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 nostr:npub156pnpjyj8639pnscuu3qc7hhh6cgnr8u75tn8wtkgs4da9je2lmqmck0fk Edinburgh is about 400 miles out from being in the right place for nipping across to the continent via Eurostar: wrong end of what is effectively a long, thin peninsula (Great Britain). Straight lines distance means it's almost always much shorter to flirt, event with high speed trains: it's because the North Sea is in the way.