It all began at Broughton Street Bookshop. You always tend to have a chat with customers in there. I was basically schmoozing the Edinburgh book dealers while remembering how to get around town on foot. One guy told me tales of the book trade and how he was interested in collecting material on the criminal […]

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I posted a batch of photos to facebook relating to The Powderhall Waste Management Plant. When I was taking some of the initial photos a guy came past with his posse saying sarcastically ” oh what a lovely view”.  Well it’s better than having shit all over the streets I say! My first response from […]

I caved in and bought it. Not after checking three other shops over a walk of some ten miles in order to get a cleaner and cheaper version. Found 5 other books by same author but no other version of this one. — Border By-ways and Lothian Lore Lady Jane Scott stayed at Castle Eerie […]

Further to the previous post later  excursions have found the exit point of the burn into Wardie Bay and into the River Forth. An interesting piece of information entered my mind as I walked along the shore wall and gained access to the beach through the pier gate. There was a famous criminal fugitive captured […]

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A wee trip up to some old quarries.  Getting the lay of the land

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I am still working out the copyright and privacy aspects of WordPress and their parent company so I will link to Flickr for my photographic excursions. The most recent is a walk to an ASDA store which unconsciously traced the route of the hidden and drained off Wardie Burn. There are older maps which mention […]

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