Pretty in pink: Scotland's cherry blossom explosion
The good weather over the Easter weekend may have disappeared but BBC Scotland news website readers have been keen to share their images of the explosion of cherry blossom that the spring sunshine created.
- 27 April 2019
Anele McGonigle, from Paisley, was one of the many who said the cherry blossom trees brightened her day.
Here is a selection of readers' photos of this week's blossom.
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Bill Whiteford sent in this magnificent display from the cherry trees at the old railway station in Bonnybridge
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Edinburgh's Meadows' cherry blossoms photographed on Easter Monday by Helen Drummond. She said: "Don't miss them before the wind whips them away."
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Janet MacLeod took this blossom in Oban
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Ronnie Dornan took this at Devorgilla Bridge on the River Nith, Dumfries
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Anele McGonigle from Paisley said the wonderful cherry blossom trees always brighten her day as she takes her daughter to school
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Lynn Wishart took this at Letham Glen in Leven, Fife
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Robin Harper sent in this photo of the cherry blossom in St Andrew Square, Edinburgh
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Andrew Morton took this picture of the well-known avenue of cherry blossom in Dollar, Clackmannanshire
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Graham Paton took this in Edinburgh's Meadows
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Alan Stuart took this picture this afternoon in Cathcart Street in Greenock. He thought the pinks of the tree matched well with the stone of the Wellpark Mid Kirk
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Rosemary McLaren said: "Sometimes there is no need to leave home to see some gorgeous flowers. This pink cherry blossom is in full bloom in my front garden in Stirling."
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The cherry blossom in Princes Street on Good Friday, taken by Linda Taylor
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Ann-Marie Connolly took this photo at the Suspension Bridge in Dumfries of the beautiful blossom on the trees and a lovely carpet of blossom under the trees.
Some great pics there, always a sign Spring has sprung. Here's some of the capital's best displays, I remember as a boy my Dad who was a keen gardener taking us to Regent's Park each year and the fantastic colours of the rows of blossom...
https://www.timeout.com/london/things-to-do/9-places-to-see-cherry-blossom-in-london
We used to go to Syon Park and Osterley Park for days out, as well as trips up Horsenden Hill - afterwards we'd go to The Ballot Box (?) pub where we'd play in the beer garden while my parents had a drink - is it still there?
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Shirley Maxwell found this octopus on Blacksands Beach in Aberdour. She said: "We carried it about 20ft from the sand back to the sea but it wasn't very impressed and released a big cloud of ink when we put it in the sea."
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Mel Hayes took this photo of friend David walking out from Munros - Conival and Ben More in Assynt - on Easter Monday
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Stuart Smith from Kilmarnock took an 860-mile, "very-long-way-round", motorbike trip up to Kinlochbervie. He said: "I walked from the hotel to Sandwood Bay on a beautiful but breezy day. But, man, was it worth it."
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Gavin Morris took this photo at the summit of The Cobbler on Easter Monday
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Kenny Bryce says he took this photo very early (04:45) on Sunday morning. It is of the sculpture Arria located at Eastfield Cumbernauld.
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Thomas Andy Branson says Gourdon harbour is defined by countless scallop shells, the second most valuable shellfish in Scotland
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Zulakha Babar took time to rest and be thankful at the Rest and Be Thankful on the A83 in Argyll.
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Allison McMahon liked this view of Dundee
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Frances Findlay said: "This was taken from our caravan at Rosneath looking up the Gareloch."
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Chris Cullen said: "Here is a photo of my niece Esther with her granny (my mother) in the restored Dovecote at Dirleton Castle, Dirleton, East Lothian. Its an Infrared photo, taken using a fisheye lens."
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Photo taken at the Glenfinnan monument on Saturday by Stewart Beattie
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This is the Creighton family on a weekend away to Auchenlarie beach in Dumfries and Galloway
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Gavin Dougan took this photo of Friday's pink moon rising from Portobello beach in Edinburgh.
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Margaret Squires sent in this photo of an Easter baptism in St Andrews
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Sorley Johnston asks: "Could this be a pot-bellied and weathered Easter Island statue or perhaps it's a monument to a windswept Donald Trump?" It was taken at the Barns of Byback in the Cairngorms on Good Friday.
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What's the story in Tobermory? Fiona Ramsay took this photo.
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David Milne took this photo of the Glenfinnan Viaduct on the way home from a fantastic weeks holiday in Arisaig.
Some great ones there as well. I'm hoping to do a week in the highlands next summer followed by a week in Ireland...

If you're stopping off in Glasgow on your way up let me know, and I'll meet you for a pint!![]()

Have one of those in the back gardenPretty in pink: Scotland's cherry blossom explosion
The good weather over the Easter weekend may have disappeared but BBC Scotland news website readers have been keen to share their images of the explosion of cherry blossom that the spring sunshine created.
- 27 April 2019
Anele McGonigle, from Paisley, was one of the many who said the cherry blossom trees brightened her day.
Here is a selection of readers' photos of this week's blossom.
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Bill Whiteford sent in this magnificent display from the cherry trees at the old railway station in Bonnybridge
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Edinburgh's Meadows' cherry blossoms photographed on Easter Monday by Helen Drummond. She said: "Don't miss them before the wind whips them away."
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Janet MacLeod took this blossom in Oban
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Ronnie Dornan took this at Devorgilla Bridge on the River Nith, Dumfries
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Anele McGonigle from Paisley said the wonderful cherry blossom trees always brighten her day as she takes her daughter to school
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Lynn Wishart took this at Letham Glen in Leven, Fife
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Robin Harper sent in this photo of the cherry blossom in St Andrew Square, Edinburgh
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Andrew Morton took this picture of the well-known avenue of cherry blossom in Dollar, Clackmannanshire
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Graham Paton took this in Edinburgh's Meadows
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Alan Stuart took this picture this afternoon in Cathcart Street in Greenock. He thought the pinks of the tree matched well with the stone of the Wellpark Mid Kirk
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Rosemary McLaren said: "Sometimes there is no need to leave home to see some gorgeous flowers. This pink cherry blossom is in full bloom in my front garden in Stirling."
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The cherry blossom in Princes Street on Good Friday, taken by Linda Taylor
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Ann-Marie Connolly took this photo at the Suspension Bridge in Dumfries of the beautiful blossom on the trees and a lovely carpet of blossom under the trees.
looks a nice view all year round steelsyYou must log in or register to see images
Missus just took this out the living room window - what a sunset!