Tariq Ali

A blast from my past.  The sixties political activist at Edinburgh University this afternoon.  A lecture on the break up of Britain. A supporter of Scottish Independence. The phone isn't really much good for this sort of thing.

Open Eye

The sign for the gallery, might need some attention.

Rubbish

Sunshine does make things look better, even this brutalist monument.  The Broughton Street Cleansing Depot.

Royal Scots Club

The entrance to the club in Abercromby Place.  It is a useful venue for meetings in Edinburgh and has recently been refurbished. http://www.royalscotsclub.com/

The Castle from Princes Street

Lacking Symmetry

Same street as the post on Thursday (I pass there frequently due to my scone addiction and visits to Bon Papillon) but not so symmetric if you look up.

St Andrews Square

An installation of lights fills the square but really doesn't look like much from ground level. You need to go up to the eatery in Harvey Niks and look down.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-edinburgh-east-fife-26035251

Donaldson's College

Not any longer.  Originally a school for the deaf, the pupils are now in Linlithgow.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donaldson's_College
Should you have a few pence to spare you may care to put an offer in for the building.
http://commercialsearch.savills.co.uk/content/assets/839/Donaldsons_Final.pdf

Newtown Symmetry

In Northumberland Street.

Doggie in the Window

I'm sure he isn't for sale but at least he has an audience.

On the Move, Trams.

Heading East on Princes Street an actual tram. Just practising, no passengers.  They do exist.

Pavement Repairs

Amazing the massive disruption involved in doing a new pavement. Newhaven Road/Ferry Road junction. A couple of hundred metres of pavements, 2 weeks?

Ben Chonzie, Perthshire

Only just back and "off message" already.  Out for a walk to the summit of this little Munro. A lot of snow about.

Open Eye

Normal service has been resumed. The Open Eye Gallery's side window on Dundas Street.
http://www.openeyegallery.co.uk/