The recent mild weather and lighter evenings has brought the children in my area outside, to play and let their imaginations run wild in chalk on tarmac.
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.
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.