Saturday, 19 April 2025

West End of Princes Street

West End - Rutland Square, The Caledonian Hotel etc 

Weather - A lovely spring day 

Optional theme - Grand and not so grand 

Coffees - The Hub, with its fabulous home-made tablet. If you're not from Scotland, you've maybe never eaten tablet. Why not try making it yourself


Sandra found this inspirational message for folks who prefer working from home! 

A few of us photographed this beautiful glass building, but Alison was the only person to capture the contrast it made with the more traditional architecture elsewhere in the square. 

Arthur found the rather sad remnants of a bicycle just in front of the very grand Caledonian Hotel. 

Townhouses in Edinburgh's New Town are invariably very grand - but Beryl looked down to the basement entrance and saw an aspect of this house which was much more prosaic. 

Eileen found an intriguing still life. 

Ian found this modern terrace whose shape echoes the New Town crescents of days gone by. 

Maggie found another still life - definitely grand, this time! 

Ada wasn't able to joinf us on the day so she shared some photos from the zoo. I'm not even sure what type of cat this is, but it sure looks grumpy. 


Wednesday, 16 April 2025

Heriot Watt Campus, Riccarton

March 2025 - Heriot Watt Campus, Riccarton 

Weather - Cold but bright 

Optional theme - Chaos 

Coffees - One of the student cafés on campus 

Easy to see why Heriot Watt moved to this campus when you see magnificent trees like this one captured by Ian. 

Maggie found chaos in this collection of parked bicycles. 

Ada looked up, to see chaos in the fractal branches of a bare tree. 

Alex's version of chaos came from another tree - a victim of a recent storm. 

Arthur photographed the same tree - but he found a wider angle that shows the gardeners' attempts to re-impose order on the chaotic scene. 

Beryl found chaos in nature. 

Eileen created her own version of chaos - zooming during exposure to create this scene from a science fiction movie.  

Sandra found a face in this tree trunk.


Starbank and Newhaven

Starbank Park and Newhaven Harbour  Weather - another lovely spring day  Optional theme - warm colours  Coffee - Pier House, Newhaven Harbou...