Stevenlaw’s Close, Edinburgh, August 2020
This close takes its name from Steven Law, a supporter of Queen Mary during the Civil War of 1571.
And another: Old Tolbooth Wynd, Edinburgh
Copyright Debbie Smyth, 9 November 2020
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Travel with Intent 
Edinburgh has a lots of these fascinating little spots.
janet
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Yikes, predictive text….I wrote GINNEL and SNICKET
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I struggled too. Anyway, I liked your alternatives 🙂
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Teehee!
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Nothing like a good gunnel, or snicker come to that!
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I do like snickers!! 😉
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😂
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This brings Dickens to mind!
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One almost expects Hagrid to come around the corner …
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Fantastic shots, Debbie 👏 As soon as I saw your title I knew what I’d be seeing. I use to hear the word snicket a lot growing up in North Yorkshire 😃
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Can’t beat a good ginnel or snicket. I didn’t think you southern types knew about them,
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🙂 🙂 I’m a southern immigrant! Northerner by birth, Midlander by upbringing, Welsh by parentage!
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Excellent. You fit in anywhere then.
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Or nowhere!!
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Oh, some of us southern types do…Northern parentage has something to do with it!
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I loved learning how the “close” alleys came to be, and what they were used for, when we visited Edinburgh last summer. Fascinating!
Love your photos! ❤️🦋🌀
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Classic Edinburgh views 🙂 I can never resist peeping down them, even if it sometimes is only bins
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You take the most beautiful photos.
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Thank you! I’m always pleased when someone enjoys them.
Photography is a great calming pastime, allowing escape from the outside world into a world of camera and lens, and it’s great if an image can also pass on some escape.
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I love these old, narrow lanes – and all of the old names for them! In Nottinghamshire they would be called a jitty/gitty.
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Something I didn’t know! My daughter lives in Nottingham. Richmond in Yorkshire is a great place for them too 🙂 🙂
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What wonderful words 🙂
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