Flowing Waters

From between two stones, emerges the waters of Hunters Bog, found at Holyrood Park in Edinburgh. It is quiet here, far enough into the park that the noise of traffic and the city are blocked by the earth hills that surround. And here, dark water emerges from the ground, flowing through a burn that runs through the land and eventually into St Margaret's Loch.

The land surrounding tells the story of the Ancestors - forts, settlements, quarries and ancient woodlands - now gone but in whispers and hints of existence. Today, it is covered in snow, which increases the stillness of the place, save the crunch underfoot of human and dog as they pass. And it is here that I go to sit and find peace often lost or difficult to find in a city. A sacred place.