We don’t always get the best summers in Scotland, but when the blue skies do appear we certainly know how to enjoy them.
And a dip into the Edinburgh Evening News archives suggests that this is nothing new.
Here are 22 pictures of people enjoying the Edinburgh sunshine from over half a century ago.
Read more:
. Children playing in the sea at Portobello in its hey day - July 1966
Children playing in the sea at Portobello in July 1966. Photo: Alan Ledgerwood
. A sweet treat
Children enjoying ice cream in Princes Street Gardens in June 1965. Photo: Unknown
. Dive in
Boys bathe in Water of Leith, at Saughton, in the hot July of 1955. Photo: Unknown
. A bit of fresh air
Children basking in the sunshine at Edinburgh's Princess Margaret Rose Orthopaedic Hospital in 1960. Photo: Unknown
. On duty
A policeman in shirt sleeves on duty in Princes Street Edinburgh in the summer of 1965. Photo: Unknown
. On parade
Families and children watch the Penguin Parade at Edinburgh Zoo in the summer of 1962. Photo: Unknown
1. A sweet treat
Children enjoying ice cream in Princes Street Gardens in June 1965. Photo: Unknown
2. Dive in
Boys bathe in Water of Leith, at Saughton, in the hot July of 1955. Photo: Unknown
4. A bit of fresh air
Children basking in the sunshine at Edinburgh's Princess Margaret Rose Orthopaedic Hospital in 1960. Photo: Unknown