rubber'.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">- putty rubbers are a soft squishable squidgeable rubbers used often with chalks and charcoals.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">- keep your rubber working by rubbing it on a clean sheet of paper to remove build-ups of charcoal.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">- keep your putty rubber clean by pulling it apart over and over between your fingers. You'll see the charcoal on it gradually disappears.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">- smudge using fingers, palm, bunched hand. A rag, a tissue. A paintbrush? A sponge?</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">- to darken your smudges: rub/smudge charcoal into the paper, draw more charcoal on top, rub that in, draw more on top, rub that in... </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">- combine charcoal with chalks and 'conte crayons'.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">- try adding water! Use a brush to add water, see what happens, can be a really useful technique.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">- try combining with oil pastel.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">- try combining with paint.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">----------------------</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br /></div></div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><b>To reduce smudging:</b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><b><br /></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">- Practice lifting your hand and arm off the paper as you draw to reduce the smudging. This feels pretty tricky to start with.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">- If hand-lift is too tricky, place paper on top of the part of drawing you aren't currently working on to protect it from smudging.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">- Work from left to right if you're right handed. Right to left if you're left handed.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">----------------------</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br /></div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><b>Fixatives:</b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><b><br /></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">- Once drawing is complete you can 'fix' it with a bought art fixative spray. Spray in a ventilated area. Hairspray can be used but be prepared for it to alter and darken your paper. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">- Some fixatives are marked as 'workable' which means you can fix a certain stage of a drawing then continue to draw more on top of that. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">- Consider an environmentally-safe fixative such as <a href="https://www.jacksonsart.com/blog/2016/08/09/spectrafix-fixative-indoor-use/">https://www.jacksonsart.com/blog/2016/08/09/spectrafix-fixative-indoor-use/</a> (contains milk so not vegan).</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">----------------------</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br /></div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><b>Here are some drawings made using:</b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">- charcoal (a very soft medium)</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">- chalk (a harder medium - darker tones are possible)</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">- and conte (the hardest of the three and the best for adding finer details)</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">The first three drawings aren't by me.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-MPH1HYA4RqU/X5nbgHpqdmI/AAAAAAAAKFU/cT_5jXYCzeQDLely8mrkOo-phinjCQ4QACLcBGAsYHQ/s400/1%2B-%2BAinH%2BCollection%252C%2BMarjorie%2BI%2BCampbell%252C%2BChild%2BOn%2BA%2BStool%252C%2B66x56cm.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="400" data-original-width="310" height="640" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-MPH1HYA4RqU/X5nbgHpqdmI/AAAAAAAAKFU/cT_5jXYCzeQDLely8mrkOo-phinjCQ4QACLcBGAsYHQ/w496-h640/1%2B-%2BAinH%2BCollection%252C%2BMarjorie%2BI%2BCampbell%252C%2BChild%2BOn%2BA%2BStool%252C%2B66x56cm.jpg" width="496" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://www.artinhealthcare.org.uk/work.php?code=G1319" target="_blank">Art in Healthcare Collection, Marjorie I Campbell, <i>Child On A Stool</i>, 66x56cm<br /></a></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div>A lovely drawing.