A big "Welcome to Edinburgh" on the Prom; Ad boards

[Epykat]

The surface of the Prom was ruined when they dug it up to put cable in and didn't finish it off properly. Maybe we should have a whip round and get the whole thing resurfaced before the welcome sign is painted. Maybe Graeme from Easter Warriston would come and give us a hand

[Franck]

Edinburgh Evening News, 9 Nov
http://www.scotsman.com/news/letters/le ... _1_1955481

It is a quaint idea to paint “Welcome to Edinburgh” in five-metre-high letters along 40 metres of Portobello Promenade (News, November 7), and while my initial reaction was one of dismay at the potential tackiness of it all, it is perhaps, on reflection, unlikely to detract from what is already a pretty run-down area.

Portobello Beach is a lovely stroll with beautiful views out to sea. However, it is not an attractive proposition to which tourists to Edinburgh should be directed.

To attract tourists, Edinburgh has to play to its strengths, not its weaknesses, and as a beach resort of any sort, Portobello is sadly lacking. It is a one-mile stretch of mismatched buildings and usage (retail, commercial and residential), too much of which appears to be poorly maintained.

What facilities there are for tourists are more often shabbily boarded up and closed, and even at the height of summer too many are open only on Saturdays and Sundays.

It is a pity that Portobello is this way. I would much prefer to see a well-thought-through strategy for its revival, inward investment and development to capitalise on its ideal location just a few miles from Edinburgh city centre. But until that happens, the idea of the welcome sign will add to its demise rather than enhance it.

Graeme Allan, Easter Warriston, Edinburgh

I agree with that.Bath St.-Temple is fine, mostly housing with the pool and a pub.Turn left at the bottom of Bath St and all the way along to Le Pitz is pretty shabby...go even further that way and it gets worse.

The actual beach is nice,though, just the facilities on the prom are crap.