A second set of pictures from Edinburgh Castle and the Botanical Gardens.
The esplanade in front of Edinburgh Castle, used each year for the military tattoo.
Looking north from the Argyle battery (middle ward).
The One O’Clock Gun is fired daily at 13:00. Here the gunner is retrieving the shell casing sometime after the firing.
View north and east over Waverley towards Calton Hill.
The strangely named Foog’s Gate is the entrance to the Upper ward.
The extraordinary Mons Meg was capable of firing 20 inch (50 cm) stone cannon balls up to 2 miles before the barrel burst in 1680.
The inner courtyard of the castle (Crown Square).
The royal apartments.
Apart from the hammerbeam roof, the current state of the Great Hall owes more to Victorian taste than historical accuracy.
The daunting eligibility requirements for a cadet in the East India Company, including, for example, to have read the first 3 books of Euclid.
Pictures from the glasshouses at Edinburgh’s Royal Botanic Garden.
The insectivorous sundew plants trap insects in their sticky sweet mucus.
Cacti in the glasshouses.
The alpine garden.