Playfair Steps

The steps are the short cut up the Mound, just by the National Gallery.  As you emerge at the top you confront the Black Watch memorial.

From Corstorphine Hill

Looking south east from Corstorphine Hill towards the east end of the Pentland Hills.

Old Craig

This building is part of Napier University.  I like the old building but I can't find any info on it.

Scottish Parliament

The Parliament from Salisbury Crags in its tight little site.

A Haven

A highly recommended B&B festooned with Virginia Creeper.
www.a-haven.co.uk/

Engine

With improvements in the weather the work has been completed. The shadow is obscuring the URL which is
http://cytcru.carbonmade.com

Lochend Park

The Old Doocot and Lochend Loch, looking towards Arthur's seat.

Bollywood in the Rain

Earlier in the day, driving round Holyrood Park, we spotted a large film crew, all Indian setting up near Dunsappie Loch behind Arthur's seat.  We come home and find this scene in Newhaven.  Crollas shop in Newhaven Main Street, (now sadly closed after 100 + years of business), has been turned into "Kashmir Home" and giant artificial suns shine through the windows while the air is filled with that distinctive Bollywood music.

Tony Mystery Solved (I Think)

I had occasion to make a delivery to the National Galleries Depot in Granton today.  One of the staff said that he understood Tony to be spring-loaded.  If enough pressure builds up due to flow and entrapment of debris or a dunt from a passing log the statue is released and blockage will cease.  Exactly how this would work I have no idea.  The waters are receding and a bit clearer.  You can see the base in the water and the metal base of the sculpture at right angles. His legs are just visible and he appears to have trapped a tree branch.  He hasn't disappeared, just bathing.

Missing in Action?

I didn't think I would be returning to my little obsession with "Tony" just so soon but, as you can see above, the local Tony has disappeared.  "Heavy" weather has swollen the river somewhat and the silt being moved downriver makes it opaque.  Is he under the surface?  Stolen? Being repaired? Compare the photo above with the one taken on 25th June titled "The Local Tony", right hand panel..  Honest, he hasn't been Photoshopped out.

Flying Ants

Maybe not quite biblical proportions but a plague of the beasties nevertheless.  These two roaming on car roofs but the majority being pedestrians.  Whence from?

All the Fun of the Fair

Old fashioned Hobby Horses Roundabout in the Princes St Gardens.

Heart of the River ?

A patch of weed in the WoL.

Junior Speedway ?

Came across this event in Redbraes Park.  Speedway on a miniature scale minus the engines.  This would be close to the original home of the Edinburgh Monarchs team at Powderhall.  A lot less noisy and without the distinctive aroma of the fuel.

Dumbarton Rock

Through in the west today.  This view is across the river Clyde from near Bishopton .  Dumbarton Rock and Castle with Ben Lomond in the distance.

Flotsam

The rains have abated for a bit but Tony has become a bit of a filter and has attracted some unwelcome attention  to his eyes.

Suction

The sunny, dry summer we have been enjoying has been replaced by the more traditional torrential downpours.  It's a good job these boys are on the job letting it all drain away.

The weather is also interfering with our local mural but I think we can see what the premises will be used for.

Spray Painting

An empty industrial unit opposite work has been let and this spray job would appear to be a clue to the business.

More for Belfast

Another jumper or possibly lander this time for the Twinbrook Bridge.  See previous post on June 23rd.

The Other Tonys

The 3 remaining Tonys.    The top image is Mr Gormley's first cast who looks like he has dug an escape tunnel from the Gallery of Modern Art.  The 3rd & 4th  photos are of Tony number 2 in the Water of Leith just behind the Gallery. 5 & 6 are of Tony number 4 at Powderhall.  

Stewart's Melville College

One of Edinburgh's private schools on Queensferry Road.

Murmur

This sign is about 9 feet up a lamppost.  I frequently pass it but never stopped to examine it before.  According to the website the sign has been removed. (The phone number certainly doesn't work any more).  It was part of a project which apparently finished in 2009 so I am obviously not very observant. Some content is still available on line.  There is a link at the site listed below.
http://www.mediascot.org/drift/murmur

Portobello

Edinburgh's little "seaside resort".

Budget Cuts?

It looks like the Police are in the front line of the Budget cuts.  50% off their cars for a start.

The Kalpna

A little Edinburgh gem, especially at lunchtime for the buffet.

Rooftop Castle

An evening  shot from the roof of our block of flats across the city.

ZapCats

Small powerboats racing round a circuit in Western Harbour opposite Ocean Terminal.

The Malmaison

A quiet night on the Shore.

Today's Arrivals

The cruise liner "Regatta" and the Sail Trainer "Lord Nelson" in a sunny Western Harbour

Thistle Do

Plenty of these emerging after the warm sunny weather and then some rain.  Good at colonising waste ground.  These just along at the end of the street from work.