Cramond Island

Got up early and was out walking on Cramond Island by 8am, before heading off west to see the family for Easter. The weather on the island was glorious, and being the first on the island for the day, meant I had to all to myself for exploring. I felt like one of Enid Blyton's Famous Five.

The island is great for exploring, particularly the World War 2 ruins. Today's blip is looking to the Edinburgh coast from one of the pill boxes.

At the outbreak of World War 2, Cramond Island, along with other islands in the Forth, was fortified to protect the coasts in the event of enemy warships entering the channel. A number of these buildings remain and can be explored. After crossing the causeway, the first structures are the emplacements for a 75 mm gun and its associated searchlight. More buildings are in the north east corner of the island, which include a variety of stores, shelters and gun emplacements, as well as two engine rooms that once contained all the equipment necessary to supply power to the military installations on the island.

I hope you have all had a Good Friday.