Edinburgh.

31 Aug

Written By Nicholas Allen

So…after our three nights on Mull we headed to Edinburgh. We camped in Dalkeith Country Park just outside Edinburgh and caught the bus into the centre for a day at the Edinburgh Festival. We saw five shows and also visited the National Gallery of Scotland for the Andy Goldsworthy exhibition, which was amazing…

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The Royal Mile.

Scott Memorial.

Princes St Gardens.

Entering the Andy Goldsworthy Exhibition at the National Gallery of Scotland... Wool Runner.

Skylight...made with bullrushes...

Sheep paintings...made by their hoof prints...

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Red Wall... earth dug from the Lowther Hills, Dumfriesshire...

Hare Blood Snow...

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Gravestones...stones collected from 108 different graveyards in Dumfries and Galloway...

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Flags...50 flags dyed from the reddest earth in each of the 50 American States.

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Oak Passage...windfallen ranches from Oak trees...

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This piece was made with fern fronds attached to the wall with thorns...

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A series of pictures of 'Fallen Elm'...

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Pictures of the Graveyards where the Gravestones were collected.

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Piece made from the feathers of a dead Heron...

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A collection of work gloves.

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This was the first show we saw...

He was amazing and threw everything into his performance.

These guys were brilliant, modern songs sung in the style of sea shanties...

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A melancholic interlude with music on Harmonium and Violin but it was beautiful. We were in a small room under a pub and there were only 7 of us in the audience.

Crazy Kiwis, bizarre, surreal, acrobatics, juggling but very funny!

I saw Kieran last year and he was great. I was pleased to see that he had been given a much bigger venue this year and it was packed out! Catch him if you can!

Nicholas Allen

Lowther and Swindale.

Mull.