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Pete @baldiepete.bsky.social · 22m

No There used to be a garage and petrol station there and the pavement was wider then. This is street view from 2009.

Pete @baldiepete.bsky.social · 51m

Don’t forget Bellenden Gardens. 😀

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Pete @baldiepete.bsky.social · 1h

I like the idea of tram-trains but have doubts about the city centre capacity. Currently trams run every seven minutes and they would have to be squeezed into that, along with trams from Granton on the proposed new line.

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Pete @baldiepete.bsky.social · 1h

I’m hoping for a European tour. They’ve already added another two nights at most of the North American dates.

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Pete @baldiepete.bsky.social · 2h

At the shops (Tesco etc) on Queensferry Road before the junction with Parkgrove Avenue.

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Pete @baldiepete.bsky.social · 2h

It wasn’t burnt. It was wrapped in black plastic.

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Pete @baldiepete.bsky.social · 13h

Absolutely agree about S&A. On that tour they played five songs in a row from it at the start of the 2nd set. That was a tough listen.

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Pete @baldiepete.bsky.social · 13h

My final photo of my jaunt to Rothesay. The cinema at the Winter Gardens is showing these very contrasting views of Scotland. 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

A display with posters for two films being shown at a cinema. One is Trainspotting, the other is Braveheart.

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Pete @baldiepete.bsky.social · 13h

I’m not all 70s Rush. Permanent Waves and Moving Pictures are both masterpieces and I love Grace Under Pressure (Between The Wheels has one of the great guitar solos) and Power Windows. It’s just that Signals never did it for me.

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Pete @baldiepete.bsky.social · 13h

A controversial opinion among many Rush fans but apart from Analog Kid and Losing It I don’t like Signals. Subdivisions is a great song but all the live versions are better than the original. The cover by Jacob Moon is pretty good.

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"Subdivisions" live by Jacob Moon...on the roof!

YouTube video by Jacob Moon

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Pete @baldiepete.bsky.social · 13h

It’s back. Let’s see how long it lasts this time.

A pillar box which would allow you to post a parcel.

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Pete @baldiepete.bsky.social · 14h

They were built when pubs weren’t allowed to open on Sundays but you could get alcohol on steamer ferries. Presumably only men at that time were indulging in Sunday boozing so only male toilets were built.

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Pete @baldiepete.bsky.social · 18h

A visit to the cathedral that is the Rothesay Victorian Toilets. Luckily I was the only person there so was free to take these pics. The current Mrs Pete reports that the female loos are boringly modern.

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Pete @baldiepete.bsky.social · 19h

It’s lovely.

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Pete @baldiepete.bsky.social · 19h

Day trip today. Scotrail Club 50 to Wemyss Bay then ferry to Rothesay, mooch about for a while then return. There are games painted on the esplanade there.

ONE HUNDRED AND EIGHTY!!

A dartboard painted on the ground. In front of it is a yellow line and the words “Throw from here”. There are several small bean bags beside the line.

A dartboard painted on the ground. There are three bean bags in the treble twenty.

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Andy Arthur💃🏰⚓🦌 Threadinburgh 🧵 @threadinburgh.scot · 1d

Can honestly say I've never wished a business more ill will than I have than with a "viral London morning roll pop-up" seeking to introduce morning rolls to Scotland via the medium of Stockbridge.
Fuck off all the way back to Angel and don't stop until you find yourselves in the sea.

Edinburgh Evening News headline "Auld Hag: Viral London shop selling Scottish produce announces first Edinburgh pop-up in Stockbridge"

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Pete @baldiepete.bsky.social · 23h

Oot the windae

@trangpang.bsky.social

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Pete @baldiepete.bsky.social · 1d

Destination Relaxation on this train from Waverley.

Photo of a sign in a train window. Instead of the destination it reads “Chillin”.

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Ms Marchmont @msmarchmont.bsky.social · 1d

George Square colours,
Edinburgh

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Pete @baldiepete.bsky.social · 2d

It seems to derive from swan song, the ancient belief that swans sing a beautiful song just before they die.

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Pete @baldiepete.bsky.social · 2d

#10 in an occasional series of Great Buttocks of Edinburgh Statues & Sculptures. A Lamentation of Swans at Lochrin Basin.

(Yes, I did have to google a name for a group of swans).