Day 242 Thrill on The Hill (Photo A Day 2012)

 

This is one of the Go Karts that took part in “The Thrill on The Hill” races in Pomeroy Co Tyrone organised by the local community groups Pomeroy Players Drama Group, Pomeroy Plunketts Gaelic football club  and the local branch of Comhaltas Ceoltoiri Eireann which promotes traditional music and arts in the area. Pomeroy is built on a hill and the Karts came careering down the hill through the village to negotiate a tricky corner at the foot of the hill.

Day 240 The 23 Bus Edinburgh (Photo A Day 2012)

This is the 23 Bus in Edinburgh which features in many of Alexander McCall Smiths books. In Espresso Tales Irene Pollock, Bertie Pollock’s very pretentious and over bearing mother (she makes the five year old boy go to yoga, Italian and Saxophone lessons)  insists that Bertie take the 23 to school even though the 27 is more direct simply because you get a better class of person on the 23 as its route includes nice places like Morningside.