Colinton Tunnel

We walked along to, and through, Colinton Tunnel earlier today - I've blipped from the tunnel before, but this was the first time we'd been to visit since the project finished ... and, as you can see, it really is looking quite splendid :-)

If interested; you can read much more about the tunnel project here, and Chris Rutterford (the main artist) has a website here.

And blip tells me it's my '4th Birthday' today - so thought I would put up a few extras, showing many of my favourite Edinburgh locations, all of which we walked through this afternoon:

- 1st extra is of a rower on the Union Canal, near the start of our walk
- 2nd extra is taken from up on the Slateford Aqueduct, looking down on The Water of Leith; all of which I blipped about recently
- 3rd extra is a part of Robert Louis Stevenson's poem, "From a Railway Carriage", which is now recited in full along the whole length of the tunnel; I've also copied the poem below
- 4th extra is a 'completion plaque', which is now secured on the roof of the tunnel, towards the Colinton-end
- 5th extra is a 1981 Water of Leith Walkway sign, which is situated on the edge of Spylaw Park
- and the 6th extra is a shot from within Spylaw Park itself, where we had our lunch in glorious Spring sunshine

All in all, a thoroughly enjoyable day :-)


From a Railway Carriage

Faster than fairies, faster than witches,
Bridges and houses, hedges and ditches;
And charging along like troops in a battle,
All through the meadows the horses and cattle:
All of the sights of the hill and the plain
Fly as thick as driving rain;
And ever again, in the wink of an eye,
Painted stations whistle by.

Here is a child who clambers and scrambles,
All by himself and gathering brambles;
Here is a tramp who stands and gazes;
And there is the green for stringing the daisies!
Here is a cart run away in the road
Lumping along with man and load;
And here is a mill and there is a river:
Each a glimpse and gone for ever!

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Robert Louis Stevenson (1850 - 1894)

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