I recently took a visit to the Innocent Railway in Edinburgh.
Opened in the 1800s it was known as the innocent railway because it was originally horse worked through out. The information board near to Duddingston explains the history better than i could but in all its a nice way to spend a few hours doing something less well known in the Edinburgh area.
Here is the details of the walk
Location:
Edinburgh, Duddingston Old Station to Commonwealth Pool
Access:
Via number 30 bus from Edinburgh Waverley North Bridge stop
Length:
1.6 miles
Railway Highlights:
1890s vintage steel bridge
Long abandoned tunnel
Undefoot:
Suitable for all, tarmac through out
Wildlife Seen:
Blue, Great & Long Tailed Tits
Jackdaw
Magpie
Carrion Crow
Buzzard
Wood Pigeon
Woodpeckers
Grey Squirrel
Good Local Pub/Food:
Auld Hoose (see map)
All in all a nice little walk and ill look to doing more like this in the future, information above supports the video and there is also a nice article in the Scotsman if you google it.
Next will either be Penicuik-Dalkeith Route or Longniddry to Haddington with more modern railway artefacts to be found
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