</div><div>- Sharp lines creating the outlines - charcoal held like pencil.</div><div>- Charcoal held on its side to create wide areas of tone.</div><div>- Little or no intentional smudging.</div><div><br /><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-f3lTRgpfa3E/X5nbgbdLssI/AAAAAAAAKFY/k5kjNvnb0PkzudfFf92Wx-BMqG6gSx_1ACLcBGAsYHQ/s400/2%2B-%2BAinH%2BCollection%252C%2BTabitha%2BSalmon%252C%2BConstruction%2BWorkers%2BMoscow%252C%2B106x80cm.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="258" data-original-width="400" height="412" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-f3lTRgpfa3E/X5nbgbdLssI/AAAAAAAAKFY/k5kjNvnb0PkzudfFf92Wx-BMqG6gSx_1ACLcBGAsYHQ/w640-h412/2%2B-%2BAinH%2BCollection%252C%2BTabitha%2BSalmon%252C%2BConstruction%2BWorkers%2BMoscow%252C%2B106x80cm.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://www.artinhealthcare.org.uk/work.php?code=L274" target="_blank">Art in Healthcare Collection, Tabitha Salmon, <i>Construction Workers Moscow</i>, 106x80cm</a></td></tr></tbody></table><br />Another lovely one.</div><div>- Lots of smudging here to create all the soft tonal areas. Probably smudged by hand. </div><div>- Dark detail lines then drawn or re-drawn on top of the 'smudges'. </div><div>- The central face in particular shows lots of earlier drawing lines which have been smudged or rubbed away and add to the overall interest and three-dimensional-ness of the portrait.</div><div><br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-LcqeAc26VkA/X5nbnE8rw8I/AAAAAAAAKFo/FooNuioSsrw9gj6pe2BxwIMgrveMEVZ5ACLcBGAsYHQ/s2048/3%2B-%2BRoom%2BFor%2BArt%252C%2Bcharcoal.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="640" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-LcqeAc26VkA/X5nbnE8rw8I/AAAAAAAAKFo/FooNuioSsrw9gj6pe2BxwIMgrveMEVZ5ACLcBGAsYHQ/w480-h640/3%2B-%2BRoom%2BFor%2BArt%252C%2Bcharcoal.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">Using charcoal, smudging with fingers or hand</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-2yfMvpXEdjM/X5nbnPLu4EI/AAAAAAAAKFk/woljyEr4tPwbqcDRPAPm4YM17D5el8O4gCLcBGAsYHQ/s2048/4%2B-%2BLeo%2Bdu%2BFeu%252C%2BRoom%2BFor%2BArt%252C%2Bcharcoal%252C%2Bunicorn.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1441" height="640" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-2yfMvpXEdjM/X5nbnPLu4EI/AAAAAAAAKFk/woljyEr4tPwbqcDRPAPm4YM17D5el8O4gCLcBGAsYHQ/w450-h640/4%2B-%2BLeo%2Bdu%2BFeu%252C%2BRoom%2BFor%2BArt%252C%2Bcharcoal%252C%2Bunicorn.jpg" width="450" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Unicorn 'drawn' by boldly shading the shadow behind it rather than by working on the unicorn itself.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/--h-gWYKbrr4/X5nbwne0PpI/AAAAAAAAKF8/BSZzL3Oe5nckfoUvlx_YkHN2oJt91LlXwCLcBGAsYHQ/s2048/5%2B-%2BLeo%2Bdu%2BFeu%252C%2BRoom%2BFor%2BArt%252C%2Bcharcoal.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1378" data-original-width="2048" height="430" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/--h-gWYKbrr4/X5nbwne0PpI/AAAAAAAAKF8/BSZzL3Oe5nckfoUvlx_YkHN2oJt91LlXwCLcBGAsYHQ/w640-h430/5%2B-%2BLeo%2Bdu%2BFeu%252C%2BRoom%2BFor%2BArt%252C%2Bcharcoal.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div>Black chalk. No smudging. A teensy touch of red chalk for the fiery head of the coot chick.</div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-FWDbZk8ybBo/X5nbwTeMqOI/AAAAAAAAKF4/hEFF1duef_MxZV9AMEnGFlqeRUeuoyVqgCLcBGAsYHQ/s2048/6%2B-%2BLeo%2Bdu%2BFeu%252C%2BRoom%2BFor%2BArt%252C%2Bcharcoal.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1380" data-original-width="2048" height="432" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-FWDbZk8ybBo/X5nbwTeMqOI/AAAAAAAAKF4/hEFF1duef_MxZV9AMEnGFlqeRUeuoyVqgCLcBGAsYHQ/w640-h432/6%2B-%2BLeo%2Bdu%2BFeu%252C%2BRoom%2BFor%2BArt%252C%2Bcharcoal.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div>And a bit of blue chalk for background to coot portrait. See how different a coot looks when on blue background compared to on white background.</div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-G2pgzAMuA98/X5nb5sltHiI/AAAAAAAAKGI/iuNi2AEcP_AGd43ZpkgQ5NpR7WGWmhSCQCLcBGAsYHQ/s2003/7%2B-%2BLeo%2Bdu%2BFeu%252C%2BRoom%2BFor%2BArt%252C%2Bcharcoal.