St Mary's Cathedral

Looking along Melville Street in the West End.

Tony

This is the Stockbridge "Tony", the Antony Gormley casts in the Water of Leith.  Our local Tony still lies submerged, must be 7 or 8 months now. Didn't want to finish the year without a last appearance.

Police Horses

Suitable dress for our current weather.

Mocha Tree

Weather appalling, wet and windy.  A day for indoors.

National Portrait Gallery

The refurbished Gallery is now open again having been closed for a year.  They seem to have made a pretty good job of it.  There was no access to the library before, one of the many changes.

Big Wheel

The Gardens by the Scott Monument.

Christmas Tree

The Fairy went on struike so the bears volunteered their services.

Princes Street Gardens

All the fun of the Christmas Fair plus some rain and strong winds. The German Market closes tonight and they are in sale mode.  Fill the bag with stollen for a fiver.

Lampost

The old lampost outside work, again. 

Jam

Of the traffic variety. Pretty poor picture from phone but pretty poor for the passengers.  This is Shandwick pLace and this jam consists mostly of buses and goes at least all the way to Haymarket.

The Mound

Looking up the Mound at dusk.

Snowman

Harvey Nicks

The window opposite the Louis Vuitton elephant (up at the Bus Station again). Window dressers are a breed apart.

Window

Louis Voutton display St Andrews Square.  The luggage seems a tad heavy.

George Street

St Andrews & St Georges West

Here for a Carol Concert this evening. The church is hosting the Edinburgh Christmas Tree Festival and has 60 Christmas trees in situ.  They have been donated and decorated by a wide variety of organisations, a Scout group, a locksmith,a resturant,an undertaker etc etc.

The Hub

Walking the Dog

Victoria Park at Newhaven Road.

Bay Windows

Summerside Place.

Chimney

In Summerside Place.

Winter Coat

A thick winter coat for this little grey squirrel out for a forage in Newhaven Road gardens this morning.

Links

A bit of snow on Leith Links.

Gingerbread House

Not any old gingerbread house but one based on a building in Leith.  This is the work of La Cerise and is the annual Christmas charity fundraiser. You have to name the building.  I don't think you get to eat the house if you win though. This is a link to the wonderful world of patisserie. http://www.lacerise.biz/

Christmas Train

The only thing moving on Princes Street although most of the Tram work seems to be done.

Balmoral

Afternoon sun on the "Balmoral".

Sunset Castle

A rather threatening sky as the sun sinks behind the Castle. Snow I think.

German Market

The market sets up every year from the start of December to just before Christmas beside the galleries at the foot of the Mound.

It's Official

Winter has arrived.  After the mildest November on record we have a freeze.  Sleet followed by sub-zero temperatures leading to rock hard deposits on windscreens and the streets covered in a thin slippy film of ice.  Back to normal.

Princes Street

From Calton Hill.

Christmas Tree

The Fairy was on strike so the bears volunteered their services.