Bank Holiday Britain

High Street, Musselburgh

“The people of Scotland and Northern Ireland eat more ice cream on average than those in England and Wales.”
source: The Ice Cream Alliance

Window of closed-down baker's shop, North High Street, Musselburgh

“A Scotch pie is a double-crust pie originating in Scotland but also popular in England. In Scotland the item is known simply as a ‘Pie’”
source: eatscotland.com

Castle Terrace, Edinburgh

“So if like the Emperor Nero you want to improve your singing voice – eat leeks! If you want to see your future husband – sleep with a leek under your pillow! If you want to repel invading Saxons – wear a leek in your helmet!”
source: British Leeks

photo by Tony Black

Newhailles Road, Musselburgh

“Use our improved, interactive bird identifier to work out what bird you saw.”
source: The Royal Society for the Protection of Birds

Bus stop, Parnell Road, London

“Contemporary British humour specialises in identifying and examining in painful detail all the sources of humiliation lurking on the edges of our daily lives.”
source: Cherwell

photo by Sam Oakley

Dumbiedykes housing estate, Edinburgh

“Postmen must stop dropping rubber bands in the streets or face fines for littering, Keep Britain Tidy has warned.”
source: Daily Telegraph

Pleasance, Edinburgh

“There’s nothing like a homemade cake to impress teatime guests.”
source: Easy Living