I ran down to the port at Leith, which has all been yuppified and is pretty nice, and just explored around there. |
It's nine o'clock on a beautiful Friday evening in Leith, but the joint isn't jumping. |
Much-too-tall Roddy Martine, the boulevardier of Leith Walk, lost an expensive new coat he'd bought while in New York for Tartan Day. |
That he will once again be subjected to a hostile reception in Leith proves that this is not the case. |
Instead, a brisk outing in the briny climate of Leith was called for with a nippy wind whipping up the Forth. |
To this end 10,000 troops were quartered on the land, in great citadels at Leith, Ayr, and Perth, and a score of smaller forts. |