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Sorry to hear people dissing the Kelpies.
They are absolutely stunning, try and go towards dusk to see them lit up from within, it works well with the short walk from the carpark, as you get closer to them and their scale becomes apparent.
Any food recommendations
A sunday morning walk down the Leith from Dean village to Stockbridge is nice – great sunday market in Stockbridge/ loads of places to eat etc
Stockbridge. It was still a slum when I lived there (not sure about cause and effect....) 🙂
Don't think we're dissing kelpies just if you are time tight and in Edinburgh there are easier things to do.
Although as kelpies are water spirits that drag their victims to their death I do always question the siting of them.
Good job your not here on holiday just now as it's peltin down, that really wet Scottish rain
Good job your not here on holiday just now as it’s peltin down, that really wet Scottish rain
There's a lot of young ladies dressed to impress who must be very cold and wet today.
I am officially old for
What poncho for Edinburgh 😂😂😂
That was a very wet day of walking around. Luckily I managed to be in a bike shop for the duration of the extreme downpour. I am told we walked 30,000 steps today, and we did 25,000 yesterday. The only thing stopping my kids hating me completely is the steady flow of cake and cafes.
Surgeons’ Hall museum yesterday proved a little much for the stomach. Today has been mostly charity shops, which my 13 year old declares are much better than at home.
That was a very wet day of walking around.
We did the Harry Potter Walking (Wading) Tour this morning which coincided with the worst of the rain. Still distinctly soggy at the Corn Exchange ahead of seeing Henning Wehn.
Any food recommendations
If you like Italian and can book, this was great last night
Sounds biblical the rainfall, has it dispersed the crowds at all
More cash I've checked it out, very nice and close by
Surgeons’ Hall museum yesterday proved a little much for the stomach
my mum was a dental hygienist so when kids if we refused to brush our teeth we were shown her bumper book of dental diseases so nothing the museum could throw at me was that bad ,🤣
All this talk of the festival makes me want to take a trip up town.
I’m in Edinburgh for the festival this weekend. It’s very quiet and doesn’t have the buzz of the festival. You can walk down the Royal Mile without being flyered.
Still decent I bet
You can walk down the Royal Mile
without being flyered
fixed that for you.
I hated living in Edinburgh during the festival. It's proper shit.
Definitely not as busy as the last time we were up here when the festival was on. Much nicer, to be honest. Far less hassle with flyers.
One of the better jokes from Henning Wehn tonight was about how nice it was to come out of Waverley station and there being no bagpipers this year.
I hadn’t noticed there are no bagpipers! But now you mention it, what a joy. I once had an office overlooking cathedral sq on the Royal Mile. As a consequence I am severely allergic to bagpipes.
Currently barely able to move after a very nice and authentic Italian meal at Cafe Domenicos down at Leith.
A couple of stray pipers on the Royal Mile, but definitely not as bad as previous visits.
My musical youth is desperate to have a go at the bagpipes🤦♂️
Anyway, if anyone spots a balding, overweight, middle aged bloke in an STW Lockdown T-shirt around Edinburgh tomorrow, do say "hi!"
My musical youth is desperate to have a go at the bagpipes🤦♂️
They're bloody hardwork. Breathing and squeezing takes months to get the hang of.
But if you are serious get a practice chanter and have a play.
They’re bloody hardwork. Breathing and squeezing takes months to get the hang of.
Think that's why he wants a go - he can play pretty much any wind instrument he tries his hand at, think he reckons the pipes would be a challenge.
They certainly would be.
The fingering is completely illogical and they are a fixed scale to boot.
To avoid buying tat bagpipes galore in Edinburgh would set you up with something reasonably cheap to have a go a practice chanter atleast is a fun thing for a wind player the have.
To avoid buying tat bagpipes galore in Edinburgh would set you up with something reasonably cheap to have a go a practice chanter atleast is a fun thing for a wind player the have.
We went past there the other night on the way to a show, which prompted the conversation 🤣
Can you set fire to bagpipes
ah, I hadn't realised there were so many STWers around Edinburgh. Visited last week, Monday - Saturday. Several concerts - bit odd in big tents rather than auditoriums. My chest got a good physio workout from the Anna Meredith on Friday evening.
I was trying to dodge the rain 🌧️ in Stockbridge yesterday and it was a fairly easy day not busy at all, I see the old ironmongers still there not sure if he ever has a customer maybe open through the week.
Judy Murray spotted , maybe doing the charity shops with Sir Andy tagging along
He would probably the only one willing to part with 2.5k for an old Ralph Lauren seat
Some charity shops pricing is crazy, £20 for an Alison Moyet LP , hardly a classic with very few Japanese pressings
Hot up here today, the people are so nice
Grabbing a quick bite to eat ahead of seeing Basil Brush Unleashed.....
only celebrity spotting I managed was going round the Alison Watts exhibition at same time as Val McDermid..