Cammo

Today's the day .......................... to throw the ball

We took Maisie for a walk today to a part of Edinburgh that I don't think I have ever been to - Cammo Park.

It's now owned by the City of Edinburgh Council but it was once the estate of Cammo House. The house was built for John Menzies in 1693, and the surrounding parkland was laid out between 1710-26 by Sir John Clerk of Penicuik.  In 1741, the estate passed to the Watsons of Saughton at which time it was called New Saughton. The house was bequeathed to the National Trust for Scotland in 1975 but, in 1977, it was torched twice by vandals. The house was considered unsafe and was reduced to its external ground floor walls. In 1980 the City of Edinburgh Council was gifted the estate and declared it a Wilderness Park.  The extra picture is the 19th-century water tower for Cammo House still to be seen in the grounds.
 
It's a great place to walk the dog, especially on a day like today.  The carpet of snowdrops in the walled garden were just coming to an end but must have been a glorious sight a few weeks back .........................