On Friday 13 May we are planning to meet at the bridge over the bypass (A720) that leads to Swanston village.
The google map here should show the location. The village itself is absurdly pretty, and has historical links with Robert Louis Stevenson, whose 'Picturesque Notes' to Edinburgh makes for entertaining reading, especially his descriptions of the downright meteorological purgatory of Edinburgh weather.
It is just over the bypass, so fits in with our notional theme of looking at boundaries and borders and there is an intriguing looking cross-shaped wood, the T Wood, that might make for fruitful exploration.
Speaking of meteorological purgatory, the met office weather chart today (Tuesday) indicates a low pressure just above Scotland which is pulling some cool air down from Greenland. That usually means showery weather, but often clear air and visibility. If you follow the isobar lines from your location you can see where the air flow is originating. Air flows around a low pressure in an anti-clockwise direction. (It is only Tuesday, so anything can still happen.)
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