Sandstone of the Walter Scott Monument New Town, Southern Scotland, United Kingdom
By St.Matthew on 21-Aug-13. Waypoint GC3WE71

Great cache and statue. Our broadband is very limited...will send answers hopefully by weekend if connection permits.

Walking back to the bus after an amazing day in Edinburgh. Stopped by to check out this amazing monument. Thank you for giving me a reason to stop and take a closer look.

Night Hunter
San Diego, Caliornia, USA

07.09.14 13.00

Had a few minutes spare before heading back to Manchester. I lived in Edinburgh for a few years in the 90s and never once visited this monument so I was glad to right that wrong. A typical photo of the monument is attached - thankfully for you, dear reader, it is not a selfie! Many thanks

A fun earthcache....

1st day in Edinburgh and I had an hour or so to walk around the area while the good wife went shopping. Managed to work out my answers and all was good. I thought Q3 was a lot of fun and I had a good look to try and work it out......

Thanks St.Matthew for the cache and showing me the area/monument. Fav point added.

Message sent with answers to CO.
This was an easy one because I live locally. And used to work very locally.
My first memory of this monument was many years ago when my Grandad visited Edinburgh and sent a postcard with the monument on.
I worked for many years in St Andrew Square, and today, if anyone saw me, they would have noticed me staring up at a building beyond the Scott Monument that is currently being demolished, rather then the monument itself. I can still see up to where I used to look down to the monument, and particularly watch the big wheel going up in November. I took a series of photos of its construction once. My little corner of Scottish Provident won't be there much longer though I feel

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One cannot miss the Walter Scott Monument, and we were looking forward to logging this earthcache.
Our answers are in the mail.

I will post my photo's of Kikkertje and of me with the great writer himself!

Visited Edinburgh while holidaying in Scotland, finally home so now able to log.

Found this nice place on a great day in Edinburgh.

TFTC

CSJF

Kezza 1211 and tb142

EarthCaches are my favorite type of all caches. So I simply had to do this one during my business trip to Edinburgh.

Thanks for showing me this monument, I really enjoyed my stay in Edinburgh.

Shortly befor leaving Edinburgh this was just the perfect finale cache for the visit as my bus left close to Waverley. Knew this monument form former visits but learnt a lot by doinf this Earth cache.
Just sent the answers to the CO.

TFTC

#2312 thanks for that interesting background information, even on a raining day it was very impressive. TNX4$

Hope I answered all the questions right.
Thanks for all the interesting facts
TFTC

Found this earth cache whilst on holidays in Scotland earlier this month

Answers sent to CO after visit to Edinburgh on 27 Aug. TFTEC

This entry was edited by aliirons on Saturday, 30 August 2014 at 17:10:01 UTC.

During my third business trip to Edinburgh, staying at Motel One-Princess Street, it was a must to get this Cache as I am a fan of Sir Walter Scotts poetry and novels. TFTC!

Found it on our last day in Edinburgh. TFTC

Found it on our last day in Edinburgh together with scotishgirl.
TFTC and for the Info

After exploring Edinburgh on "shank's mare", I first decided to stroll through the Princess Garden and to look at the hustle and bustle there. Following a recommendation I finally decided to climb about 280 steps and to look at the city from above. It has absolutely been worth.

Thanks für showing and greetings from Germany

mr.mobile

An interesting exercise this. I have never thought about the qualities of sandstone before except to note that the red sandstone up the east coast does not weather well.

Not to be missed for various reasons. Quite impressive, be it in bright sunshine or in rain (seen it on both occasions today, but preferred the sun ).
Thanks St.Matthew for the informations provided!

this is just one of hundreds of fantastic structures/buildings Edinburgh has to offer

Found, more later

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While walking around the wonderful city of Edinburgh, I kept spotting the Walter Scott Monument. This Earthcache gave me a great reason to break away from the group for a while and go get a closer look. I really enjoyed reading about the geological qualities of the monument. Email has been sent. Thanks!

Quick visit here just as park was closing! Managed to photograph some information to answer questions before ranger asked me to leave! TB visit. TFTC

Mr Be@r has lived in Edinburgh for almost 20 years, been past the Monument countless times and climbed to the top once a few years ago but he did not know much about the sandstone until today. Thanks for the cache and the enjoyable education.

First visit to Edinburgh for many years, good to see the trams running even if they are only practicing! Great cache description!

Only a half day in edinburgh after a hiking tour in Kintyre...so a quick visit to the city before flying back to Belgium...Beautifull city...

My second earthcache - two in one day. Completed on a bank holiday day out to Edinburgh with my Mum.

Have seen this monument on numerous occasions (it is hard to miss if you're in the city centre ) but never stopped to look at it so closely before - it's amazing what you learn when out caching!

Answers submitted via email. TFTC

Impressive monument, a shame we came to late to go to the top of it. Very informative cache. TFTC

Ower last day in Scotland and back in Edinburgh, time for some earthies

This is one cache that is not going to have you on your hands and knees to locate! As it is on the list of any tourist's visit to Edinburgh we had to come here to find it.

Oh, THAT Scott Monument... Was looking for something smaller. Excellent EarthCache. We learn a lot from rocks. Especially liked touching the surfaces to compare. Will send answers soon. TFTC

TFTC!

TFTC!

Mzebonga and I visited this site the day we arrived in Edinburgh, but by the time we decided to go for a walk to this cache, the gates were closed for the day. We were out and about this evening after a great day in Holyrood Park and decided to give this one another go. It ended up being our sixth earthcache that day--awesome!

E-mail with answers has been sent. Thanks for bringing us to this impressive monument!

We attempted this cache the night before but the park was closed so we couldn't get the last few questions.

After going to Holyrood in the morning, we spent an hour or so recuperating at the hotel and headed out for another attempt at this one. A truly impressive monument and our sixth and final EarthCache of the day!

Answers to questions e-mailed to the CO by Slurpee_Faced.

TFTC

Found this with fitzy_1965 and AwesomeL during our European holiday.

Found during our walk around the Beautiful city of Edinburgh. fitzy_1965 sent the required info to CO and permission to log was received. Thanks for an interesting Earthcache !

Greetings from Australia !

8191 + 981 = 9172. Found with ACBC66 and AwesomeL during our European holiday…

Today we wandered around Edinburgh - the Royal Mile and Edinburgh Castle. Then we walked down to visit Greyfriars Bobby, and then into the Gardens. After a few caches there we walked up to the Walter Scott Monument for this Earthcache. Fascinating ! This was a really interesting Earthcache. Info gathered and answers sent to CO with permission to log received very quickly which is always appreciated !

Thanks St.Matthew ! A Favourite Point from Me !

TNLN – TFTC !!

Cheers from Australia….

Answers gained while waiting for mummy to cone into the city on the bus. Nice to get an earthcache as they have some fun learning points. Tftc and greetings from England.

Easy find with the Hudson 4 with No kids !!
Email sent to CO
TFTC

Found with the gills, lovely sunny day. Enjoyed the view. Answers emailed to CO. tftc