3 handy shortcuts whilst walking round Edinburgh

[@shaunwarburton5974]

I had never been to Edinburgh, until I come across your vids, I have learnt so much from watching them, that I have been twice this year, and plan to spend my Birthday there, and It's all down to watching you and your enthusiasm for Edinburgh. Could you please include Miss Jean Brodie's steps, in one of your vids? I am going to walk them some time this year keep up the good work you bring more happiness to peoples lives, than you know....

[@susanhertel2578]

Coming to Scotland next week. Didn't realize going up and down stairs is done the same way you drive on the roads. Saved this American some embarassment-thank you!

[@seanbeveridge920]

You know when you take a second look at somebody and think, 'Is it him?', then I spotted the T-shirt.You had that look of ' I'll smile and wave just to be polite, but I really don't know who you are', when I peeped the horn at you when I was in my white van on Abbey Lane last week. That made my day seeing you. I wish I had a chance to say hello personally. Good video again.

[@tartanblackcountrytourist]

Wow ..💯 👌 ❤️ .I do my own vlog channel and when you have parked up at 4£ an hour and need to get back to the car fast. To avoid another hours parking for being ten minutes into another hour these little Local knowledge routes can add up to a free pint in the pub at days end .💯 ❤🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🎬📽️

[@margaretmancuso5079]

Thanks for the great tips. I love my Clan Broonford T-shirt. I enjoy having my morning coffee in my mug.

[@thatswhatisaidCA]

Wow. Everyone who lives there must be in great shape; those hills and stairs! No need for a gym!

[@queencioch160]

Thanks for the shortcut information. I have been sick with a cold for a bit, so your video gave me a little desperately needed sunshine. Thanks for the video

[@russmeans]

Oink! Is fantastic lol. We found that shortcut by accident as well. Didn't realize where Advocates Close or the Scotsman stairs ended up! Thanks for the tip Tony. Another is Lady Stairs Close from the castle down the mound to Prince Street and the Scottish National Art Museum

[@blueneeson9888]

Thank You A Great Video From Blue In Birmingham

[@allysonrollitt210]

I'm all for a shortcut! I've been chatting to Davy tonight on the Royal Mile. I had to go and say hi after seeing him so often in your videos.

[@slydermartin6008]

I love all those shortcuts. The Scotsman is my favorite with the different marble stairs and The Scotsman itself. You're still my touchstone to Edinburgh Tony. Another great video. Thanks.

[@mbibi5784]

Thankyou for this video. I am going Edinburgh this Monday. Only staying till Wednesday. Shortcuts welcome.

[@SolaceOjotule]

I just moved to Edinburgh and I have been enjoying the city so far... The city is so beautiful.. Thank you for this information.. I should employ this shortcut.

[@deborahwhibley5215]

What a really useful video. I have lived in Edinburgh for years.never knew about them..thank you .Still got the best voice in Edinburgh. X

[@rjacobseifert3591]

Great video. We used the last short cut when we visited. Very useful. Keep up the good work Tony.

[@JanGu1954]

This is now one of my favorites! It was very informative. Thank you. I learned a lot.

[@lindahart6049]

Great video and great information. I’ve only used the Scotsman steps so delighted to learn about the other two!

[@gordonriley4353]

They'll come in handy Tony thanks

[@elainebezuidenhout162]

Awesome video😀 it wiil help people visiting a lot. It gives you a better perspective of how the city is built

[@johnbrooks388]

Thanks for the informative videos.Going to use those tips on my trip Saturday .If we see you I’ll buy you a pint!

[@golfbabe26]

Thanks for all these tips - when we spend next week in your glorious city, we will be able to walk about like locals (we hope). :)

[@thekeltickoala1650]

Didn't know about the second shortcut, but I use the other 2. The North Bridge renovations have also been affected by them finding more damage to the bridge than they knew. But at least they found it and they are rectifying it. Like your vlogs. I have lived in Edinburgh off an on from 1988 and have learn lots of things I did not know from your vlogs.

[@ruthmclennan1914]

Thanks, I really enjoyed this video. Next time we are in our Capital I will show off my knowledge to my husband. He thinks he knows more about the city than me.

