This is the place to come and experience Edinburgh's seasons:\n\nAutumn: brown, yellow, orange, piles of colourful leaves which glimmer in the weakening Autumnal sun. Children in wellies, running through said piles of leaves. Families determined to enjoy the last remaining warmth of the year.\n\nWinter: everywhere else the snow has melted, here the grass is not to be seen, it is disguised as a white blanket. There are footsteps, people are creating snow angels, snow men. The trees are bare. The joggers are not put off by the cold, they keep going anyway. There is a sun, yet it provides little warmth, instead a crisp and bitter cold which numbs your fingers. When there is no snow, this is relatively deserted, people only cross it to get somewhere else.\n\nSpring: You know it's Spring when you feel like you're not going to die of pneumonia without that winter coat. It's sunny, the sun is still low in the sky, yet everyone is out and about. People are playing tennis, rugby, the Morningside mums are out with their prams, a old German sheep dog just dragged a table and some chairs all the way down the from the quater mile, a Business man leaped up in the air to avoid being run over. People are attempting to do summery things, picnics are being carried out, though all participants look like they are doing it because someone put a gun to their head. The most noticeable thing? The meadows are covered in colourful Spring flowers, yellow and purple are the most striking. People seem genuinely relieved that the days are getting longer.\n\nSummer: End of the exams, the start of the holiday season: hope, energy, a love of life. These are all to be found around the meadows at this time of year. The play park is in full working action, children and young adults alike use the swings, roundabouts and precarious looking see-sore. Some queue up with their parents outside the ice cream van to get mr Whippys or candyfloss. If people are not playing sports, they are having BBQs. There is a lot of smoke and that familiar smell of sizzling food. The weather doesn't often get this good, so people show off their summer dresses and pretty sandals as best they can.\n\n\nTo top if all off, you have a view of the castle on one side, Arthur's seat on another. The University touches one part, and the wonderful areas of Newington, Bruntsfield, Tolcross and Marchmont surround the rest.