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27/6/2013

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This is the famous Edinburgh floral clock under construction yesterday - you can make out the Roman numerals in the inner circle.

As children we thought it was one of the wonders of the world!

I'm glad they still do it each year, in spite of the number of plants and the number of man hours involved. (Still cheaper than the trams of course.....sorry Edinburgh folks, just joking. A cheap dig, I admit!)

I should perhaps explain that there is in Scotland a friendly rivalry between east and west and between Edinburgh and Glasgow, and being a Glasgow girl, I sometimes join in the badinage/schadenfreude....

Edinburgh was the first city to have a floral clock (though Glasgow had trams - I wonder why we got rid of them?) and the reason I am indoors writing about it mid-afternoon is that we in the west have midgies which make gardening all but impossible on moist still days - the east suffers less in this regard.
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Sue link
27/6/2013 06:21:25 am

What a lovely floral display - just found your blog I love the romantic post x

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Freda
28/6/2013 08:13:02 am

So glad you found me, and definitely more on 'romance' soon!

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Sarah link
27/6/2013 04:28:16 pm

Lovely to see images of constructing the flower clock, we still have a floral display like this on a much smaller scale here. Is there still no completion date for the trams? I asked a local about the trams while on a bus when we were in Edinburgh, it caused lots of comments it from others around us! Sarah x

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Freda
28/6/2013 08:13:44 am

They say 2014 Sarah....

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Gillian link
28/6/2013 08:05:06 am

It's fascinating to see it being put together - I can't get over those boxes and boxed of plants ready to go into the soil.

Thank you for you lovely comment on my blog. :-)

Gillian x

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Freda
28/6/2013 08:16:06 am

So patient, and fit! I don't think I could garden long in that position (the one on the ladder I mean!)

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MelD link
10/7/2013 07:02:55 pm

Lovely! I remember when we moved to Geneva in 1973, the flower clock was always one of the big attractions down near the lake - I have no idea if they still do it! Good for Edinburgh!!

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