Porty People and Nearby Places

Not a hole in one but a whole Golfing Circus set up in one Edinburgh Square - appropriately St Andrews's - for the duration of the ultimate golfing championship of them all : The US v Europe Ryder Cup.

Somehow, such a sporting spectacle on the day we have committed to British military intervention against the so called Islamic State creates great incongruity.

The world seems an even more fragile place, today, as the military action, coordinated from the US base in Doha, is accelerated.

Meanwhile nearer to home some hundred and fifty private jets are currently parked at Edinburgh airport while their wealthy passengers/owners enjoy the golf at nearby Gleneagles.