Adam Lyal - Out of Hours
Have you ever wondered what Adam Lyal gets up to when he is not leading tours around Edinburgh's Old Town? Every two months or so we will endeavour to delve into the depths of the Witchery Tours photo archive, and bring you a selection of photos and fascinating facts about one of our ghostly guides. What's more, by clicking the arrows below, you can look back over our previous 'victims' - we don't let them off the hook that easily!!
The current featured guide is Dave.
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Name:
Dave Martin
Date of Death: 27th March 1811
Age: 10295 days
Occupation: Tour guide, singer-songwriter, artist.
Past occupation: Pizza artist.
Looks like: A starving John Hannah.
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Nicknames: "Who?", Wee Dave, Big Dave, Middle-size Dave. Joined The Cadies & Witchery Tours: 1998 in body, 2000 in mind. Favourite Food: "Ghoul-ash (hahahaha)". We suspect Dave doesn't eat much. Favourite Drink: Milk. Home: "...is where the heart is." Best Friend: Max (black & white collie dog) 2nd Best friend: "Never settle for 2nd best!" 3rd Best friend: Mad Monk's mum (purely platonic)
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Bad Habits: Gets more Scandinavian girls' phone numbers than other Lyals (since Bryan left), always arrives for tours with tasty takeaway food causing jealousy and loud tummy-rumbling among colleagues. Favourite Sayings: "Not bad ... for a girl", "Where's the b***dy jumper-ooter this time?" (mainly applies if jumper-ooter's name is Ewen) Favourite Colour: "All the colours - together! Yeah" Favourite Music: Theme from Scooby Doo, theme from The Red Hand Gang. Favourite Films: "Kodak ISO-400 (hahahahahahahahahaha)." Favourite Film not yet made: Jessica's Will (www.jessicaswill.co.uk). |
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Favourite Books: "What's a book?" Most embarrassing tour moments: One night early in Dave's jumping-oot career, he appeared as Agnes Fynnie and ran straight into a brick wall. This was very entertaining for the group but painful for Dave - he was taken to hospital! Also once forgot his skeleton mask, but fortunately Dave is a master of improvisation. This is believed to have been the only sighting in Edinburgh's history of a skeleton with a traffic cone for a head! As a Lyal, Dave cites his most embarrassing moment as "when my friends found out about my job." He was joking, of course. Right, Dave? "AAAUGH, please take these thumbscrews off me!" There, that's a better quote now isn't it? Ambition: To successfully combine acoustic and electric music, multimedia, fine art, wallpaper and theology in a snappy and user-friendly package - then flog a van-load of the things down Ingliston market Sunday week. You didn't hear it from us... Dislikes:Disappointing conversations (and spending time in places like the Cadies office where such things are common). Name in a previous life: Pfister Swarthy-Minginbreeks X. Occupation in a previous life: Small business advisor (about 5ft2in). |
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