In response to the Daily Post’s Weekly Photo Challenge: Harmony. You may detect an element of irony 🙂
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Weekly Photo Challenge: (Love)
On the Royal Mile, Edinburgh, lies the Heart of Midlothian. From Wikipedia:- Visitors to Edinburgh will often notice people spitting on the Heart. A tolbooth (prison) stood on the site, where executions used to take place. The heart marks its doorway: the point of public execution. Some people spit on the Heart. Although it now […]
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Fare Thee Well, Edinburgh
Just before we left Scotland, I purchased an old Olympus OM-2N, keen to see if I would enjoy the simplicity of a film camera once again. As soon as I unpacked it, and held it, I knew it would be a joy to use. It felt solid, despite its small size, and loading in a […]
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A good vantage point for photographing the Princes Street Christmas Fair for these tourists.
Read moreBig Fat Chips and Nutella Crêpes
Food to keep you warm, at the Princes Street Christmas Fair.
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The sound of laughter and pop music from the 1980s. The smell of Aberdeen Angus burgers mixed with sweet, chocolate-filled crêpes. A sip of Glühwein and children spinning in giant, neon-lit tea cups. The Fair is a heady mix that saturates the senses.
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It’s a sign of the times that the most glamorous part of Edinburgh’s main shopping street in the lead up to Christmas is the new Primark cut-price clothing shop. It’s as if all the other shops have just given up.
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As seen on Princes Street.
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