Edinburgh Romance

Edinburgh Council expect mass outbreaks of public kissing on Valentines Day. To facilitate normal services they've set up official kissing points (all along Shandwick Place) . . . A shift from "traffic sign" yellow would have been a nice idea though.

Happy Valentines Day Blippers!

The first representation of Saint Valentine appeared in the Nuremberg Chronicle (1493); alongside the woodcut portrait of Valentine, the text states that he was a Roman priest martyred during the reign of Claudius II, known as Claudius Gothicus. He was arrested and imprisoned upon being caught marrying Christian couples and otherwise aiding Christians who were at the time being persecuted by Claudius in Rome. Helping Christians at this time was considered a crime. Claudius took a liking to this prisoner - until Valentinus tried to convert the Emperor - whereupon this priest was condemned to death. He was beaten with clubs and stoned; when that failed to kill him, he was beheaded outside the Flaminian Gate.

A sneaky entry for Blast's 2012 Challenge - Town