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1529" data-original-width="2003" height="488" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-G2pgzAMuA98/X5nb5sltHiI/AAAAAAAAKGI/iuNi2AEcP_AGd43ZpkgQ5NpR7WGWmhSCQCLcBGAsYHQ/w640-h488/7%2B-%2BLeo%2Bdu%2BFeu%252C%2BRoom%2BFor%2BArt%252C%2Bcharcoal.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div>Mixed with white chalk. Drawn on brown paper. Imagine the same drawing on white paper or on blue.</div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-uG_PmYTHYkk/X5nb5m-C8uI/AAAAAAAAKGM/ViOh43tRCEgeWFVqaDecp3m9ua0nliQmACLcBGAsYHQ/s2048/8%2B-%2BLeo%2Bdu%2BFeu%252C%2BRoom%2BFor%2BArt%252C%2Bcharcoal.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1543" data-original-width="2048" height="482" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-uG_PmYTHYkk/X5nb5m-C8uI/AAAAAAAAKGM/ViOh43tRCEgeWFVqaDecp3m9ua0nliQmACLcBGAsYHQ/w640-h482/8%2B-%2BLeo%2Bdu%2BFeu%252C%2BRoom%2BFor%2BArt%252C%2Bcharcoal.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div><br /></div><div><div>Coloured chalks with charcoal or black chalk for the detail. Drawn on brown paper.</div><div><br /></div></div><div><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-aMSf5b_cNdo/X5ncBS-loMI/AAAAAAAAKGc/t75ub1onJI8JPXFdkvr_Tn7tvURaSh7ZQCLcBGAsYHQ/s1461/9%2B-%2Bbleached%2Bwood%2B-%2Bnorth%2Bqueensferry%2B%25281%2529.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1017" data-original-width="1461" height="446" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-aMSf5b_cNdo/X5ncBS-loMI/AAAAAAAAKGc/t75ub1onJI8JPXFdkvr_Tn7tvURaSh7ZQCLcBGAsYHQ/w640-h446/9%2B-%2Bbleached%2Bwood%2B-%2Bnorth%2Bqueensferry%2B%25281%2529.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div>Working from a photo of stone and old bleaching wood. Trying to create lots of different textures:</div><div>- pressing hard, pressing a little</div><div>- rubbing a lot, rubbing a little</div><div>- crisp lines, crisp lines then blurred with fingers</div><div>- chalk/charcoal held on side and scuffed gently across paper (the texture at top right)</div><div>- rubber used to clean smudges off the paper where I wanted the brightest highlights.</div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-TX5SwxYsVMI/X5ncBMa6ElI/AAAAAAAAKGU/Zr3hiawJcVoctfMQtYi30dYU8s9l5V5MgCLcBGAsYHQ/s978/10%2B-%2Bbleached%2Bwood%2B-%2Bnorth%2Bqueensferry%2B%25282%2529.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="978" data-original-width="969" height="640" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-TX5SwxYsVMI/X5ncBMa6ElI/AAAAAAAAKGU/Zr3hiawJcVoctfMQtYi30dYU8s9l5V5MgCLcBGAsYHQ/w634-h640/10%2B-%2Bbleached%2Bwood%2B-%2Bnorth%2Bqueensferry%2B%25282%2529.jpg" width="634" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div>Much as above.</div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-P-K8sSF229Y/X5ncBQvKioI/AAAAAAAAKGY/g9xg436Dx4A6VFzwBgf7b1jj8Hy4WzwOwCLcBGAsYHQ/s1426/10%2B-%2BLeo%2Bdu%2BFeu%252C%2Bfrom%2Bthe%2Blawn.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="788" data-original-width="1426" height="354" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-P-K8sSF229Y/X5ncBQvKioI/AAAAAAAAKGY/g9xg436Dx4A6VFzwBgf7b1jj8Hy4WzwOwCLcBGAsYHQ/w640-h354/10%2B-%2BLeo%2Bdu%2BFeu%252C%2Bfrom%2Bthe%2Blawn.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Quite a lot of effort put into creating different types of marks and textures. Trying to give impression of looking across a wide stretch of lawn.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-vlnWz2m5lj8/X5ncJdoU0vI/AAAAAAAAKGg/yz1f578vs48U62AEwLTT1VEDqnWjNrwgACLcBGAsYHQ/s1252/10%2B-%2Bskull%2Blandscape.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1252" data-original-width="604" height="640" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-vlnWz2m5lj8/X5ncJdoU0vI/AAAAAAAAKGg/yz1f578vs48U62AEwLTT1VEDqnWjNrwgACLcBGAsYHQ/w309-h640/10%2B-%2Bskull%2Blandscape.JPG" width="309" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div>Lots of very obvious smudging, rubbing out and adding dark crisp marks back on top.</div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-H7xMK0LzPv0/X5ncJq3RmfI/AAAAAAAAKGk/sWBP13F2uGo1Z7SZQgPz9Kwdc7PAqAW_gCLcBGAsYHQ/s2048/11%2B-%2Bspider.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1187" height="640" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-H7xMK0LzPv0/X5ncJq3RmfI/AAAAAAAAKGk/sWBP13F2uGo1Z7SZQgPz9Kwdc7PAqAW_gCLcBGAsYHQ/w371-h640/11%2B-%2Bspider.JPG" width="371" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div>A very large charcoal and chalk drawing. 