Finally getting round to some photo editing and blogging, so here are the promised photos from last weeks Edinburgh Beltane Fire Festival. Unfortunately I wasn’t particularly prepared and it was too cold to spend too much time with my hands out of my gloves so the pics are more than a little blurry but they should give you an idea of what to expect. And hopefully how many tourists to expect as well… Worth going once though I would say.
Despite a horrid start to this morning we’ve been lucky enough to get some wonderful weather recently. It even reached 18 degrees in the sun on Tuesday, enough to warrant eating lunch outdoors without a coat, taking in some breathtaking views of Edinburgh Castle. I still can’t believe I’m lucky enough to live and work here.
One of the many upsides to living here is the access to so many incredible festivals. They don’t call it the festival capital for nothing. Today was a little difficult to get through at work, thanks to an evening spent with a multitude of drummers, fire twirlers, naked people painted red, the Green Man and the May Queen.
Beltane fire Festival is an ancient Gaelic festival that marks the start of summer every year. And every year since 1988 it has been held on Edinburgh’s Carlton Hill with attendance growing since then. I must admit that it’s probably at the stage now where there are too many people, and unless you get there quite early due to the nature of the ground at Carlton Hill it can be quiet difficult to see anything. It is however an exciting, if a little cold, evening and definitely worth a look. I have a tonne of photos to get through and I will post them as soon as practicable. In the meantime, here’s someone’s to whet your appetite…
Beltane Fire Festival. Pictures: Gordon Terris
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