Why, oh why, are film-makers always plaguing Edinburgh? – Grumpy McGrumpface
Apparently some actor called Van Petrol wants to strut his stuff in the New Town and doesn’t care that my daily commute to Greggs for a steak bake has been severely disrupted – by the time I got there yesterday it was cold and I’ve now had enough (of the filming, that is, not steak bakes).
Why not go to somewhere like Gourock to film their movie – why is it always Edinburgh? Just because we have great architecture, a palace, a castle, picturesque gardens, ancient monuments, a parliament and an extinct volcano, so what? Apart from that what makes Edinburgh so special?
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Hide AdAccording to Wikipedia, Gourock has got a lot going for it: “Kempock Street itself has a good variety of traditional shops including bakers (I’ll bet it’s Greggs) and greengrocers’ shops.”
Well then, there you have it, what more are film makers looking for? I am fed up to my back teeth (when I take them out of the jar at the side of my bed) with all this nonsense about Edinburgh being a film-makers’ dream. I’ll have to leave it there or my traditional Scottish lunch might be cold again by the time I get there.
Yours harmoniously,
Grumpy McGrumpface
Mr McGrumpface is an alter-ego of Steve Cardownie