It's unfortunate... However for any event to be a success it needs to be promoted. The time for stories in the local press was before the event, so publicity could be drummed up, not after it was cancelled.
I was unaware of the event, and I'm sure everyone else was too. Nothing on the various sites online, nothing in shop windows, notice boards, Porty Reporter, ... etc.
But Portobello was just the venue, Edinburgh the target for participants - so it needed to be promoted even wider.
The assertion this was a result of Portbello's nimby fringe is a daft angle for the reporter to pursue. Nobody object to the event, everyone was just ignorant of it.
(and the Prom & Beach have been busy Boxing Day & today)
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