Wit's End: From Syd Barrett to King Arthur - There's No Place Like Aberlady

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I HAD not expected the restaurant proprietor to sing: I've got a bike/You can ride it if you like/It's got a basket, a bell that rings/And things to make it look good/I'd give it to you if I could/ But I borrowed it.

The situation had arisen as follows. The Burd had planned a surprise meal for me. She drove through driving rain and, as we left the city, my bewilderment grew. But it lightened again as we stopped in lovely Aberlady. Funnily enough, I don't think I'd ever stopped in the East Lothian village before, just driven through, admiring it. Being in it would turn out to be a real enchantment.

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Wit's End: From Syd Barrett to King Arthur - There's No Place Like Aberlady

We were dining in Duck's, a very enjoyable experience, enhanced by the above-noted singing. The song, as you will have recognised, is by Syd Barrett, one of Pink Floyd's founders, and the be...

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