Judging

The final stages of the judging of the 150th Edinburgh International Photographic Competition. The exhibition runs throughout the Festival.

Bike

Secured outside the offices of the Edinburgh International Book Festival.

Castle Barracks

From the loo at the west end of the Gardens.

Scottish Parliament

From Calton Hill.  Packed into it's tight site the old and the new. The Burns memorial in the foreground.

Book Launch

This is a photo of the book, not the launch.  I doubt if any of those pictured would have turned up.

Royal Highland Show

This is a picture of "grass". Or what grass looks like after 2 days heavy rain and a lot of tramping for the next 2 days. This is a lot better than the "car parks" aka adjoining fields where if you got stuck in the mud you had to pay £8.00 for a tow to get you out after having paid £8.00 to park in the first place. If you tried to get here on Sunday afternoon, coming from Edinburgh, the tailback from the Gogar roundabout meant the last 2 miles took about 1.5 hours, (you could walk it in 30 minutes). This is the same road that serves the Airport. The chaos was awesome. A regular occurrence at the RHS which "they" seem unable or unwilling to resolve. And even once you arrived after enduring this cobblers you would have to have forked out the entire cost for the day of £20 for the last couple of hours.  A triumph of organisation and marketing!

Royal Highland Show

Junior Handler competition. Rosettes for everyone.

Royal Highland Show

A little drink required.  Part of the Pollock Park "team" at the show.

Maybury Casino

The weather continues to be foul, thunder and lightening with downpours.  Passing in the dark and the phone again.  It is actually a rather nice Art Deco style building.

Midsummer in Edinburgh

A view which I have used many times looking over to the new developments in Leith Harbour.  Gone is the Sun.

Broughton Primary School

Evening light, passing in car and the phone again.

Jackson's Close

Looking into Cockburn Street from the close.

Duke of Buccleuch

The Duke offers a fine vantage point for a seagull as the sun returns: after the weekend.

More Rain

The deluge continues.  Flood works at Bonnington.

Golden Road.

The title sounds positive but belies the day.  Wet, windy and cold. Taken with mobile on return to Edinburgh.

National Monument

The National Monument aka National Disgrace, Calton Hill.

Tram Works

Taken from a bus and looking along towards Shandwick Place from West Maitland Street. How could you possibly need to do this twice?

Knox and the Bins

John Knox's House on the Royal Mile. Is this mess of bins really necessary. Couldn't they be lifted at night?

Hotel

Known to many as the Disney Palace but it disnae fool anyone.  Built in 1990 on the Royal Mile.

The Palace of Holyrood House

From Calton Hill.

Montrose

James Graham, Marquis of Montrose. The tomb in St Giles High Kirk in the Royal Mile. His arch enemy, Archuibald Campbell, 1st Marquis of Argyll, lies on the opposite side of the kirk. Both eventually executed in times of turmoil and political complexity.  See the Wiki entry
 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Graham,_1st_Marquess_of_Montrose

Under Construction

You can't escape this symbol of corporate greed.  This monstrosity, far removed from the main event, does nothing but spoil the tourist's view of Ramsay Gardens.

Libberton.

Creeper

Gable wall of A Haven on Ferry Road.

An Officer and a Gentleman

The Old Burial Ground, Coburg Street.

Jubilee Window

Restrained Jubilee show in a local wool shop.

Royal Scots Club

Celebrating, quietly.

Leith Links

Luca's little bedford van dispensing ice creams at the PLU (Parents Like Us) event on the Links.
http://www.s-luca.co.uk/               http://pluedinburgh.co/

Bon Papillion

Had lunch at Bon Papillion (very good) in company of HM and the corgis.

Pigeon

Doo-n by the harbour.