Snowplough

Crossing the bridge over the Water of Leith at Dean Path
 and approaching Bell's Brae

Dean Village

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Hawthornbank Lane, Dean

Beside the Water of Leith

Snow

This photo was taken at about 12.50pm on November 29, 2010, following the first heavy snowfall of the winter in Edinburgh.  It is unusual for Edinburgh to see so much snow at this time of year.

Snowplough

This snowplough had come down Bell's Brae into Dean Village, but had been unable to get out of the village to the north up Dean Path, so it turned beside the bridge at Dean Path.

It then crossed the Water of Leith over the bridge at Dean Path

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and attempted to return up Bell's Brae towards the centre of Edinburgh.  It managed just a few yards further.  I watched for about another 20 minutes, then left,  leaving it here, at the foot of Bell's Brae:

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