Monuments floodlit on Calton Hill for the

 Torchlight Procession

30 December 2011

The Nelson Monument

Photo taken at Calton Hill on the evening of the Torchlight Procession  -  December 30, 2011

©   peter.stubbs@edinphoto.org.uk        Photograph taken December 30, 2011

 

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  Photo taken at Calton Hill on the evening of the Torchlight Procession  -  December 30, 2011 ©

 

Calton Hill Monuments

Torchlight Procession

The start of Edinburgh's New Year Celebrations is celebrated by a Torchlight Procession from The Royal Mile via The Mound, Princes Street and Waterloo Place to the top of Calton Hill where there are floodlit monuments, fireworks and a bonfire.

Nelson Monument

Here is a photo of the Nelson Monument, one of the monuments on Calton Hill that was floodlit for the occasion.

Torches

Here is another view from the Nelson Monument taken on the same evening, this one with a stream of torch bearers passing beneath it.

Photo taken at Calton Hill on the evening of the Torchlight Procession  -  December 30, 2011 ©

 

Torchlight Procession 2011

Calton Hill

 

 

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