CANONGATE
An eldritch opening.
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PRECIPITOUS SPURTLESHIRE
Brownie points to anyone able to identify this steep corner of Greater Spurtleshire. Location will be added to the foot of the page in a few days' time.
In the meantime, see map here. Beware of Broughton's elastic boundaries.
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THOUGHTFUL
A quiet moment on Calton Hill.
City Observatory in the background.
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#mindfulness
KERR STREET
Glad to see that top heritage boss is easing gently into the new job.
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DIVERSE PATHWAYS
To make my way to a funeral service, I took the tree-lined Warriston Path into a sunny St Mark’s Park.
OVERGROWN AND UNDERMAINTAINED
Dear Spurtle,
Yet again, with the tourist season ahead of us, the city looks like a slum.
The weeds are just ridiculous, especially in the New Town, as are the potholes.
In the street where I live – Bellevue Crescent – they are positively dangerous. (I should know, having fallen twice into them and injured myself to the extent that I required hospitalisation.)
I have reported both these issues (and graffiti) over 20 times and nothing – precisely NOTHING – gets done about it.
So much for the UNESCO World Heritage New Town. It’s a joke!
Tourism is massively important to this city, yet many tourists I speak to through my work are appalled by the state of the roads and pavements – does nobody care?
Who is accountable?? Why does this go on, year after year?
Can’t we start a campaign to finally get some results?
Katie Wood
(Bellevue Crescent)
St NINIAN’S ROW
The long drop and a flash.
No. 46 in an occasional photo-series celebrating Spurtleshire street-name signs.
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#vertigo