High Plains Drifter. 

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As you read this, advance copies of the June Spurtle have already spilled out onto the barony’s streets like exuberant Arsenal fans celebrating a really encouraging performance by their team.

Issue 362 begins with a Holyrood round-up, hopes of less hassle for tenement homeowners, no end of snags and a plea to identify the intriguing Miss Eva.

How the ‘emerald necklace’ became a green barrier

—Mike Worobec—

Few cities in the world are so intellectually and aesthetically deliberate as Edinburgh. 

Currently at anchor off Inchkeith lies the 70m x 13m Benetti superyacht Freedom. 

Yesterday afternoon, while she stood closer to Cockenzie, Spurtle examined her through a high-powered zoom lens from Calton Hill (see image right). After over an hour’s careful scrutiny, we had still detected no human activity aboard whatsoever.

With a top speed speed of 14 knots (16 mph), Freedom has 5 decks with 6 cabins to accommodate 12 (sleeping) passengers.

Part of Tesco Broughton Road’s over-the-counter pharmacy range has become an interesting exercise in physical self-improvement and intimate aspiration.

In the last week or so, the display’s arrangement has been refreshed to include, at the bottom, a range of slimming aids and healthy-eating options.

Cool people prefer shade. 

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