text: Sunbathing sports walking chilling people watching reading larking living whatever your outdoor needs are The Meadows are a great place to pursue them Stretching out over quite a large expanse of area surrounding the city centre of Edinburgh including the student favoured Marchmont and Bruntsfield this a green area of banter that is worth inhabiting when the weather is decent and ideally when the sun is shining enough for some general basking and frolickingnnI feel pretty fortunate as an Edinburgh resident to have The Meadows available for recreational purposes so close to the city centre The last time it was super hot in temperature and sunny well super hot for Scotland anyway I went up to The Meadows to meet a group of friends and eat summery themed itemshave a mini BBQ Of course about a thousand million other people had the same idea but it is understandable considering the dire state of our weather out of days a year