Calton Hill

If you want to take in the sights then Calton Hill’s your place. From here you can survey Auld Reekie from Holyrood (the palace and the parliament) to the castle and beyond.

The Hill’s a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Here is the half-finished National Monument, the Nelson Memorial, the Observatory, the Old Calton Burial Ground and more.

The Hill’s eclectic; that is to say, it reminds me slightly of one of those muddled places were old Soviet era statues were dumped when Lenin and the rest of the gang went out of favour.

But, somehow, it still fits together.