ready to row 03 and there we go, into the surf and rowing away!

Taken this day, 2013 - ready to launch
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Taking out a skiff at Porty

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No Passengers Today My solo, once-a-day allowed exercise walk during Lockdown; strolled along Haymarket to the West End of the New Town. Paused to take this perspective shot looking down the tram platform there, not a so...

Taken this day, 2020 : no passengers today...

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Lockdown-era walk through the West End, the normally busy tram stop deserted, almost no traffic. Strange days...

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bench break Older man and younger man both enjoying a wee bench break, one into the shadow cast by the nearby building, the other soaking up the spring sunlight. Apologies for not being sharper image - shot throu...

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Younger and older man, sharing a bench in the spring sunlight.

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reflections and refractions 01 In the special lighthouses exhibition in the NMS, this 'curtain' of reflecting and refracting lenses was irresistible, had to sneak a shot, wasn't sure it would work in such low light, but passable if...

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A model of how the incredible Fresnel lens in a lighthouse works, Museum of Scotland.

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Large Victorian cast iron fountain with water nymph statues around it, full size female figure at the top holding a water spout

Since I'm still in hospital and unable to take many new pics, here's one from a little earlier: Ross Fountain on a spring day.

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Red stone building and clock tower, catching golden red sunset light

Sunset catching the old clock tower at the Western General, view from ward window.

As with many older hospitals, it's a right mish-mash of older #architecture with more modern bolt-ons.

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Black and white photo looking along a long corridor, portable hospital beds along one wall, windows on both sides, sunlight casting the shapes of the windows onto the floor at the far end

Managed the recovery walk route, from the ward to a corridor bridge between buildings, marked off to show what you managed. A good sign, & since the light was making patterns on the floor, I thought I'd grab a photo.

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Old stone hospital building with clock tower, with more modern buildings surrounding it

Mixed skies over the Western General Hospital today, and a right Mish mash of old and new #architecture

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Splurged on taxi, so much quicker than the bus takes to hospital, result: arrive half hour too early. And since on no food or fluids till after the op, couldn't even have a coffee (if cafe was open yet, which it isn't!). Oh well, better early than late.

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Sitting In The Spring Sunlight A couple of chums, sitting in Princes Street Gardens and enjoying a burst of warm, spring sunlight.

Sitting in the spring light
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Chums chatting in the sunshine, Princes Street Gardens

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It's Bright Today Couple walking and being dazzled by the bright, spring sunlight - so welcome after a long, dismally grey, wet winter (even by Scottish standards!).

It's bright today!
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Couple dazzled by the spring sunlight on Princes Street

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Yellow caterpillar digger demolishing final parts of a building, almost all now just a carpet of bricks

Van, cherry picker truck & digger working on demolishing a building

Saw the old car showroom on Dundee Street, near the top end of Dalry Cemetery, has been reduced to rubble over the course of the last few days. Hoping it isn't going to be a site for yet another student block...

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Several police cars and officers on both sides of Gorgie Road, the red stone bell tower of Gorgie Parish Church behind

On heading out a little earlier, I saw a man being handcuffed by two police officers.

On the way back, now multiple police vehicles & officers around Gorgie Road & parts of the pavements taped off. No idea what happened yet

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Because You're Mine, I Walk The Line 01 The tidal causeway from the promenade at Cramond to nearby Cramond Island. Despite the large, clear warning signs, multiple times each year idiots manage to get themselves stranded on the island as th...

Taken this day, 2025 - Because you're mine, I walk the line...
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Cramond Isle and Causeway at low tide

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Train To Sunset Gorgeous colours in the western sky as I was getting off the train after visiting dad at the weekend. I pressed the phone up against the windows on the bridge across the tracks at Haymarket Station to...

Taken this day, 2024, the train to sunset
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Spring Blooms 02 Taking a final stroll around Princes Street Gardens at the weekend, ahead of this week's forthcoming surgery, catching up with a friend and just enjoying the golden, spring sunlight and the vibrancy o...

Blue
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Flowers basking in the spring sunlight, Princes Street Gardens

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Spring Blooms 05 Taking a final stroll around Princes Street Gardens at the weekend, ahead of this week's forthcoming surgery, catching up with a friend and just enjoying the golden, spring sunlight and the vibrancy o...

Spring colours in Princes Street Gardens
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Pink cherry blossoms on a thin branch of a young tree

The weekend sunlight has vanished today, but there are still signs of #Spring to be seen.

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A cluster of small, bright purple flowers with yellow centres, surrounded by green leaves, basking in sunlight

Spring colours in bright, spring sunlight

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Princes Street Gardens, Spring Day 02 Last weekend before I am due for some serious hospital treatment, so I met a very dear friend and we walked in the spring sunshine around Princes Street Gardens, right below the Castle.

Princes Street Gardens in spring sunlight today

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Princes Street Gardens, Spring Day 04 Last weekend before I am due for some serious hospital treatment, so I met a very dear friend and we walked in the spring sunshine around Princes Street Gardens, right below the Castle.

Ross Fountain this afternoon
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Princes Street Gardens this afternoon. Stroll with chum.

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Empty Streets 04 Coming home around eleven last night, Lothian Road all but deserted. Normally I avoid this area on a Saturday night as it is beyond busy and seems to attract more than its fair share of the very stupi...

Taken this day, 2020, empty streets
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Lothian Road by the @filmhouseedinburgh.bsky.social , a Saturday evening, but almost deserted. Cinemas & bars were already closed, national Lockdown was days away

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Did You Call For a Cab I didn't have my tripod on this evening as I was walking home from a book event, but I liked the semi-silhouette effect of the man hailing his cab, and the distinctive shape of the classic British tax...

Taken this day, 2019, did you call for a cab??
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Arrivals And Departures 03 ...and departing! I was taking some improvised long exposure shots at the tram stop outside Haymarket Railway station (sitting the camera on a handy post), and a tram came in as I was shooting, so I ...

...Departure...
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Tram at night, departing Haymarket

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Arrivals And Departures 01 Arriving... ...and departing! I was taking some improvised long exposure shots at the tram stop outside Haymarket Railway station (sitting the camera on a handy post), and a tram came in as I was sh...

arrival...
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Tram arriving at Haymarket after dark

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Looking towards the busy junction of Haymarket at night, lights of vehicles and traffic signals, an illuminated bus information screen prominent in the upper right foreground

Good to spend the day with dad. I can see how worried he is for me, & how he's trying not to show it in front of me.

Too tired for the normal walk home from the station, bus it is...

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Nocturnal Road Works Barriers, many toppled over, around some road works near the huge student block by the Union Canal in Fountainbridge. Improvised long exposure, sitting the camera on a nearby wall to steady it. I sna...

Nocturnal road works
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Exit Ramp Sloping exit ramp at night, in the Fountainpark complex

Exit ramp
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Exit ramp at night, Fountainpark

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The rotunda of the Usher Hall, with the curving glass extension, catching spring sunlight and shadows from nearby buildings

Usher Hall, in spring light and shadows this morning

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