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 Rich.
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Name:
Richard Norman
Date of Death: 27th March 1811
Age: 11287 days
Occupation: Tour guide, IT guru, sorcerer, professional Scouser.
Past occupation: Escapologist (on hold until he can get a bigger straightjacket)
Looks like: A close friend you've just spotted on Crimewatch
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Nicknames: Tubs, Scouse (by his jumper-ooter, nicknamed... er... Scouse), Ricardos (by himself). Joined The Cadies & Witchery Tours: "Back when it was fab" Favourite Food: Maccy D's, M&S Tomato & Basil soup, anything else that microwaves in under 3 minutes. Favourite Drink: Something called a 'bevett' (exact spelling unknown), being an unspecified fizzy alcoholic drink in 568ml glass. Home: The Open Road - he loves his car! |
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Best friend: Scouse (his jumper-ooter) Hobbies: Snooker (been on Big Break and recently bought a table too large for his new house), magiccchhh, practical jokes, cake decorating (?), 'kicking off', giving advice to the jumper-ooters (not that that's what they call it...) Bad Habits: Err... have we got a spare page? Blaming his farts on others, leaving his pet E.coli cultures in shared fridges Favourite Sayings: "FREACCCHHHK!", "I'm not trying to be funny, but..." [says something not at all funny], "That's crap that is", "You daft apeth" Favourite Colour: #000000 (black in web-speak) |
| Favourite Music: Lonnie Donegan, the Beatles, Gerry & the Pacemakers, Queen, anything else available on MP3. Favourite Films: Highlander IV - The Thickening (waistline), Richie Rich. Favourite Films not yet made: Jessica's Will (www.jessicaswill.co.uk). Favourite Books: Any Dietetics journal article (especially ones he's written!), What's under the kilt (www.scotweb.co.uk/underthekilt). Most embarrassing tour moments: Any jumper-ooter will tell you it's a fiddly task trying to light smoke pellets while doing the Mad Monk. Rich did manage to get the pellets lit, but in so doing, dropped a match which then lit the hem of his (polyester) monk's habit. The group were treated to the sight of a cursing monk jumping around trying to put out his flaming costume! His greatest embarrassment as Lyal though, was caused by his 'skeleton' (Scouse again) jumping-oot stark naked apart from the skeleton mask, and a hat to cover his modesty. One of the group (who happened to be Rich's friends) told Scouse to "drop the hat!" This is also a unique occasion for leaving Rich speechless! |
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Ambition:
To make it through his wedding without the Mad Monk jumping oot
at him in the church or Jenny being replaced by Agnes Fynnie.
Dislikes: Anything "crappp", call-centre staff (all), low-fat food, the sight of office colleagues drinking stone-cold coffee. Name in a previous life: Zenin Houdini IV Occupation in a previous life: Mr Edinburgh 1810 (came 2nd in Mr UK, beaten only by Mr London, the right-honourable Hugh G. Cash-Brybe), highway robber. |
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