Bank Holiday Britain

Newhailles Road, Musselburgh

“Having to lug around equipment and prepare bottles of baby milk in a convenient and sterile manner is no easy job.”
source: Think Baby

Kerr's Wynd, Musselburgh

“Parents are stuffing food into their children. The portion sizes are too large, they are insisting the children finish what’s on the plate and much of the food being eaten has high levels of fat, sugar and salt.”
source: Telegraph.co.uk

St Andrew Square, Edinburgh

“Scientists debunk the myth that you lose most heat through your head”
source: The Guardian

The Royal Mile, Edinburgh

“Whatever you want from your potato - we’ve got it.”
source: The Potato Council

North High Street, Musselburgh

“FOUND A CAT? - Here’s what to do… make up a paper collar with a note on saying: “If this is your cat please call this number…” … Place it round the cat’s neck and secure the two ends with a small piece of seloptape”
source: catchat.org

Bridge Street, Musselburgh

“Although it is certainly true that the Duke of Wellington was among the first to wear Wellington boots, it is more likely that the idea that he invented the boot was a clever marketing tool invented by the boot makers who were keen to cash in on the hero of the Battle of Waterloo (1815).”
source: ShoeGuide.org

West Richmond Street, Edinburgh

“Today we make an incredible 1.5 million cans of Heinz Baked Beanz every day.”
source: Heinz

photo by Colin Heggie

The Water of Leith, Edinburgh

“These little booties are so gorgeous you’ll wish they made them big enough to fit you.”
source: Babi Pur

Ornamental pond outside the Scottish Parliament, Edinburgh

“Dentures are custom made to fit your mouth and you shouldn’t need a denture fixative. However, over time, dentures may become loose and not fit as well.”
source: The British Dental Health Foundation

outside The Arc, Abbey Lane,
off London Road, Edinburgh

“The first modern attempt to explain the fundamental questions of laundry involved the decay theory. The decay theory states that the quantity of socks in a load can be expressed as a decreasing exponential function of time which is analogous to radioactive decay … according to this theory, socks should never completely disappear, or, more importantly, reappear. This clearly contradicts everyday experience.”
source: Laundry: A Quantum Mechanical Approach