Tag Archives: Portobello

Launch Date Announced

Posted on October 27, 2011 by Colin Galbraith

Image: HimHo I could hardly keep my eyes open at the day job yesterday. I was so tired I just wanted to do my work quietly and without interruption. Unfortunately, my position doesn’t entail that to be possible so I … Continue reading →

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A Day at the Portobello Book Festival

Posted on October 10, 2011 by Colin Galbraith

Image: portobellobookfestival.co.uk Nothing to Lose Yesterday’s trip to the seaside in the guise of the Portobello Book Festival, was both as enjoyable a day out as it was groundbreaking. Not only did I meet up with some other extremely talented … Continue reading →

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Hell Comes to Saturday

Posted on October 9, 2011 by Colin Galbraith

Image: paranormalknowledge.com A hellish start to Saturday, and an even more hellish end. There are no two ways about it. I knew I would be working at 6am for the day job, but it should only have taken half an … Continue reading →

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A Trip to Porty

Posted on October 3, 2011 by Colin Galbraith

Image: Undiscovered Scotland Two Halves On the weather front, it was a weekend of two halves: on Saturday, Edinburgh was enshrouded with cloud apart for a brief part of the afternoon when the sun came out. It was warm and … Continue reading →

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Looks Like It’s Hell For Me, Folks!

Posted on September 6, 2010 by Colin Galbraith

Image: Boston.com I found myself wandering around Portobello yesterday mid-morning with my wife and father-in-law looking for a coffee shop. We’d gone out to buy floor tiles but the place wasn’t open yet, so we nipped into Portie for a … Continue reading →

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Looking Out At New Horizons

Posted on May 10, 2008 by Colin Galbraith

I stayed up late watching a film last night. It was so bad I can’t even remember what it was about now. Gail got home about 1am and spent a while telling me all about her day photographing a large … Continue reading →

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