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Caption: N B U R G H I E D
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Caption: "This is a city of shifting light, of changing skies, of sudden vistas. A city so beautiful it breaks the heart again and again."
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Alexander McCall Smith
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Caption: "But Edinburgh is a mad god’s dream
Fitful and dark,
Unseizable in Leith
And wildered by the Forth,
But irresistibly at last
Cleaving to sombre heights
Of passionate imagining
Till stonily,
From soaring battlements,
Earth eyes Eternity."
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Hugh MacDiarmid
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Caption: "It seemed as if the rock and castle assumed a new aspect every time I looked at them; and Arthur’s Seat was perfect witchcraft. I don’t wonder that anyone residing in Edinburgh should write poetically."
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Washington Irving
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Caption: “There’s no leaving Edinburgh, No shifting it around: it stays with you, always.”
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Alan Bold
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Caption: We have had some form of lockdown or restrictions in Edinburgh for 12 months now due to covid. During this time I have had very few opportunities to travel far from the city centre. Being confined to the city has been tough at times but then I go and find a quiet spot on the slopes of Arthur's Seat, watch the sun go down and the moon come up and I remind myself how fortunate I am to be here after all I could be stuck in Dundee! I hope you are all doing well and keeping safe.