4ft high? Charcoals and chalks work so well on this scale. Lightest lines (including in the centre circle) created by rubbing back to the unmarked paper.</div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-RLur_x4uqFg/X5ncJp_-GtI/AAAAAAAAKGo/PJLt1Qfee2sij1HzWp3itTbXO8NFSqUuACLcBGAsYHQ/s2048/12%2B-%2Blandscape.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1427" height="640" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-RLur_x4uqFg/X5ncJp_-GtI/AAAAAAAAKGo/PJLt1Qfee2sij1HzWp3itTbXO8NFSqUuACLcBGAsYHQ/w446-h640/12%2B-%2Blandscape.jpg" width="446" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div> Another big one. Creating depth by a background largely smudged and light, a foreground largely detailed and dark.</div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-leUmrGlrHno/X5ncX4B4hZI/AAAAAAAAKG0/nL_ZUAvyHMUXVHywBbtEjf_yIqlDiVLAQCLcBGAsYHQ/s2048/12%2B-%2Bunion%2Bcanal.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1141" data-original-width="2048" height="356" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-leUmrGlrHno/X5ncX4B4hZI/AAAAAAAAKG0/nL_ZUAvyHMUXVHywBbtEjf_yIqlDiVLAQCLcBGAsYHQ/w640-h356/12%2B-%2Bunion%2Bcanal.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">And a third large one. Charcoal, black chalk, black conte, white chalk. See below for zoomed-in trees at top.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-rOYWb8qbgK4/X5ncX0tvspI/AAAAAAAAKG4/FZn3Y-y4x_oeITxSllmIsWglrKxDP_sdgCLcBGAsYHQ/s2048/12.1%2B-%2Bunion%2Bcanal%2B%2528detail%2529.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1264" data-original-width="2048" height="396" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-rOYWb8qbgK4/X5ncX0tvspI/AAAAAAAAKG4/FZn3Y-y4x_oeITxSllmIsWglrKxDP_sdgCLcBGAsYHQ/w640-h396/12.1%2B-%2Bunion%2Bcanal%2B%2528detail%2529.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><br /></div>Leo du Feu Painter of landscape and naturehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08209949942922567508noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5449447842234713078.post-41966221042213866092020-10-23T17:46:00.006+01:002020-11-18T22:07:11.837+00:00Winter/Christmas cards ready to order - owl, fox, snow<p><span face="arial, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #444444; font-size: small;">My new Christmas/winter cards are ready to post now. Contact me to order.</span></p><div style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;"><span face="arial, sans-serif" style="color: #444444;">- printed on 100% recycled card - blank inside - white envelopes -</span></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;"><span face="arial, sans-serif" style="color: #444444;"><br /></span></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-kgxuiVGaRVk/X5MH0NfX6fI/AAAAAAAAKDk/ED4aJCerIwIrECD-zeSxiOvcAr1Euq1EwCLcBGAsYHQ/s1000/Leo%2Bdu%2BFeu%252C%2Bwinter%2Bowl%2BA6%2BFRONT.jpg" style="background-color: transparent; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="705" data-original-width="1000" height="283" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-kgxuiVGaRVk/X5MH0NfX6fI/AAAAAAAAKDk/ED4aJCerIwIrECD-zeSxiOvcAr1Euq1EwCLcBGAsYHQ/w400-h283/Leo%2Bdu%2BFeu%252C%2Bwinter%2Bowl%2BA6%2BFRONT.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;"><i style="color: #444444; font-family: arial, sans-serif;"><br /></i></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;"><i style="color: #444444; font-family: arial, sans-serif;">winter owl - </i><b style="color: #444444; font-family: arial, sans-serif;">A6 </b><b style="color: #444444; font-family: arial, sans-serif;">card</b><span face="arial, sans-serif" style="color: #444444;"> (105mm x 148mm)</span></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;"><div><div><span face="arial, sans-serif" style="color: #444444;">- 1 card = £1<br />- 10 cards = £8</span></div><div><span face="arial, sans-serif" style="color: #444444;">+ p&p</span></div></div><div><b><span face="arial, sans-serif" style="color: #444444;"><br /></span></b></div><div><span face="arial, sans-serif" style="color: #444444;">This new wood engraving is also available to buy handprinted in an edition of 100. A nice little winter present :)</span></div><div><b><span face="arial, sans-serif" style="color: #444444;">- £15 per signed print, unmounted, includes UK p&p. </span></b></div><div><b><span face="arial, sans-serif" style="color: #444444;">- £20 for non-UK addresses, includes p&p.