the band

If you like your Scottish music a wee bit raucous then this is the band for you. They show up all over the centre of Edinburgh, in various lineups, during the tourist season - which is now 12 months of the year!

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Princes Street, Edinburgh.

dynamic earth

Just off Holyrood Road near the Scottish Parliament, Edinburgh.

M74 extension protest

Final few from Glasgow for now. From George Square to Kelvin Way I ran into quite a few figures protesting against the proposed M74 Motorway Extension.

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Taken in Bridge Street, Glasgow.
I've been playing around with the colour saturation. . . . still undecided.

some glasgow graffiti

All taken around the West End.

Tryst, Glasgow

Fishing flies and bathroom fittings! It's small discoveries like Tryst in Stockwell Street that make my heart beat faster.

The Calton, Glasgow

Had a day off last Friday so I bought a 'cheap day return' to Glasgow, began with a stroll through the Calton area on my way to Glasgow Green and the Winter Garden.

the big pink tent

I'm back strolling through The Meadows again and came across this very impressive tent, all part of the preparations for last night's Moonwalk.

more stores

I've gotten into the habit of photographing storefronts although sometimes it feels a bit like stamp collecting. I prefer the smaller one-off shops but I can never resist checking out Louis Vuitton in St Andrews Square, it's rare to find no-one sitting in front of the window.

time for a break . . . .

. . . . in The Meadows.

graffiti

Staying with the 'art' theme, the only legal place I know in town for graffiti - the boards at the back of the Festival Theatre - new stuff seems to appear on a daily basis! I love the apologetic 'ran out of paint' note on this one :-)

John Bellany

A painting by John Bellany in the window of the Open Eye Gallery in Edinburgh's New Town - an artist I really like, but sadly, his prices are a wee bit beyond me . . . . . but if I were to win the lottery I'd be straight up there on the 23 bus!

Edinburgh College of Art

In June the Edinburgh College of Art holds its annual Degree Show and as well as providing me with an opportunity to see what their photographers have been up to, its also a great place to go for a wander.

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wardens

Is there a collective name for a group of wardens? Actually this lot had come to the end of their shift and were waiting for the minibus to turn up and take them to . . . . er, somewhere!

dove with condom!

taken in Nicolson Square and in Potterrow . . . . who thinks of these things?

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rug shop

I've been going by this rug shop halfway up Dundas Street for years and have often wondered what the sign means.

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believe - Robert De Niro

Robert De Niro (aka Travis Bickle in Taxi Diver). I've seen a few of these scattered around Edinburgh - there used to be a nice one in Cockburn Street until it got painted over - this one's managed to survive in Broughton Street for a year or so now!

Chancelot Mill, Leith

Took a stroll this evening down to Newhaven Harbour and along towards Chancelot Mill. The area around the mill has recently been cleared to make way for housing, a park, a replacement school for Newhaven Primary and an ASDA supermarket. But at the minute it's all just a pile of earth!

view from Market Street, Edinburgh

It's the geometry of the buildings at the 'backside' or Waverley Station that I like, the way they seem to have evolved out of necessity rather than than following some great plan like the Balmoral Hotel or the recently restored (and still empty) Post Office building.

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dear emma

stone circle

It's a wet Sunday afternoon in Donegal, so what do you do? Simple, take a trip to Raphoe to visit the stone circle and what with the damp you can be sure you'll have the place all to yourself . . . . if you don't count the sheep!

storefronts

cow parade

abstract and stencils