Category Archives: Edinburgh

An Apple a day…

Posted on October 6, 2010 by Nev

“You can’t polish a turd.” – Derived from a Persian proverb After much speculation it’s looking likely that Edinburgh is finally on the verge of getting an Apple Store. First mooted for Princess Street almost four years ago, rumours died … Continue reading →

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Seek and ye shall find

Posted on August 17, 2008 by Nev

While the rest of the country was busy watching Super Saturday and the British “great haul of China“, I joined 167 other scavengers solving cryptic clues, seeking out items and performing tasks all across Edinburgh for the Festival Scavenger Hunt. … Continue reading →

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Edinburgh – Halifax (162 miles)

Posted on April 26, 2008 by Nev

I’ve just boarded the train that will take me on the first leg of my journey and have realised that I neglected to include my laptop power brick when finishing off my packing this morning. I stopped off at Waterstones … Continue reading →

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A nice start to the day!

Posted on December 14, 2007 by Nev

Today’s (and probably the last of the year) Edinburgh Coffee Morning was the busiest it has been for a good while. The cryptic promise of some gifts that Ewan McIntosh left in a Facebook message last night turned out to … Continue reading →

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ECM

Posted on November 3, 2007 by Nev

I’m aware that I’ve mentioned the Edinburgh Coffee Morning a few times in my blog before but have never really expanded on what it was. Basically a loose affiliation of people from various professions gather on a Friday morning in … Continue reading →

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Urban Downhill

Posted on October 8, 2007 by Nev

I spent the afternoon watching the Hearts vs. Falkirk match on Saturday (while nervously keeping an eye on the Australia vs. England Rugby World Cup quarter-final — third victory from three matches I think, which means we get to keep … Continue reading →

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Oooo! Aaaa!

Posted on September 3, 2007 by Nev

No, that’s not my new chimpanzee impression but the sounds uttered last night by the 250,000 people who watched the annual Bank of Scotland Fireworks Concert that marks the end of the month-long Edinburgh Festival. I’ve watched the show from … Continue reading →

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Edinburgh 10k

Posted on May 7, 2007 by Nev

Yesterday I completed the Edinburgh 10k in a time of 58:24. I was aiming for a sub-hour time but hadn’t trained for over a month thanks to a pain in my knee which happened on my first run without my … Continue reading →

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Free food!

Posted on March 19, 2007 by Nev

I got home from work this evening to find the usual mound of flyers, pizza menus and a few pieces of mail for the completely wrong address. Nothing out of the ordinary there – at least my junk direct mail … Continue reading →

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Hair today, gone tomorrow

Posted on February 18, 2007 by Nev

I’ve just come back from a weekend away with friends to a most distressing sight. I thought that I would check out the write-up from last Fridays weekly coffee morning at Centotre. One photo in particular caught my eye – … Continue reading →

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