Plan your trip

WALK HERE Small parking bay on B792

west of West Calder (grid ref

NT004630), where you can explore the lush nature reserve of Addiewell bing and follow paths across to the Five Sisters (or start from West Calder). Greendykes can be accessed from canal towpath, east of Broxburn. There’s also a 16-mile Shale Trail linking the bings – shaletrail.co.uk

GETTING THERE

West Calder is on the A71, four miles SW of Livingston; Broxton is three miles NE of town on the A899. Rail stations at West Calder, Livingston North and South with services to Edinburgh and Glasgow; good bus network too

( travelinescotland.com).

WHERE TO EAT & STAY Limefield House (01506 871237, limefieldhouse.com) is a Georgian manor tucked away near West Calder with luxury double suites from £93pn in November (room only, breakfast available). For top food at a great price, try and get a table at The Terrace Restaurant at West Lothian College, where the menu is cooked by chefs in training ( west-lothian.ac.uk/terrace

restaurant), or head to Sabannga ( sabannga.com) for delicious dishes from northern Thailand.

i MORE INFO

For the area see visitwest lothian.co.uk; for more on bagging bings see jamescarron.wordpress. com/tag/bing-bagging