Life's a beach for Barcelona ticket diggers

MORE than 100 sun-lovers got to enjoy the warm weather in style when they dug through a giant sand sculpture to bag flight tickets to Barcelona.

A group were invited along to Castle Street on Saturday to help demolish the 15-tonne sand sculpture, which included models of landmarks such as Edinburgh Castle and the Sagrada Familia. and works of Picasso.

The sculpture was originally commissioned by Spanair to mark the launch of new a new air route between Edinburgh and Barcelona.