Edinburgh Airport Rail Link EARL

The Edinburgh Airport Rail Link was scrapped because basically there was no money to do it – too much going on those  wonderful Edinburgh Trams – which won’t actually now reach the airport apparently.
It is a pity, because the EARL project would have linked over 60 stations in Scotland to the airport.     You would think that [...]

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Edinburgh Festival Chaos

Heading to Edinburgh?    Lots to see and do, and shows are booking well by all accounts.   Hope the rain stays off.
But Edinburgh is a city under seige from miles and miles of Heras fencing, seas of  yellow diversion signs, diggers, men in high-vis jackets and general mess as the work for the Trams is ongoing.   
Driving [...]

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Preview of the Last Witch

Getting to things in the Edinburgh Festival is always difficult because it coincides with farm harvest. We really wanted to catch The Last Witch – a new play by Rona Munro, directed by Domenic Hill, so we travelled to the Citizens to see the very first performance ever.
In 1727 Janet Horne was tried as a [...]

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