Royal Yacht Britannia Edinburgh

Another week of work passed by. Another weekend of sightseeing ahead at that time.

Since the weather on Saturday was great, I decided to walk down the Water of Leith walkway all the way up to Leith, which is the harbour 'district' of Edinburgh. While "all the way" might sound like quite a walk, it was only 3 miles really. Nevertheless, a …

As I sit and explode with memories today I am sitting outdoors in a sunny 'urban park', listening to bagpipe music and keeping an eye out for Dean at the top of the nearest tall thing (you do know how he loves tall things). I chose to sit this one out for a quiet moment of repose... Up and at 'em for brekky at 7 today then leaving at 8. We met our …

Today we bust off thinking we are going to Loch Lomond, but turns out we somehow got canceled from the tour. Oh well. We decide to take care of ourselves and tour Edinburgh on our own. First stop, Edinburgh Castle. As castles go I am sure this was a splendid job. We had a wonderful cup of tea and a chunk of carrot cake at Queen Ann's restaurant--it …

This morning Emma had a change and feed at 6.30am, then I put her back to bed. She woke again just before 8.00am. When we got up, I gave her some breakfast while Matt showered, then Emma had a quick shower with her dad instead of bathing this morning. After that they both went to a Costa nearby and got some breakfast for us while I had my shower …

We awoke to the first full day of rain. So, we donned our slickers (rain coats) and headed back to the bus stop. This time, we caught the bus to the Ocean Terminal.

Here we stepped aboard the Royal Yacht Britannia, used by HMTQ (do I really have to remind you -- Her Majesty The Queen -- last time).

I took lots of snaps (photos) …

Now that we got that racing nonsense out of the way, it's time to kick back and do whatever the race held us back from doing (I guess that means mainly drinking more). For some reason I was compelled to start the day off running three miles. It was a slow three miles.

We then took a bus up north to Leith (or the waterfront) where we …

Thursday, "possibility of rain this afternoon" said the forecast. They were out by a few hours it was raining by 8 in the morning. The rain was light at first so we decided the walk to the Georgian House should be first up this morning in case the rain got heavy. As it turned out it was a good call. Kath enjoyed the Georgian House. It put some …

... good room with a flat screen tv and free wi fi..yay. We were back out on the bus for our excursion to the Royal Yacht Britannia and dinner. The Royal Yacht Britannia was the decommissioned boat of the Royals..Diana and Charles honeymooned on it ...

... (not as nice as Irish pubs and way too expensive). The next day Pat and I got up early and went to The Royal Yacht Britannia, this ship was in service from 1953 to 1997.  The yacht was retired from service and brought to Edinburgh.  Even ...

... jet lag, I’m starting to get more up to my usual “touring speed”.  I decided to visit the Royal Yacht Britannia today, which is permanently moored at the Ocean terminal a short distance from the Edinburgh city centre. I took the ...

I set out this morning to see the Royal Yacht Britannia.  This used to be the Queen's official boat, but in the 1990's she gave it up under growing pressure from the British Public about extravagant spending.   It is now a museum and can ...

... We could not see anything outside from the windows. The windows were damp. We spent the last day at the Port where the Royal Yacht "Britannia" is found. We did some shopping, and had lunch at a nice Chinese restaurant in the Shopping complex next to the ...

... post-modernistic by any stretch of the imagination. The tour also provided us with the opportunity to go to see the Royal Yacht Britannia, which was Her Majesty's official means of ocean transport until the ship was decommissioned in the late 90's. The ...

... left her partner (that's another story) hopefully using up 'frequent flyer' points.]   SATURDAY, 11th November   The Royal Yacht Britannia had reached the end of its days and had a permanent mooring in the Leith docks. It was apparently the ...

... and ready to go this morning. We are lucky enough to catch the bus outside the caravan park that takes us to Edinburgh via Ocean Terminal, where the yacht is on display. Nice and easy. Arrived early enough to avoid the crowds and did not have to queue up ...

... place and we should have got some great photos but things just disappeared in the rain and mist. From there we went to the Royal Yacht Britannia. It was good to get away from the rain.  We were a little surprised here as we expected the ...

... Crieff for a pub lunch.  Yummy – it will be an easy tea tonight.  When we got back to Edinburgh we went down to where the Royal Yacht Britannia at the waterfront.  It’s been a great day!1  Back at the camp it was time to ...