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Santa’s reindeer are in Edinburgh until 24th December after trotting down from the Cairngorms. They were just having some supper before bed when we spotted them and the lead male was eating the lion’s share. Santa was nearby in an igloo, handing out presents, and some children had got trapped in a snow globe next [...]

I’d never bought a pumpkin for Halloween and when Co-op were selling them for just £1.50, I thought I’d have a bash at celebrating Halloween the American way. Carving a pumpkin isn’t all that hard – just cut a circle around the stem and it lifts off easily owing to the hollow centre where the [...]

Sunday 6th September 2009 saw the massive firework display which marked the end of the Edinburgh International Festival which had run since the start of August. To the sounds of Handel, thousands of pounds worth of pyrotechnics exploded and showered down from Edinburgh Castle ramparts. Speakers were set up at Inverleith Park and Calton Hill [...]

After running in the Sri Chinmoy race last week (click here to see the review), I took a couple of days off to recover and got back onto the training schedule today. What a bad time to do it! I have never run in such humid air. Up round Arthur’s Seat it felt like I [...]

I know what you’re going to think “Rob, you’re always hammering the BBC, I actually quite like them! Their coverage of Glastonbury is boss, for a start (sic)!” – so before we get in to this, I will come out and say that I enjoy much of the BBC’s coverage, to the point where I [...]

The 2009 Edinburgh Raft Race took place on Saturday 27th June at 11am. On a warm but rainy morning, four teams took to the waters of the Union Canal at Edinburgh Quays with only milk cartons, oil drums and ballons to keep them afloat. To the tunes of the eighties blasting out over the tannoy, [...]

The second FA Cup 2009 Semi-Final takes place this afternoon, at 4pm on the New Wembley pitch, and will see the most decorated FA Cup side of recent years, Manchester United, take on near-neighbours Everton, of Liverpool.

British Boxer, David Haye – AKA The Hayemaker – fights Ukrainian WBO, IBF and IBO World Boxing Heavyweight Champion, Wladimir Klitschko in June – ahead of this fight he has declared ‘War on the Klitschko family’ – a sensible approach?

The Great Run series, which was the brain child of British distance runner, Brendan Foster, continues next month with the fourth running of the Great Edinburgh Run on 3rd May 2009.