</span></b></div></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;"><b><span face="arial, sans-serif" style="color: #444444;"><br /></span></b></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;"><b><span face="arial, sans-serif" style="color: #444444;"><br /></span></b></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;"><span face="arial, sans-serif" style="color: #444444;">-----------------------------</span><span face="arial, sans-serif" style="color: #444444;">-----------------------------</span><span face="arial, sans-serif" style="color: #444444;">-----------------------------</span></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;"><br /></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;"><span face="arial, sans-serif" style="color: #444444;"><i><br /></i></span></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;"><span face="arial, sans-serif" style="color: #444444;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-JBsaUcLTLQU/X7Waq1zn98I/AAAAAAAAKJc/648xElu8w5UZacj6i75dIDneYBk2Cfj_gCLcBGAsYHQ/s1376/FINAL%2B-%2BFOX%2B5x7%2BFRONT.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="980" data-original-width="1376" height="456" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-JBsaUcLTLQU/X7Waq1zn98I/AAAAAAAAKJc/648xElu8w5UZacj6i75dIDneYBk2Cfj_gCLcBGAsYHQ/w640-h456/FINAL%2B-%2BFOX%2B5x7%2BFRONT.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><span face="arial, sans-serif" style="color: #444444;"><i>winter woods</i> - </span>card is 5x7inch (c.120mm x 170mm)</span></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;"><div><span face="arial, sans-serif" style="color: #444444;">- 1 card = £1.50<br />- 10 cards = £12</span></div><div><span face="arial, sans-serif" style="color: #444444;">- 20 cards = £20 <br /></span></div><div><span face="arial, sans-serif" style="color: #444444;">+ p&p</span></div><div><span face="arial, sans-serif" style="color: #444444;"><br /></span></div><div><div><span face="arial, sans-serif" style="color: #444444;">(The original of this A5 painting will be available from the <a data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=http://www.openeyegallery.co.uk/&source=gmail&ust=1603556463394000&usg=AFQjCNEhjs7PZvyaHLya-rcilAWkr7qkfA" href="http://www.openeyegallery.co.uk/" style="color: #1155cc;" target="_blank">Open Eye Gallery</a> in their December Small Scale exhibition)</span></div></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;"><div><span face="arial, sans-serif" style="color: #444444;">-----------------------------</span><span face="arial, sans-serif" style="color: #444444;">-----------------------------</span><span face="arial, sans-serif" style="color: #444444;">-----------------------------</span></div><div><span face="arial, sans-serif" style="color: #444444;"><br /></span></div><div><br /></div></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;"><div><span face="arial, sans-serif" style="color: #444444;">I also have reprinted lots of this card from two years ago as people keep asking for it:</span></div><div><span face="arial, sans-serif" style="color: #444444;"><br /></span></div><div><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-QP91bAoxUxM/X5MEWi99eLI/AAAAAAAAKC0/7wMlp7_ltug1-Wuc86ABL6LIXmOQvrEJwCLcBGAsYHQ/s1000/Leo%2Bdu%2BFeu%252C%2Bseven%2Bsnow%2Bhares%252C%2B15x21cm.JPG" style="background-color: transparent; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="713" data-original-width="1000" height="456" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-QP91bAoxUxM/X5MEWi99eLI/AAAAAAAAKC0/7wMlp7_ltug1-Wuc86ABL6LIXmOQvrEJwCLcBGAsYHQ/w640-h456/Leo%2Bdu%2BFeu%252C%2Bseven%2Bsnow%2Bhares%252C%2B15x21cm.JPG" width="640" /></a></div></div><div><br /></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;"><i style="color: #444444; font-family: arial, sans-serif;">seven snow hares - </i><span face="arial, sans-serif" style="color: #444444;">card is 5x7inch (c.120mm x 170mm)</span></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;"><div><span face="arial, sans-serif" style="color: #444444;">- 1 card = £1.50<br /></span></div><div><div><span face="arial, sans-serif" style="color: #444444;">- 10 cards = £12</span></div><div><span face="arial, sans-serif" style="color: #444444;">- 20 cards = £20 <br /></span></div><div><span face="arial, sans-serif" style="color: #444444;">+ p&p</span></div></div><div><span face="arial, sans-serif" style="color: #444444;"><br /></span></div></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;"><span face="arial, sans-serif" style="color: #444444;"><br /></span></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;"><div><div><div><span face="arial, sans-serif" style="color: #444444;">-----------------------------</span><span face="arial, sans-serif" style="color: #444444;">-----------------------------</span><span face="arial, sans-serif" style="color: #444444;">-----------------------------</span></div></div><div><span face="arial, sans-serif" style="color: #444444;"><br /></span></div><div></div></div><div><div><span face="arial, sans-serif" style="color: #444444;"><br /></span></div><div><div><b><span face="arial, sans-serif" style="color: #444444;">CARD POSTAGE, PAYMENT, DELIVERY:</span></b></div><div><span face="arial, sans-serif" style="color: #444444;"><br /></span></div><div><span face="arial, sans-serif" style="color: #444444;">- Let me know - leo@leodufeu.co.uk</span></div><div><span face="arial, sans-serif" style="color: #444444;"><br /></span></div><div><span face="arial, sans-serif" style="color: #444444;">- Include your postal address so we can confirm total cost and email you payment details.</span></div><div><span face="arial, sans-serif" style="color: #444444;">Bank transfer, cheque, cash are all fine. PayPal too but we'll add 50p to cover fees.</span></div><div><br /></div><div><span face="arial, sans-serif" style="color: #444444;"><br /></span></div><div><br /></div><div><span face="arial, sans-serif" style="color: #444444;">- My non-seasonal greetings cards and two non-winter wood engravings can be ordered from my Etsy shop - </span><b style="color: #444444; font-family: arial, sans-serif;"><a data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://www.etsy.com/uk/shop/LeoduFeuArtist&source=gmail&ust=1603371121394000&usg=AFQjCNGNuGEyq65YylzDy-NjFhnfCtHw9w" href="https://www.etsy.com/uk/shop/LeoduFeuArtist" style="color: #1155cc;" target="_blank">www.etsy.com/uk/shop/<wbr></wbr>LeoduFeuArtist</a></b></div></div></div><div><span face="arial, sans-serif" style="color: #444444;"><br /></span></div><div><span face="arial, sans-serif" style="color: #444444;"><br /></span></div></div><div><span face="arial, sans-serif" style="color: #444444;"><b>______________________________<wbr></wbr>________</b> <br /></span></div><div><span face="arial, sans-serif" style="color: #444444;"><br /></span></div><div><div><span face="arial, sans-serif" style="color: #444444;"><br /></span></div><div><div style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;"><b><span face="arial, sans-serif" style="color: #444444;">2021 CALENDAR:</span></b></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;"><span face="arial, sans-serif" style="color: #444444;">Will be same format as 2020 and this year focuses on wildlife and wildlife in the landscape.</span></div></div></div><div><span face="arial, sans-serif" style="color: #444444;"><br /></span></div><div><span face="arial, sans-serif" style="color: #444444;"><br /></span></div><div><span face="arial, sans-serif" style="color: #444444;"><br /></span></div><div><span face="arial, sans-serif" style="color: #444444;"><br /></span></div>Leo du Feu Painter of landscape and naturehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08209949942922567508noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5449447842234713078.post-67245916239495316522020-10-13T14:52:00.001+01:002020-10-13T14:53:51.122+01:00Texture in acrylic paintings - & protecting our environment<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-knBeK_mmf0Q/X4WxSdnnp0I/AAAAAAAAKBw/tPvytUT6M28d6vzrbe5ZFj9ZN1EDJBhqACLcBGAsYHQ/s1467/1-%2BLeo%2Bdu%2BFeu%252C%2BBullers%2Bof%2BBuchan.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1446" data-original-width="1467" height="630" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-knBeK_mmf0Q/X4WxSdnnp0I/AAAAAAAAKBw/tPvytUT6M28d6vzrbe5ZFj9ZN1EDJBhqACLcBGAsYHQ/w640-h630/1-%2BLeo%2Bdu%2BFeu%252C%2BBullers%2Bof%2BBuchan.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><div><br /></div><div>Here are a few acrylic paintings from over the years. Looking at how good acrylics are for combining thickness & texture with thinner & more detailed. </div><div>If you work with acrylics remember to wash **<i>as little as possible**</i> down your sink. Acrylic paint down the sink is plastics and chemicals in our rivers and oceans and soils and wildlife.