Edinburgh

Hawes Inn beneath the Forth Bridge

Ting (Now Demolished), Royal Botanic Garden, Edinburgh Suggesting a meeting at the ting is always a good, if slightly cruel, test of garden knowledge. Many visitors and quite a few staff don’t know that the correct name for a single story Chinese pavilion is a “ting”(亭) but everyone knows the red structure on the Chinese Hillside. Quoted from the Botanics Stories website

Hunter Square, Edinburgh

Fringe Festival 2010, Edinburgh

Open-Top Bus, Waverley Bridge, Edinburgh

Edinburgh Fringe Festival Bianca Watts on Harp Bianca Watts website

Edinburgh Fringe Festival Bianca Watts website

A greatly respected member of Edinburgh‘s society, William Brodie (1741-88) was a skilful cabinet-maker and a member of the Town Council as well as deacon (head) of the Incorporation of Wrights and Masons. However, unknown to most gentlefolk, Brodie had a secret night-time occupation as the leader of a gang of burglars. An extra-curricular activity that was necessary to support his extravagant lifestyle which included two mistresses, numerous children and a gambling habit. (Ben Johnson) Quoted from the Historic UK website

Work is now complete to reinstall Turner Prize-winning artist Antony Gormley’s (b. 1950) 6 TIMES along the Water of Leith in Edinburgh.... The final figure, situated at the end of an abandoned pier in Leith Docks, looks out to the point where the river course finally meets the sea. Quoted from the Water of Leith Conservation Trust website

Retro gas station themed US-style bar-diner, offering burgers, wings, American dishes and cocktails. Quoted from the Filling Stations' website

Portobello is a coastal suburb of Edinburgh in eastern central Scotland. It lies three miles (5 km) to the east of the city centre, facing the Firth of Forth, between the suburbs of Joppa and Craigentinny. Although historically it was a town in its own right, it is officially a residential suburb of Edinburgh. The promenade fronts onto a wide sandy beach. Quoted from Wikipedia

A lighthouse built at the harbour entrance in 1869 is a local landmark. The harbour has now been dwarfed by the enlarged Leith Harbour. The once thriving Victorian fishmarket is now converted into a smaller still functioning fishmarket, and the Loch Fyne restaurant. Quoted from Wikipedia

A lighthouse built at the harbour entrance in 1869 is a local landmark. The harbour has now been dwarfed by the enlarged Leith Harbour. The once thriving Victorian fishmarket is now converted into a smaller still functioning fishmarket, and the Loch Fyne restaurant. Quoted from Wikipedia

Newhaven is a district in the City of Edinburgh, Scotland, between Leith and Granton and about 2 miles (3.2 km) north of the city centre, just north of the Victoria Park district. Formerly a village and harbour on the Firth of Forth, it had a population of approximately 5,000 inhabitants at the 1991 census. Newhaven was designated a conservation area, one of 40 such areas in Edinburgh, in 1977. Quoted from Wikipedia

Royal Mile, Edinburgh

Royal Mile, Edinburgh

Royal Mile, Edinburgh