Welcome to Leith Walks, home of the original Trainspotting Tours and the book Choose Life. Choose Leith: Trainspotting on Location by Tim Bell, published by Luath Press.
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From the Blog
And the sun shone not on Leith.
What a wet, cold evening for the final programme tour of Leith Festival! We found shelter wherever we could, and the Dockers' Club kindly gave us a room they weren't using so we could do the last third of the tour inside. Around fifty people came on four tours over...
read moreIt takes all sorts…
A total of 24 people came on last weekend's tours, and a jolly good time was had by all. On Saturday we took shelter from the heavy downpour in the TESCO trolley park for the Leith Central Station / 'trainspotting' episode! They came from South Africa, Italy, Leith,...
read moreLeith’s a village
Speaking to a man I have never met before about something completely unconnected with this project, it turns out he has real hard information that will help my researches. He certainly doesn't want to be identified - he has his reasons! I'm looking forward to...
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