</div><div><br /></div><div>1 - Use leftovers to paint base/background colours for future paintings.</div><div><br /></div><div>2 - Then wipe all remaining paint off brushes and palette. I use old raggy clothes and cloths and paper napkins saved up from cafes etc!</div><div><br /></div><div>3 - Then clean brushes with soap and cool water.</div><div><br /></div><div>4 - Don't bother cleaning your palette other than giving it a wipe as in point 2. Just let the paint dry then work on top of it next time. Gradually your palette gets thicker and thicker and after a few years you can peel off a lovely thick skin.</div><div><br /></div><div>There are ways to ensure no acrylic at all goes down your sink, a bit complicated but very worth reading up on. Have a look at these four links:</div><div><br /></div><div>- <a href="https://www.rosemarieoleary.com/art-blog/44-don-t-pour-acrylic-paint-down-the-drain" target="_blank">www.rosemarieoleary.com/art-blog/44-don-t-pour-acrylic-paint-down-the-drain</a></div><div><br /></div><div>- <a href="https://ontheprairies.ca/acrylic-paint-environmental-effects/" target="_blank">https://ontheprairies.ca/acrylic-paint-environmental-effects/</a><br /><div><br />- <a href="https://www.agora-gallery.com/advice/blog/2015/04/22/going-green-environmentally-friendly-studio-practices-artists/" target="_blank">www.agora-gallery.com/advice/blog/2015/04/22/going-green-environmentally-friendly-studio-practices-artists/</a> (Scroll down to 'HANDLING WASTE IN YOUR STUDIO')</div><div><br /></div><div>- detailed, very interesting process to remove all acrylic sediment - <a href="https://www.goldenpaints.com/just-paint-article3" target="_blank">www.goldenpaints.com/just-paint-article3</a></div><div><br /></div><div>It seems increasing numbers of artists are choosing to completely avoid acrylic paints in favour of watercolour, for very valid environmental reasons. If you continue with acrylics, as I am for now, please have a think about the tips above. Share your own tips too! With your art communities and with me, I'd love to hear.</div><div><br /></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-lTuNLugz1T4/X4Wpde0CuSI/AAAAAAAAKAs/uQK-CfzUCxwU04AI7AQg9x6W9tZFvq-twCLcBGAsYHQ/s1467/1-%2BLeo%2Bdu%2BFeu%252C%2BBullers%2Bof%2BBuchan.JPG" style="display: block; padding: 1em 0px; text-align: center;"></a><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-h7ssfY86Tzc/X4WpeSP8fuI/AAAAAAAAKA0/GSQYKp3LkwIhc9Al27axDryoq5L0zTw4gCLcBGAsYHQ/s1000/2-%2BLeo%2Bdu%2BFeu%252C%2BBullers%2Bof%2BBuchan%252C%2B50x50cm.JPG" style="display: inline !important; padding: 1em 0px;"><img alt="" border="0" data-original-height="999" data-original-width="1000" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-h7ssfY86Tzc/X4WpeSP8fuI/AAAAAAAAKA0/GSQYKp3LkwIhc9Al27axDryoq5L0zTw4gCLcBGAsYHQ/s600/2-%2BLeo%2Bdu%2BFeu%252C%2BBullers%2Bof%2BBuchan%252C%2B50x50cm.JPG" width="600" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-5X4tW1p8aj0/X4WpekbiAhI/AAAAAAAAKA4/J9LtNsbgYrg9Oii-bVY9QYk-B9J54NaaACLcBGAsYHQ/s1331/3-%2BLeo%2Bdu%2BFeu%252C%2BAberlady%2Bcurlew%252C%2B33x62cm.JPG" style="display: block; 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padding: 1em 0px; text-align: center;"><img alt="" border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1119" height="600" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-B-RSBZjXRos/X4WpddAhFnI/AAAAAAAAKAo/Qpcf54AwIAgl0kKn8Bon913CGyAcxtvLQCLcBGAsYHQ/s600/11-%2BLeo%2Bdu%2BFeu%252C%2Bfield%2Bwall%2B%25282%2529.jpg" /></a></div></div></div>Leo du Feu Painter of landscape and naturehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08209949942922567508noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5449447842234713078.post-73167785620096396412020-10-06T12:32:00.000+01:002020-10-06T12:32:08.522+01:00Painting The Sea<p> <span style="color: #444444;">Six sea paintings, three watercolour, three acrylic:</span></p><p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #444444;"><img border="0" data-original-height="352" data-original-width="500" height="450" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-ChJP_S5Oh-o/X3xSkM48-XI/AAAAAAAAJ-8/JoIm9PpK8K09nju-UyKHsX119KttckqhgCLcBGAsYHQ/w640-h450/1%2B-%2BLeo%2Bdu%2BFeu%252C%2BHoly%2BIsle%2BOuter%2BLighthouse%252C%2BSoay%2Bsheep%252C%2B21x29.5cm.JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;" width="640" /></span></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #444444;">acrylic on board, 21x29cm<br /></span></td></tr></tbody></table></p><p><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-CHwUptlf-lE/X3xSkLjyPSI/AAAAAAAAJ_A/I37jEY6PGT0bIIQPSNIR2cCGofLzdwfEQCLcBGAsYHQ/s1331/2%2B-%2BLeo%2Bdu%2BFeu%252C%2BAberlady%2Bcurlew%252C%2B33x62cm.