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Scone Palace
Our hostel was so remote and quiet that we rather overslept, and left a little late. One of the other other girls at the hostel had a three wheel car which I haven't seen for years.
First stop today was at Scone Palace (pronounced 'Scoon'), the place where Scottish kings were traditionally crowned whilst sitting on the Stone of Scone. …
Haggis
We've been so lucky with the weather, only one and a half days of rain in 75 days of holiday, but it was certainly raining when we got up today, and kept raining until late afternoon. It wasn't cold, but the rain just made everything awkward. However, we donned out wet weather gear and joined the free city walking tour regardless, and trudged …
The Royal Mile
Started the morning at Carlton Hill, overlooking the city, for some nice views. Inevitably every major U.K. city has a monument to both Nelson and Wellington and, sure enough, there they were.
Down the Royal Mile to Holyrood Palace, the royal family's shack in Edinburgh. You can tell that somebody important stays there by the anti-tank …
If it aint Scottish...
... yours truly. I have little room to carry them and less money to buy them. However I have been saving up for one big souvenir of the trip and I can think of nothing better than my very own kilt. As I told Nathan I have converted to Scottish. He maintains that you cannot convert to Scottish but I hold my ground.
In the late afternoon we set out, me wearing my kilt, to visit the statue of a very special dog. This dog is special because after its master ...
No Tattoo but Edinburgh Festival makes its mark
... called Losing It by Ruby Wax and her talented pianist/vocalist friend Judith Owen, a one-man play called The Trials of Galileo and British comic Tim Key’s outstanding multi-media show Masterslut (at which Key delicately hand-fed Greg two sugar cubes).
We also caught up with Janine’s cousin Max Eyre, who’s recently returned from holidays in Cuba and South America (and ...
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