"The Magic of Portobello Beach"

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Journalist Peter Ross will be on the Prom, beach and around Porty on Friday. He's doing some research for an article he will be writing for the Scotland on Sunday: "The Magic of Portobello Beach".

Fancy having a chat on what is magic for you? Look out for him walking around with notebook in hand, or drop an email and set something up: peter.ross@scotlandonsunday.com

Any suggestion on who he should meet - any good talkers / characters?



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Shore point: Once a choice destination for holidaymakers, Portobello now rankles at its apparent neglect
http://scotlandonsunday.scotsman.com/fe ... 6806536.jp

SCOTTISH summer weather being what it is, a trip to the beach, even in July, is very often an act of faith.
What's cheering is that there are still so many true believers. A good place to find these sand-worshippers - let's not be so daft as to call them sun-worshippers - is Portobello in Edinburgh.

Of course, though I say in Edinburgh, the truth is that most residents of Portybelly, as it is fondly known, consider themselves quite separate from the city up the hill, and would choke on their salt?'n'?sauced chips at being described as mere suburbanites. Porty is, quite simply, a place in its own right. And the crucial reason for its feeling of separateness is, surely, the beach. Edinburgh, with its parliament, is at the centre of Scottish life; Portobello, being on the coast, feels a bit out there on the edge. Early on a Friday, that is a very pleasant place to be.

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