Thursday 30 June 2011
Wednesday 29 June 2011
Flood Works
The Water of Leith at the bridge on Newhaven Road. They are considerably narrowing the stream and building up the bank. It seldom floods but has caused a fair bit of damage in the past.
Tuesday 28 June 2011
Monday 27 June 2011
Chick
This fellow was wandering around in an urban environment and I was a bit concerned that the gulls would get it. Then when you look at the feet, it is a gull, I think. They are just a menace in the city. You can see where the dinosaurs went.
Sunday 26 June 2011
Parade
Marching down the Royal Mile and passing the Tollbooth, headed for Holyrood Pasrk. Last of the events for Armed Services Weekend. The bands here are obviously not military.
Saturday 25 June 2011
Friday 24 June 2011
Thursday 23 June 2011
Tony
We haven't featured Tony for a while. here he is as evening falls. Looks like he is sitting in a nest having gathered some debris. At this point the walkway is an elevated construction.
Wednesday 22 June 2011
10th Dan
George Kerr runs the "Club" next door to work. A gymnasium and judo centre. He is the president of the British Judo Association and about to get his CBE at a Holyrood investiture.
Tuesday 21 June 2011
Midsummer
More like midnight. The docks development celebrating the longest day (and certainly the wettest for some time).
Monday 20 June 2011
Sunday 19 June 2011
Customs House
The old Leith customs house beside the Water of Leith as it enters the docks. Used for storage by the National Galleries.
Saturday 18 June 2011
Friday 17 June 2011
Thursday 16 June 2011
Basement
The large and impressive houses of the New Town have basements, but not entirely subterranean, below street level but open. This would have been the kitchens and household business sections of the house. Today they are likely to be separate dwelings or offices. This modest frontage is the home of the Edinburgh International Book Festival in Charlotte Square. http://www.edbookfest.co.uk/
Wednesday 15 June 2011
Tuesday 14 June 2011
Open Day
After the wash out at the weekend here is somewhere you can be sure to be dry and warm. Last year there was a free purvey as well. Highly recommended.
Monday 13 June 2011
Sunday 12 June 2011
Baaa
Out for a walk in Edinburgh's lung, the Pentlands, too misty to photograph Edinburgh. Here are the locals instead.
Saturday 11 June 2011
Leith Gala
Easily the wettest day for the Gala I can remember. Some spectators brave the rain, but not seated. Some performers carry on regardless, some drier than others, "Exit the Dragon - Wet" and a "knitted tree".
Friday 10 June 2011
Thursday 9 June 2011
Wednesday 8 June 2011
Carved in Stone
Joseph Lister's old residence in Charlotte Square. For anyone who doesn't know who he is this is the Wikipedia entry http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joseph_Lister,_1st_Baron_Lister
Tuesday 7 June 2011
Monday 6 June 2011
Boswall Road
Boswall House in Trinity has a unique iron railing which was once a decorative balustrade on the liner Aquatania.
Sunday 5 June 2011
Saturday 4 June 2011
Granton
Sticking with the new builds, this is by Granton Harbour on the old industrial site that was reclaimed from the Forth in the sixties. This was the development that left the old lighthouse stranded from the water. You can see the lighthouse just to the right of the flats.
Friday 3 June 2011
Thursday 2 June 2011
Wednesday 1 June 2011
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