Cludgie's Eye On Edinburgh » history http://www.eyeonedinburgh.net Nowhere Near Live From Edinburgh Scotland! Thu, 13 Oct 2011 10:34:32 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 Edinburgh to London by lawnmower http://www.eyeonedinburgh.net/edinburgh-to-london-by-lawnmower/ http://www.eyeonedinburgh.net/edinburgh-to-london-by-lawnmower/#comments Sat, 20 Aug 2011 10:14:08 +0000 Cludgie http://www.eyeonedinburgh.net/?p=216 1959, A group of students have been remembering the time they made a 400-mile trip on a lawnmower that was built in Suffolk.  They drove from Edinburgh to London to test a Ransomes Matador produced in the old factory on Ipswich waterfront. The machine had a top speed of three miles an hour. The journey took four days and three nights and ended with a ceremony in Hyde Park

Edinburgh to London

Image found on the Lost Edinburgh Facebook Site
description and video below from BBC

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Edinburgh Castle
Edinburgh Castle

Photos From around and inside Edinburgh Castle

73 Photos

]]> http://www.eyeonedinburgh.net/edinburgh-castle/feed/ 0 North Bridge http://www.eyeonedinburgh.net/north-bridge/ http://www.eyeonedinburgh.net/north-bridge/#comments Thu, 04 Feb 2010 21:21:31 +0000 Cludgie http://www.eyeonedinburgh.net/?p=57 North Bridge Connects the Old Town with The New Town

This is not the original structure, the bridge was rebuild in 1895, the original dating from around 1763

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