A good vantage point for photographing the Princes Street Christmas Fair for these tourists.
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Big Fat Chips and Nutella Crêpes
Food to keep you warm, at the Princes Street Christmas Fair.
My Head Is Spinning
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.
Sign of the Times
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.
Shocking Monkey Text
As seen on Princes Street.
Autumn Light In Dean Village
I had a spare hour to play with last week at lunch time, and decided to visit Dean Cemetery and Dean Village, near the centre of Edinburgh. I walked the path from the cemetery, along the Water of Leith, which is a gorge cut through Edinburgh, with a river running through it.
The lucky people who live here are surrounded by trees and the sound of the river as it flows out to the sea, yet are minutes walk from the centre of the city.
The sun was wonderful, and you can see how low in the sky it is now, as only the tops of houses caught the rays, even at midday.
The Lonely Boot
Walking to work, I spied this lonely boot, by the side of the alley way. Why just one? I wondered about its owner all day.
Submitted to the Photo Friday challenge ‘One‘.
The Past Is Bright
Walking past the National Museum of Scotland on Chambers Street, I was struck by how modern the rear of a building for preserving the past is.
Mike Baker | Photography 