Pillars House
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Poker, underground cities, Harry and crepes
... putting spells on traffic lights, so not much not to like..... but the links to Harry Potter were imaginative at best and pretty tenuous! We saw (in theory) the inspiratoon to Diagon Alley, Hogwarts and Quiddich. Se also saw some spots JK Rowling wrote the books and learnt some of her history.
After the tour we headed to the Genting Club to play poker.... turned into a glorified NPL tournament really, ...
Hitting the big smoke, Edinburgh
... the course. Well it is everything we thought it would be, still a public course and frequented by lots of people. It is just so nice to see the average Joe Blow playing a game of golf there and sometimes kids having a hit.(probably a very expensive hit ) Lots and lots of new buildings have been erected but the old course and club house remain and are very well preserved and looked after. We thought of you Jus and would have loved for you to ...
Edinburgh Castle and Whiskey Tour
... into a whole different city! A place the whole village could be moved into in the event of attack. We got to see the Crown Jewels, Saint Margaret's Chapel, the dungeons, the pet cemetery, and of course we ate the RED COAT CAFE !!
We then went on a Whiskey Tour, found out how whiskey is made, we also learned the proper way to drink and smell whiskey so that you ...
First time ever to Scotland!
... deal’ they’ve been given. Cabbies won’t be allowed to do ‘pick ups’ from any of the main venues nor will they be allowed to use the bus lanes as they currently have the rights to do so. So, like our cabbie today, look for the rest of them holidaying in the south of Spain or somewhere during the Olympics!
The Gatwick express took 30 min and cost 20 GBP each! Our flight was fairly routine and took ...
The Odyssey begins.....
... a Shuttle appeared and the ride from Terminal 3 to Terminal 1 took about 10-minutes. At this point, I estimated that about 50 minutes had elapsed since I disembarked from the flight.
When I reached the security screening point, there were two long queues forming so there was a bit of a wait. When I finally reached the Bins, I went through the usual procedures with the 3-1-1 bag and Laptop, but they were very thorough and eventually I had to remove my ...
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