The old Wire Mill

This morning me and my hangover dropped Mrs Smith off down in Leith, at which point I noted that the petrol gauge was showing I only had 2 miles worth of petrol in the car. Not to worry as there is a Shell garage about a mile away on Seafield Road (Oh no, it's closed). Well if I take it really easy I may just get along to the garage at Portobello opposite the football pitches (Aaarrgghh it's been shut down and the read out now says I have 0 miles left) I will try and freewheel down the hill into Musselburgh, I'm saved - there's the Shell Garage ( What the F%**K that's closed too!!) Thankfully I remembered there was a petrol station at the Tesco in Musselburgh and thankfully the car waited until I was on their forecourt before it gasped its last and I coasted in.

Which is why I ended up miles out of my way and why I decided to see the job they'd done on the old mills down there. They were disused for many years but are now restored into business centres and I think they look great. I'm pleased they didn't just pull them down and build another out of town business centre of nissen huts.