Bit of a walk???

 St. Tropez? Bit of a walk, right enough, but would be well worth it in the end, No?

Joking aside, this is what I believe the guid folks of Blackness call the ‘Whimsy Stone’, and it’s a legend around those parts.

No one seems to know when or why it was carved. It sits against the road as you enter the village and it seems to have been so placed as a joke.

There is no official record of any ‘twinning’ with St. Tropez on the French Cote d’Azure and, in any case, the mileage is wrong.

It is a popular local attraction though, and much photographed by visitors. Those visitors might also note that there is a sign of the Old Hotel (now the excellent ‘Lobster Pot’ restaurant) that confirms the villages twinning with St. Tropez.