New Hailes House

I went to a meeting in Musselburgh today.  I left Edinburgh early so that I could visit New Hailes on the way.  It is a beautiful 300 year old Neo-Palladian villa cared for by The National Trust.  The grounds are grand and sweeping, with lots of snowdrops coming into flower.  The NT are also starting to restore a walled formal garden.
I then carried onto my meeting at the far end of Musselburgh race course, as I was still in good time I had time to look at the sea views and admire the many birds which were all around-hence the extras.  The meeting was an evaluation of a 6 year long 'Nature Play and Nurture' programme which I was involved with for the first 2 years.  It was great to see all those involved in the project over the years and some good positive changes came from our discussion.