On Thursday morning, we think, this little trickle of paint first appeared outside No. 28 East Claremont Street.
We have no reason to believe there’s any link between the two.
On Friday morning, Spurtle decided to follow it.
There’s a white splash outside No. 14 which we’re fairly sure is a red herring.
The dribble continues towards the church before turning left along Mansfield Place.
Then there’s an accelerating scoosh around the roundabout and it’s off to London Street we go.
There's another random spillage at the crossing.
Next, left once more onto Drummond Place …
and left up Nelson Street. Here the setts and slope speed up the flow.
By now, the junction at the top is not a pretty sight …
and things really start to get messy on Abercromby Place.
Suddenly, a shuddering climax at the lights.
Over the junction, there's some dribbly backwards and forwards and a final pavement gush opposite No. VI Heriot Row.
Can any reader offer more detail?
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Email from Anonymous Sleuth (16.7.24): Unknown if this is really connected to the paint trail … however, last week (I can't recall which day, helpful I know) I noticed that there was a red van parked outside the Co-Op on Comely Bank Road which had significant dried white paint spillage on its rear bumper – seemingly having come from under the double doors in the rear of the vehicle. Maybe there was paint on the floor there, I can't recall now.
The trail of paint seems to be moving west based on your photos, so perhaps tracking its route into Stockbridge/Comely Bank would be possible?
Yours sincerely
Anonymous Sleuth (read someone with too much time on his hands)
