Not Porty People and Places

The Capital's Remembrance Ceremony outside Edinburgh's City Chambers and in the shadow of St Giles Cathedral was a poignant commemoration without any celebration or glorification - just a moving tribute to The Fallen - by the appreciative living.

The presence of German sailors, at the parade, from the German warship Brandenburg, currently berthed in Leith, added to the sense of reconciliation.

( My elder sister and husband are singing Jenkins' Armed Man Mass this evening in Rochester Cathedral in harmony with a choir from Germany.)

In my blip, The First Minister, processes back to St Giles. I had not noticed the chalk graffiti on the Mercat Cross until I reviewed my photos when I got home.