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Robert McNeil: If you live in a haven, where do you retreat to?



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Published Date: 12 April 2008
By Robert McNeil
IF NORTH Berwick didn't exist, I'd have to invent it. The little East Lothian town by the sea is so charming I fall in love with it over and over whenever I visit.
This latest visit was a spur-of-the-moment affair. I needed to get out of the house and had thought to wander wistfully on Arthur's Seat. But the rain came on, so I just drove on eastwards and, once on the dual carriageway, my mind turned to Heaven-...



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  • Last Updated: 19 May 2008 4:26 PM
  • Source: The Scotsman
  • Location: Edinburgh
  • Related Topics: Robert McNeil
 
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tomias,

Edinburgh 12/04/2008 09:33:51
Hello Robert; yes N B excellent wee town; in days gone bye city people used to holiday in N B taking a house for the week or so; city folk also used to take a house in Portobello, well Joppa actually.
Re " pants"- yes some people are better off in the U S of A.
Thought.
Old time footballers used to play in " knickers".
Soo back issues of sporting sections or indeed the pink.
Bet that you are glad you are no longer a postie!
Oh I see you did not get the Shetland editors job- hmmm. really good up there with Mr R Ferguson et al
Regards
Tom EH16 5PX
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Maybe Jo,

Painted Post 13/04/2008 13:42:19
The pound sterling is worth double it's value in the U.S.A.. So Scots are better off when they take their money to America. It's a good time for a visit, but I hear many People their are hurting financially,house market, ets...well...except for Art patrons and that ilk. Though I must ask...Tom...what do pants, the USA and an editor's job in Shetland have to do with the above story? I do agree, however, with you that NB is lovely.

 

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