Why did I wait so long to write this review.. I don't know. I haven't walked the breath of this wonderful piece of nature and urban mix, but I sure have walked it many times!\n\nIt is difficult to add what has already been said by my fellow Yelpers over the years and i will only try to describe the effect that WoL has on myself. \n\nIt helps me escape the city. I even can get as far to state that it sometimes helps me forget what decade (century) we are currently in. Walking here on a quiet evening or early morning gives you the impression of a time warp. (without pulling you knees in tight..). I tend to imagine what it would be like walking here in more historical times and you know what - it works. The bridges, the nature, the buildings and sometimes even the people you encounter - they bring up images of a long forgotten past. \n\nThe walk may be the same distance or on the same location, but the images and experiences it evokes differ every time. \n\nThey are improving the waterway and building flood defences on several parts of the water.  \nAnimals can be found here like fish, storks, otters and many birds and butterflies. Oh and mosquito's.. or worse midges.. \nBut that doesn't happen often and hey.. it's nature. \n\nI can easily imagine that people have made part of Water of Leith their own. I tend to prefer the Shore to Stockbridge - as I am most familiar with it. \n\nOne time Anita & I walked home from the Stockbridge back to the shore  start on sunset and dusk with an orange & pink sky. The silhouetted trees, the blackbird and owls and the sheer emptiness transported us into a world of our own and it was one of the most romantic and personal bubble walks I have ever had. *deep sigh*