Tag: edinburgh
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Patina Bakery, Edinburgh Park.
One of the most disheartening journeys in Scotland remains driving the M8 from Glasgow to Edinburgh. After finally reaching the Edinburgh City bypass, having righteously avoiding the Wildbean café, Harthill (https://pickymaninavan.com/2025/03/04/wild-bean-cafe-harthill-and-everywhere) there seems to be nowhere for refreshment. Apart from Krispy Kreme donuts and the usual other multinational outlets that sell reasonably priced food-like substances,…
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2 Children, Raeburn Place, Stockbridge, Edinburgh, Planet Earth
Stockbridge would normally be nightmare parking territory for the picky operator of an LWB van but I slid easily into a resident’s bay opposite 2 Children, one of the many, many upmarket-looking coffee outlets in the area and parked untouchably because it was Sunday. One hears a lot about the supposed superiority of certain areas…
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Wild Bean Café – Harthill, and everywhere
‘I suppose,’ said Sancho, ‘You’re in some café, stuffing yourself…’ Au contraire. Not Proven. How on earth is she so prescient? I shouldn’t have taken this call. ‘…when you should be working.’ The horrid truth was I had stopped in a ‘café’ and I was ‘working’. Unfortunately, when we gentlefolk light hauliers are toiling away,…
