I love Porty...

[bellybabe]

...(the place, not the chap, sorry Porty!)

Decided to escape the madness of children's bedtime this evening and take the dog for a long walk along the prom. Threw some frisbee for him, had a stranger ask if she could throw it for him too, watched parents teaching bairns to ride bikes, walked down and had a look at the sculpture since the tide was in, walked barefoot in the sand listening to the waves and playing with the dog, bagged my first porty person (and was awarded ten points for being brave enough to say so!), watched the yachts sailing by, saw the swimming people all swim out in their yellow hats, watched the jet skiers roar by, sat on the wall watching the world go by, heard bagpipes at one end and what looked like a lute at the other, and I thought...what a wonderful place we live in.

BB

[Sandra]

[ecm]

[wangi]

[Porty]

[Gemini]

[Porty]

[flearoy]

it's a shame that the Portobello Pier is Long gone.

i have to say living ten minutes from the beach makes it an effort to get there for a lazy teenager like me However occasionally when arriving at 4am off the night bus me & my mates take a stroll along the beach to sober up and it is a great experience. you practically have the whole place to yourself and i really shouldn't take it for granted.

Porty is for sure Paradise especially with beer goggles and darkness!

oh and before any assumptions are made we do stay away from Bath street and although we may be ' drunk' an at times ' idiots' we are the harmless sorts.

[Guest]

[bellybabe]

[Epykat]

[quote="Bellybabe] As I'm sure you've noticed we're very fond of teenagers here . [/quote]

Don't believe her for a minute Flearoy!! I'm the only friendly face a teenager will find on this board!
I think you're very brave even admitting that you are one!

[bellybabe]

Seriously, I'm not anti-teenager. I just have frequent problems with my neighbours, who are well known to the police, which I think shows I'm not randomly picking on anyone of a certain age! And I'm well aware that the problem neighbours are not all teenagers by any means.

And as for drunken idiots - I see far more of those aged 20+ than those under! On Wednesday night we had to help up one who crashed down on the road behind us as we were on our way to the bus stop... Between us and another couple (anyone here?) who stopped to help, we got him to the bench outside the police station and then ran for the bus. And I can say in all honesty I've never had to do that for a teenager, but in Portobello i've had to do it plenty of times for men over 40!

And i've been known to be a drunken idiot myself from time to time - or should I say "tired and emotional"?!

[flearoy]

[Porty]

[Guest]

Er... getting back on topic. This is why I love Portobello.

[DG]