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- Edinburgh Reporter
Get ready – it's the 77th Edinburgh Taxi Outing this Tuesday
On Tuesday the 77th Edinburgh Taxi Outing will fill the streets with joy and laughter – and a few damp passers by.
The outing is organised and funded by taxi drivers and offers a day out for children who have additional needs, life-limiting conditions and terminal illnesses.
The taxis are decorated with balloons or created as floats. Taxis assemble at the car park at Edinburgh Zoo where judging takes place and the Rt Hon Lord Provost of Edinburgh hands out the prizes. There are categories for best float taxi, best balloon taxi, best fancy dressed driver and best fancy dressed child.
Keith Bell Secretary Edinburgh Taxi Trade Children's Outing Committee explained: 'We then leave Edinburgh Zoo Car Park at 10am heading under Police escort through the city and along the coast to Archerfield Walled Garden (between Gullane and Dirleton, East Lothian) with a stop outside Luca's in Musselburgh to refill the water tanks and to eat as much ice cream as possible.
'Once we reach Archerfield it's a fun-filled afternoon before heading home about 4pm.'
The route is
Edinburgh Zoo 10:00
Costorphine Rd 10:05
Roseburn 10:10
Haymarket 10:15
Princes St 10:20
Mound
High Street 1025
Canongate 10:35
Abbeyhill 10:40
London Rd 10:43
Portobello Rd 10:46
Portobello High St 10:50
Joppa 10:55
Musselbugh a11:10 d11:40
then the coast road through
Prestonpans 11.50
Cockenzie 12.00
Port Seton 12.10
Aberlady 12.25
Gullane 12.35
Dirleton 12.45
© 2024 Martin McAdam
© 2024 Martin McAdam
© 2024 Martin McAdam
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