SilverRainbow ,
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Auld Reekie

"Old Smoky" - from the cloud of smoke ("reek") that was always hanging over it due to smog and the sea haar inversion holding down the home fire and industrial smokes.

Interestingly, the Icelandic word "reyk" means "smoke" so Reykjavík is literally "bay of smoke."
Both are from Old Norse "reykja" = smoke/steam.

Lang may yer lum reek!

Photo taken from the south, at Craigmillar Castle on a beautiful day in February '24.

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