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><span style="color: #444444;"><img border="0" data-original-height="700" data-original-width="1331" height="336" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-CHwUptlf-lE/X3xSkLjyPSI/AAAAAAAAJ_A/I37jEY6PGT0bIIQPSNIR2cCGofLzdwfEQCLcBGAsYHQ/w640-h336/2%2B-%2BLeo%2Bdu%2BFeu%252C%2BAberlady%2Bcurlew%252C%2B33x62cm.JPG" width="640" /></span></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #444444;">acrylic on board, 33x62cm<br /></span></td></tr></tbody></table></p><p><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-L8_cJv1kIWE/X3xSkKWwofI/AAAAAAAAJ_E/d_CdIVbMZGUAcplxEUdb_JB7-3om7xwjgCLcBGAsYHQ/s874/3%2B-%2BLeo%2Bdu%2BFeu%252C%2BStaffa%252C%2B60x80cm.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><span style="color: #444444;"><img border="0" data-original-height="650" data-original-width="874" height="476" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-L8_cJv1kIWE/X3xSkKWwofI/AAAAAAAAJ_E/d_CdIVbMZGUAcplxEUdb_JB7-3om7xwjgCLcBGAsYHQ/w640-h476/3%2B-%2BLeo%2Bdu%2BFeu%252C%2BStaffa%252C%2B60x80cm.jpg" width="640" /></span></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #444444;">acrylic on wooden board, 60x80cm</span></td></tr></tbody></table></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #444444;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-ChJP_S5Oh-o/X3xSkM48-XI/AAAAAAAAJ-8/JoIm9PpK8K09nju-UyKHsX119KttckqhgCLcBGAsYHQ/s500/1%2B-%2BLeo%2Bdu%2BFeu%252C%2BHoly%2BIsle%2BOuter%2BLighthouse%252C%2BSoay%2Bsheep%252C%2B21x29.5cm.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"></a><br /></span></div><p></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-iUJ1Insdzmg/X3xUsW8utBI/AAAAAAAAJ_o/pHabIBZMq1UL9qWdjlFUKMGHlIIcyeUZgCLcBGAsYHQ/s840/4%2B-%2BLeo%2Bdu%2BFeu%252C%2Blight%2Bon%2Bthe%2Bforth%252C%2B15x21cm.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><span style="color: #444444;"><img border="0" data-original-height="600" data-original-width="840" height="458" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-iUJ1Insdzmg/X3xUsW8utBI/AAAAAAAAJ_o/pHabIBZMq1UL9qWdjlFUKMGHlIIcyeUZgCLcBGAsYHQ/w640-h458/4%2B-%2BLeo%2Bdu%2BFeu%252C%2Blight%2Bon%2Bthe%2Bforth%252C%2B15x21cm.jpg" width="640" /></span></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #444444;">watercolour on paper, 15x21cm<br />- pencil drawing first</span></td></tr></tbody></table><span style="color: #444444;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #444444;"><br /></span></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-3dDQv-1pIBE/X3xU6gWPd2I/AAAAAAAAJ_s/m8UNQJteRbwD8lPORVaibTxIzslnkE-9QCLcBGAsYHQ/s1000/5%2B-%2BLeo%2Bdu%2BFeu%252C%2BMontrose%2Bmorning%252C%2B15x21cm.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><span style="color: #444444;"><img border="0" data-original-height="713" data-original-width="1000" height="456" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-3dDQv-1pIBE/X3xU6gWPd2I/AAAAAAAAJ_s/m8UNQJteRbwD8lPORVaibTxIzslnkE-9QCLcBGAsYHQ/w640-h456/5%2B-%2BLeo%2Bdu%2BFeu%252C%2BMontrose%2Bmorning%252C%2B15x21cm.jpg" width="640" /></span></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #444444;">watercolour on paper, 15x21cm<br />- no drawing first</span></td></tr></tbody></table><div><span style="color: #444444;"><br /><br /></span></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-S7qJwd_DQzU/X3xVFyt5IeI/AAAAAAAAJ_w/k78ckw-KsVwDMFUSyce0zZfwzkzzPYlQQCLcBGAsYHQ/s1000/6%2B-%2BLeo%2Bdu%2BFeu%252C%2Bship%2Bhaze%252C%2B14.5x21cm.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><span style="color: #444444;"><img border="0" data-original-height="700" data-original-width="1000" height="448" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-S7qJwd_DQzU/X3xVFyt5IeI/AAAAAAAAJ_w/k78ckw-KsVwDMFUSyce0zZfwzkzzPYlQQCLcBGAsYHQ/w640-h448/6%2B-%2BLeo%2Bdu%2BFeu%252C%2Bship%2Bhaze%252C%2B14.5x21cm.jpg" width="640" /></span></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #444444;">watercolour on paper, 14x21cm<br />- no drawing first</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div><br /></div>Leo du Feu Painter of landscape and naturehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08209949942922567508noreply@blogger.com0