The rather sad sight of George Street's glorious eating and drinking arena being packed away. Roll on August 2014 and let's hope the sun allows as much open-air munching as it did this year.

Not everything has been put away yet. This is a shot of the so called mediaskins that have stood outside the Usher Hall displaying kaleidoscopic aerial views of parts of the earth.  A Scottish invention - the kaleidoscope that is, we owe the mediaskins to Korea.

I'm not having much luck with the fashion events that I booked. I did see the kilts and they were terrific. But I put the dancing hats against the wrong day in my diary and now Jaggy Nettle has cancelled.