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Edinburgh, other cities and Trams
Since the announcement that Edinburgh would be getting a tram line, Residents in the city have not been amused. The Edinburgh trams works are proving to be a bone of contention with most Edinburgh residents who cite the Tram works as an embarrassment to the city. The work, which started in 2008 ,was due to be [...]
Continue reading...Christmas Shopping in Edinburgh.
8. November 2011
Photo Courtesy of http://www.flickr.com/people/cawa Edinburgh, the capital city of Scotland, is a great city for shopping. Easy accessed by road, rail or plane, our beautiful city has much to offer for weekend shoppers. During the winter months, Edinburgh’s Princes Street is without a doubt one of the nicest and easiest city centres to shop. All shops [...]
Continue reading...Halloween – Safety Tips
31. October 2011
Halloween is predominately a time for children to go out and about ‘trick or treating’ or ‘Guising’ as it is called here in Edinburgh. With the clocks going back at the weekend, the nights are now dark earlier and it is important to remember when out and about in Edinburgh to practise safety first. We at Edinburgh [...]
Continue reading...Daily Edinburgh Weather!
13. September 2011
We now bring you the Edinburgh weather every day from our site. This doesn’t mean I will be standing in front of a weather board aka TV weather girls (and there will be no complimentary ’it’s raining men’ either) Just simple weather updates on our home page that will keep you informed of the beautiful Edinburgh weather! The [...]
Continue reading...Let them eat cake…Elsewhere!!
13. September 2011
I have passed Loopy Lorna’s Tea house in Morningside road almost every day for years now and I have never seen it empty. I have even witnessed queues outside the shop on a Saturday! While I have never crossed it’s threshold, I have always heard good things about it and was among the confused people of Edinburgh [...]
Continue reading...Edinburgh and the Rain.
11. August 2011
It’s August, it’s Edinburgh and yes of course, it’s raining! With the town over run with tourists looking like drowned rats and a distinct lack of a pied piper, what is the contingency plan? As we all stand in the rain looking like we are part of the Edinburgh festival and acting out the final [...]
Continue reading...Mind Where You Snap in Edinburgh
14. October 2010
Our attention has been drawn to these, seemingly disturbing videos, shot by fotofan001. We cannot make any comment on what happened up to the point that this first clip was shot as we have neither been able to speak to fotofan001 nor get Multrees Walk’s side of the story yet. Again, without knowing what transpired [...]
Continue reading...Five Films Featuring Edinburgh
4. October 2010
As cities with personalities go, Edinburgh is up there with the big hitters. So it’s no surprise that film-makers have been using Edinburgh’s locations, people and atmosphere to their advantage. Read on for five movies that have featured the city in a starring role. Trainspotting Image: Guardian Edinburgh’s less than enviable title as the heroin [...]
Continue reading...How We Could Spend X Million Pounds…
16. September 2010
Just in case you’ve not heard and are reading this frustratedly trying to get to work: His Expensively Holiness Der Papst is in town today at a cost of somewhere between 10 and 20 million of our lovely Scottish Pounds. Estimates vary wildly and the actual cost may never be known as costs of travel [...]
Continue reading...Neighbourly Love
18. June 2010
Somewhere in our fine city of Edinburgh an Englishman and a Scotsman live next door to each other. The Englishman, naturally wanting to show his allegiance to England in the World Cup, has hung the St. George cross in his window. His neighbour has gone not one, but two better: Banter between neighbours is healthy [...]
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19. December 2011
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