[@HiAmyEdimbourg]

Edin is so beautiful and... sporty ;)

[@ClanBroonford]

We do love our city.

[@ninettegok5378]

This was a great video. That will help us next time we come. Can you do more like this.

[@antonyetherington7358]

We’ve just come back from Edinburgh to Derbyshire and from now on are going to use you as our tour guide

[@wordgirl8100]

This was great ...

[@alanco608]

Another great, handy video.... Two of my favourites.... from Market Street up Fleshmarket Close, past Edinburgh's smallest pub, The Halfway House coming out onto Cockburn Street and either turn left up to the Royal Mile coming out by the Tron Kirk or up the second part of Fleshmarket Close and come out slightly further down the Royal Mile....of course, like all the others you can choose to go down as, we'll as up. And the other one is from the Castle to the Mound and Princes Street Gardens or Market Street via Lady Stairs Close including of course, The Writer's Museum.

[@alanco608]

The Ultimate one....whenever it opens again is the path from the Castle esplanade down to Princes Street Gardens over the rail bridge coming out by the Ross Fountain and St.Cuthberts Kirkyard.

[@Zandain]

I've used the first 2 shortcuts..knew about the The Scotsman, but never used it 🤣🤣 but now I want to know about the multicolored marble!! 🤔💙 hello from Denmark 🌸 🌱

[@sandiandgregh]

We're heading back to Edinburgh later this year. Great tips! Will have to re-watch closer to our trip. Love the videos. Thanks for sharing with us other humans. :)

[@m.scotty7199]

Thank you, 😊 can't wait to get there and use these

[@robynb3549]

Thanks for these handy tips for next time we get to visit. Also nice to see people out and about. Still in lockdown in Melbourne.

[@bonnie.bonniebonnie.2377]

This is so crazy to me-- On the 22ND of September 2021-- just _days_ ago, I wrote a scene in a novel I'm writing, where a character takes a nighttime walk, up Victoria Street and takes those first stairs up to the terrace. I've never been to Edinburgh and had to just imagine it. I'm SO GLAD you recorded this so I could see what it actually looks like. Since the novel I'm writing is set completely in Edinburgh, this channel is a fantastic way for me to feel like I've actually been to the places I'm writing. I love this channel.

[@ClanBroonford]

Oh am I in it?

[@bonnie.bonniebonnie.2377]

@@ClanBroonford I could try to work something in. Lol

[@5SpotReview]

Edinburgh closes bring landmarks closer! Thanks, Tony, for another installment sharing local life -- and foot traffic -- 'round beautiful Edinburgh. Hope you're keeping well. Health and peace!

[@kumasenlac5504]

If you're going from the Castle to Grassmarket there are steps that run from the top of the Esplanade and continue to the middle of Grassmarket - you have to cross Johnston Terrace but the bottom of the first flight is opposite the top of the second.

[@ClanBroonford]

Yeah, thought about them. But they are not that short.

[@seanettaallsass3856]

Think it is worth noting that these handy helpful hints are also secluded spots & therefor attract a certain section of society that use these areas as public lavatories & other activities that require concealment.

[@PS3GamingScotland]

I had no idea about the first two shortcuts. I use the Scotsman steps all the time. The Waverly steps on the other hand just no haha. There's also other steps if your going past Calton Hill that take you underneath Waverly train station. Great video as always Tony! :)

[@treelimbtlc]

Another great video Tony. Wish we had known about those when we were there beginning of September. LOL And tragically, we were right next to a couple of them and went the long way. Lesson learned - watch ALL of Tony's videos before you go to Edinburgh.

[@bryancunningham5071]

We was down yesterday, saw and spoke to Davie the piper and of course, gave him a pound. He said that we were the 3rd to mention clan Broonford to him that day.

[@Latexhandske]

Love the beautiful buildings you have. Done 2 of the 3 shortcuts to somewhere.

[@RoulonduToit]

Your videos were a big part of my decision to move from South Africa to Edinburgh at the end of 2020. I’ve visited so many places because of them. Really enjoyed this video. Wouldn’t mind seeing more like these.

[@debbiehummel7629]

Thanks, enjoyed this very much. Sure do want to know about the stairs.

