Edinburgh - 5th-6th August 2012

We were supposed to be going to Edinburgh yesterday to watch a game of cricket, but that got moved to Uddingston near Glasgow last week, and ended up being cancelled due to the rain yesterday afternoon anyway. Instead, me and Chris spent a couple of days in Edinburgh, which I thought warranted a blog.

We arrived by train at 11am and headed straight to Edinburgh Castle, which was beautiful even in the rain, and even though I forgot to take a waterproof coat (Yes, I know, Scotland... rain, need a coat..). We looked around war memorials, chapels and castle grounds, and the tour ended up lasting about 2 hrs.


Me Standing in the Rain next to the Royal Gun at Edinburgh Castle

Once we finished the tour of Edinburgh Castle, we went up to the travelodge which was in an Edinburgh Townhouse about a 15 minute walk outside Princes Street. There I had a nice hot bath, a cup of tea and then watched Murray absolutely hammer Federer.

After chilling out for an hour, we were ready to go and experience some of the comedy at the Edinburgh Fringe, in the form of a lad from South Shields, an up and coming comedian Chris Ramsey. He was absolutely hilarious and will  become one of the best comedians in the country when he is a little bit older. His show was called Feeling Lucky, and started with him throwing a giant dice around the room to get to know what sort of audience he was telling his jokes to, which was very successful, then got really philosophical about how lucky we all were to be alive, his near death experiences, and then how much he loves his mum and dad. Doesn't sound so funny, but you had to be there, definitely recommend him.He finished the show by telling us about his sky dive, which was just amazing and inspirational and hilarious all at once.

We eventually retired to bed at about 10.30 last night. I was shattered!

When we woke up this morning, the first thing we did was a tour of the Murrayfield ground which is the International Rugby Ground in Edinburgh. Now, I'm not a great fan of rugby, and I don't know the rules, but the stadium was amazing, and huge, and gave me a bit of insight to the type of thing I can expect from when we go to a rugby match in November. Baring in mind the only thing I know about rugby is the Haka, its a good job we are going to see New Zealand. Chris also thoroughly enjoyed the tour of Murrayfield.



Me at Murrayfield

 After the tour of Murrayfield, we had a walk round the Edinburgh Fringe and just waited around for our train. We managed to spot a Gold Post Box which was painted gold in recognision of Sir Chris Hoy, so of course, I got a photo.. :)

Me with the Gold Post Box

So now, I'm home with a hot water bottle on my hip, and thinking about how I really don't want to go back to work tomorrow. Got lots to sort out for that, so best be off.

Thanks for reading.

xx