A crowd who could not get on buses to actions further north appeared on the Royal mile by Tron Square. Police hemmed them in there, before electing to move them south on South Bridge. A line of police pushed the protesters straight down as far as Clerk street. A marcher fell and was tended to by a police medic.

At this point a discussion between officers was overheard, the jist was they did'nt know where they were going. Metropolitan police, Welsh police and others were involved. No communication was made to those being herded.

The entire situation was very very tense, protesters repeatedly chanting "Whose streets?" "Our streets!".

The police herded the group onto the meadows, then the bulk left. A handful remained to prevent access to the university campus.

The protesters marched up George IV bridge, the composition of the group slowly changing to include locals and young punks.

The police allowed the march down the mound, turning it between the muesem and gallery onto Princes St. An arrest was made for an unknown offense at the head of Leith walk. The group then reduced in number and started randomly holding up traffic and abusing motorists. The two policemen present stayed back and observed, probably wise. This came to a head when after a brief trip along York st. the youth present held up buses on Princes st.. (whatever the heck the march stood for at this point.. it was'nt environmental friendlyness or better public services). Eventually three youth were taken away and the remains of the group split north and south running away from a recently formed police line. Lost contact here and went to file... getting far too stressful and dull.


Most strange action, an enforced tour of Edinburgh. Heck, next time, bring a tour guide and give us a little history as we go?