Leith Walk – Bread Bin

What a waste…

Midnight Juggernauts

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Midnight Juggernauts – Into the Galaxy

Tesco Value Trainers.

If this isn’t blog worthy, I don’t know what is….

Shoes for £2.00 – does life get any better.

I’d say the laces themselves were worth that price, tomorrow I’ll be taking a look around Leith to see if I can do any better than Harry.

Why is everything always a competition WithWood?

Leith @ 7AM

It’s the same but different, no sunshine on Leith, no ray of light, not a single sunbeam.

I was up dark and early – there were very few people to look at and listen to, but luckily I remembered to put my-pod in the pocket.

Leith always seems more exciting with a soundtrack, almost like I’m the lead in a really boring film exploring a man’s journey to and from work. The only downside of a constant soundtrack is the reduction in my eavesdropping ability, but this is easily overcome with the use of the pause button. People are even more willing to talk near you if they think you’re listening to music – so much juicy gossip in Leith, I’ll let you hear some of it very soon.

Not content with making my day an early one, fate had decided to make my journey even more arduous by locking three doors, not just any doors, but ones which lead to Gregg himself. Disaster! After all, breakfast is the most important meal of the morning. If standing at the window of each bakery whilst stroking the glass and tilting my head to one side wasn’t going to get me a sausage and bean bake nothing would.

It turned out nothing would.

Having “Not Got to Greggs” I had to make do with a Special K bar from Tescos, quite nice, but somewhat unsatisfying. At least I went down a whole jean size.

In conclusion – Leith at 7AM is not for the faint hearted, you’ll go hungry and will no doubt suffer from a severe case of rickets.

Today Leith…

Felt: Wet

Tasted: Of Ham and Cheese

Smelt: Like Sulphur

Looked: Dreary, but Shiny

Sounded: Like Cars

Conclusion? None.

Tomorrow, I enter the heart of Leith at 7AM. Photos have never been taken so early, get ready for some ground-breaking journalism.

Anything is possible. Anything.

Send me a Cheque!

This website is worth

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Gary Wood – Died and Went to Heaven

After more research I found this…

Sounds amazing!!! He saw loads in 20 minutes.

I can’t wait, well I can and will.

Christmas is Around Every Corner

My second Christmas in Edinburgh wasn’t in Edinburgh, which resulted in a highly un-festive flat after New Year. Luckily Christmas is on every street corner and in every bin at this time of year, so I get to see plenty of trees on my way to work.

Even of the Waters of Leith had a Christmas tree.

You will also notice that even on such a cold day there was no snow in sight, the sun does indeed always shine on Leith!

I don’t know why people throw out perfectly good trees so early! Last year we kept our tree alive until July, the decorations were removed (from the tree, not the ceiling) and we considered it part of the family. We didn’t name it though, just in case we became too attached.

The fun of having a tree last year made me feel a bit sad about not having one this year, but sadness does not last too long in my new flat.

You see one of the housemates took it upon himself to recycle a street tree, he brought it up to the flat after popping out for shopping on a Sunday morning. It didn’t take long for us all to ‘get festive’ and decorate it with anything we could find.

A piece of modern art, both Dada and Surrealist, Duchamp would be proud, Emin would be thirsty.

Merry WithWoodmas.

Free Hugs!

Hugs are great, apart from those silly drunken New Year’s eve ones. Although this Hogmanay saw hugging brought to a whole new level thanks to some time away with friends (which isn’t worth going into by me, I’ll leave that to Macca).

Free Hugs is a campaign which combines something I enjoy with a price that I’m always willing to pay.

It was started by a man called Juan Mann and soon caught on all around the world thanks to the internet (and people).

Today saw the arrival of the campaign in Edinburgh. I noticed many people walking straight past several youths with FREE HUGS emblazoned on their chests, there was no way I would miss an opportunity for free human contact – I gave them such a good squeeze. How could anyone ignore free cuddle on such a cold day, I didn’t let go until I reached my optimal temperature.

In conclusion, the whole experience felt great, the little female one was the bestest hugger, but the man was the warmest.

I’m never going to pay for hugs again.