St Bernard's Well

A great day so far. His Lordship has been restored to his chirpy self and the sun has his hat on again; the best July weather for 7 years they say.

Breakfast was out on the patio before a circular walk took us from the Dower House down to Stockbridge, along the Water of Leith to Drumsheugh and back home by the WestEnd and the rather les salubrious environs of Lothian Road and Tollcross to the green expanse of the Meadows.

It was not a route march this time, and there was much photo stoppage and diversions along streets such as St Stephen Street and Ann Street which hold memories for us from a distant past.

We had coffee and küchen watching the world go by in Stockbridge and a Cornetto watching a cricket match in front of the house back home.

When we walked along the Water of Leith last Saturday, I blipped a couple in a sea of flowers on the opposite bank shading their eyes as they looked across at St Bernard's Well. Today I've blipped what they were looking at.

St Bernards's Well built in 1810, incorporating a statue of Hygena, the Goddess of Health in a pavilion based on a Roman model.
It was built after a mineral spring was discovered, the waters of which the locals drank for health reasons.
After falling into disrepair, it has recently been restored to its former glory.