Veterok's photos

the best thing in life are things

St. Anthony's chapel ruins

"On the path below Salisbury Crags in a disused quarry, stands an isolated outcrop known as ‘Hutton’s Rock’. The rock illustrates a vein of iron ore (haematite) several centimetres thick, that runs through the teschenite rock of the Salisbury Crags sill intrusion. The vein formed as super-heated solutions rich in iron, percolated through fissures in the cooling rock mass. The rock is of considerable historical significance, as James Hutton is reputed to have requested that this unusual and interesting geological feature, be saved from quarrying. The site is the earliest known example of geological conservation in the world." (Scottish Geology Trust) this is not it, but I'm fascinated by the history of the area

happy about the snow and sunlight

View towards Pentland Hills

View towards Calton Hill

Holyrood park towards Abbeyhill

What I like the most about this place is that wherever you are, you can almost always see either the sea or the Arthur's Seat and Calton Hill, or all of them at once.

I am the watchman of a day hospital, an open-air hospice,

part of a pendant I made

Also: Inchkeith in Firth of Forth, then Fife in the background

I can (almost) see my house from here. The chimney belongs to the former Electric Light Works, also known as Generating Station. It's a B listed at-risk building which I tend to pass on my way to Leith Walk.