Tuesday, 23 October 2012

Autumn in Tranent

A very alternative version of the famous ballad; the one Sinatra refused to sing.

Tranent doesn't even own the dubious seaside glamour of near-neighbour Prestonpans, so flinging yourself into the sea is not such an immediate option. You'd have to get a bus.
Tranent makes Musselburgh seem like Rio in mardi-gras season and Portobello a positive Vegas of a place.

Walking around in the incessant grey drizzle this Tuesday morning makes me think that if you're gonna move to Tranent you'd better have a compelling hobby, either that or staunch religious conviction. Outside the obvious diversions of drug-abuse and alcohol there's only really the Co-op for entertainment, and that's a depressing mausoleum of a place.

I was talking to a woman recently who moved here from Barcelona.

She must be fucking insane!

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