Friday, July 24, 2015

JK Rowling hedge-trimming blamed for traffic 'chaos' around Edinburgh home

Harry Potter writer has been blamed for traffic disruption around her 17th-century home as contractors cut back 30ft hedges

Temporary traffic lights installed outside JK Rowling’s Edinburgh home
Temporary traffic lights installed outside Rowling’s Edinburgh home while her 30ft leylandii hedge is trimmed. Photograph: Katielee Arrowsmith/HEMedia/ SWNS Group
JK Rowling is said to have drawn on personal experience to inform her bestselling Harry Potter series – but if she is ever to resurrect the beloved boy wizard The Curse of the Burgeoning Leylandii is unlikely to contend as a frontrunning title.

The writer has been blamed for traffic disruption in Edinburgh as contractors cut back the 30ft hedges outside her 17th-century mansion.
Temporary traffic lights have been put up during the works, which have been in place since Monday and have reduced part of the road outside the multi-million pound home to a single lane.
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