[@robinpunter4377]

Thank you, thank , thank you for finally showing the Scotsman's steps! I've asked 3/4 for you to do a video about them and I look forward to seeingvthe history of this marvellous location. Keep up the great work Tony 👏👏👏

[@The.Dulcet.Toned.Scotsman]

For any tourists the last one in the video is locally affectionately nicknamed as the "Pishy Steps" 😂😂. A great shortcut for catching your train on time but a killer on the calf's going back up .

[@gordontaylor3489]

Thanks for showing these shortcuts. I'm a Fifer and will be staying in Edinburgh for a long weekend from Friday 1st to Monday 4th October. I'll certainly be looking for your shortcuts and would like to subscribe to your channel. Best wishes, Gordon Taylor, Methil in Fife.

[@littlerobc1]

Thanks for the shortcuts Tony! I will be there from the USA in a couple of weeks so this is getting me really excited! 😍

[@duncancallum]

Bring your walking shoes for Edinburgh Robin as that City is meant to be walked .

[@pandorabox82]

This was a brilliant video, Tony! I love finding out about shortcuts that are interesting to utilize, especially when exploring a city that just seems to show more of its character through the hidden away places. Can’t wait to be back next year exploring Edinburgh and Scotland at large!

[@macscotsman51]

👍👍👍

[@KirstyWilsonPhotography]

Has the work been completed on North Bridge yet? I am hoping that it's complete as I'd like the see the full statue mid-span in memorium to the soldiers of I believe it was WWI due to the uniforms.

[@stuartwatkins171]

Nice wee video Tony. Handy wee tips. Btw, it’s not West Bow Street. Just “West Bow”.

[@susanne7955]

I thought for sure we were going to stop and have a beer on Advocates Close ;)

[@ClanBroonford]

If only i had.

[@dreamcaster1969]

I think we averaged 10 - 12 miles a day while there.

[@kennethbate2117]

Hi Tony I enjoy your videos and my wife and we always watch with a nostalgic eye. However have you ever done a video which contained Nichol Musckets cairn which is located at the entrance/exit to the Kingy (Holyrood Park) Royal Park Terrace entrance? Most people don't notice it or even know it exists but as you enter the park it is on the right hand side and raised above the road. It is not easy to spot as you drive into the park. However there is a nice we murder story to tell fitting with the Edinburgh history of murder. Hope that your wifee and the wee yin are well and happy. Ken

[@GeorgeKemp]

I'm not sure the story about the coloured marble steps in the Scotsman Close is historically true? Looking forward to seeing the video Tony because i could be wrong. All i know for sure is i used to use those steps regularly back in the 1970's & 80's as a shortcut to go from a night out on the Bridges to get to Geo IV Bridge to catch one of the night buses that ran from Geo IV Bridge back in those days, and back then there were no marble steps, they were all granite or concrete... it also reeked of down and outs and urine, it was littered with discarded needles from junkies etc. It was also a micro hotspot for crime in the City Centre with multiple muggings and worse. There were also no gates at the bottom of the steps... that said i do seem to have a vague memory of hearing in the 1990's that the City Council (or was it The Scotsman Newspaper who owned the building and after whom the steps were named?) were going to install gates to stop the steps being used as a toilet and for drug abuse. In any case, if the steps were originally multi-coloured then they certainly weren't there in the 1970's & 80's, also back then women would never have used those steps unless they were 'of a certain light district colour'. I'm glad that the steps now appear to be a safe area for all and that the tiling on the walls has been retained, the tiling is exactly as i remember it, hopefuly now just looks like an old City Council conveninece without the associated aroma ;)

[@gordontaylor3489]

Following on from my previous comment, the last time I was in Edinburgh, (I think about a week ago) I was sure that the Scotsman steps were closed... when were they reopened?

[@ChristineCarmichaelphysteacher]

I used to live at 100 West Bow. It's not West Bow street, just West Bow.

[@jastoddart]

Fishmarket close, Jacob's Ladder, Campbell's close, Reid' Close

[@carausiuscaesar5672]

First shortcut get a great oink pork sandwich!

[@boomtish4520]

You’re encouraging people to use the pissy steps?