Great story! And well done, that's what it's all about.Blackmac wrote: ↑Wed May 22, 2024 5:48 pmA good few years back I was flying home from America sitting beside a very well off American couple who were visiting Edinburgh because they were the world's biggest Rebus fans. They were just slightly excited to find themselves sitting beside an Edinburgh detective who worked out of the same station. I arranged for them to come for a visit to St Leonard's and Gayfield stations and took them a drive around all the local hotspots and even had a pint at the Oxford Bar. They repaid me with a slap up meal for myself and my wife at The Balmoral.vball wrote: ↑Wed May 22, 2024 7:26 amI was working in Dubai when I first read a Rebus book. Having lived in Edinburgh for many years, I could easily find my way around the places he mentions and the people he met. The music was another shared area of interest. It just took me back "home".Marylandolorian wrote: ↑Wed May 22, 2024 1:23 am Rebus, a cop in Edinburg,
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt11116780/? ... _0_q_rebus
So will sit down with her indoors (an Edinburgh lass) and watch some these this weekend.
I was once hosting a rather austere British Ambassador in Edinburgh for a series of meetings. After a particularly dull drinks reception in Charlette Square we left and as I was walking her to her hotel she asked, "I don't suppose we are near the Oxford Bar". Turns out she was a massive fan and absolutely melted when I told her we were 5 minutes away. Ended up having a few pints and she transformed into a fantastic person who I am still friends with.