Ocean Terminal, Edinburgh

Don't you just love the build-up to Christmas? Don't you just love to go Christmas shopping? Carols playing softly in the background, twinkling lights and festive decor, excited children waiting their turn for Santa's Grotto and gazing in wonderment at the toys they hope he'll remember to bring them. Those seasonal displays with the little all-singing, all-dancing, animatronics in a sea of cotton wool liberally strewn with coins intended for the less fortunate. The hustle and bustle, the pushing and shoving, the arguing and barging, the rudeness, the stress, the blatant commercialism that ... more

I spend a lot of time hanging around in shopping centres. Not through choice, but because of the perils of a) being married to man who works ridiculous hours and b) sharing a car with him. Bus shelters are not good places to wait for an unknown period (anything between 10 minutes and 2 hours) in comfort, and so I usually opt to meet afore-mentioned man in a shopping centre, where I can at least find something to occupy myself in a place that's warm, dry and reasonably convenient. Edinburgh has several of these large, out-of-town shopping malls, and the city's main shopping street, Princes ... more

Back in 2001 this lovely decorated card dropped through the door. "Edinburgh waterfront welcomes you to Ocean Terminal. Being curious we packed the children in to the car and headed down to ocean terminal for the first time. Sit back and enjoy my review What is Ocean Terminal Ocean Terminal is a large (half million sqft) shopping centre set on the lovely up and coming waterfront near to Leith in Edinburgh. Set over three floors, ocean terminal offers a wide variety of shops, restaurants, and bars not to forget about the 12 screen cinema. It's all under one roof at Ocean Terminal. How to get ... more

As I said in a previous review Dave currently has a contract in Edinburgh and I have come up to stay with him for a fortnight to keep him company and to get a break from my daily routine at home. Last weekend we decided to go and see the Royal Yacht Britannia which is currently moored in the waters of the Firth of Forth at Leith in Edinburgh. The last time we were in Edinburgh we drove out to see Britannia but didn't have time to actually go on board. She was moored next to a small building and car park and that was exactly what we expected to find when we got there on Saturday last. Instead ... more

Now, I must warn you to start, I live in Manchester, England so you may think that my view may be dodgy, being 200 miles away from Edinburgh. But actually, living in Manchester gives me a unique outlook on shopping. We have the Arndale, The Lowry and The Trafford centre which means I can compare the Ocean terminal to them. To give you a unique Perspective. Little bit of Background, The Ocean Terminal is located, as the name would suggest, near the sea. It's ten minutes drive from the World Famous Princes Street in North Edinburgh. Follow the signposts from the Motorways or Edinburgh by-pass to ... more