Hunter's Tryst is the name of a long-established inn in
Edinburgh
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,
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; it has lent its name to the surrounding area, near
Fairmilehead
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The inn, once well outside Edinburgh's built-up area, was a popular leisure destination and was a meeting place of the
Six Foot Club. The area was written about by
Robert Louis Stevenson
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who, along with
Sir Walter Scott
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were honorary members of the Six Foot Club (being too short to be full members).
[Cassells Old and New Edinburgh vol.6 ch.38]
Today the inn is surrounded by modern housing estates and is next to a
Morrisons
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supermarket.
It is served by several
Lothian Buses
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routes - services 5 and 27 commence or terminate at Hunter's Tryst, with services 4, 16 and Skylink 400 passing nearby. Hunter's Tryst was also formerly served by service 16 (now serving Colinton and turns nearby at Redford Road), service 17 (terminus was later changed to Craighouse and Granton before later being withdrawn), service 18 (running from Fort Kinnaird to Gyle Centre renumbered to Skylink 400), service 32 (inner circle) and service 52 (outer circle) (Oxgangs - Wester Hailes - Granton - Leith - Portobello - Niddrie - Kaimes).
References
Bibliography
# Cant, Michael, ''Villages of Edinburgh'' volumes 1 & 2, John Donald Publishers Ltd., Edinburgh, 1986-1987. &
# Grant, James, ''Old and new Edinburgh'' volumes 1-3 (or 1-6, edition dependent), Cassell, 1880s (published as a periodical)
Online edition
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