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Got lost going to the pub
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Simon (Highwayman)
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Dec 04, 2013 08:49AM
I've just driven up to Edinburgh for a couple of days. I booked a cheap single room at a best Western and got upgraded to a huge double en suite. Off for a beer and then a stroll to The city.
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Off to see Roslyn chapel tomorrow. Been promising to go there for years.... Before Dan Brown got his hands on it.
Took two threads to tell us that? Sheesh.Why you there?
Oh and have you tried the steak place yet?
Why didn't you let us know Simon? Some of us could have come and got lost in pubs with you
I didn't know I was coming until 11 o clock this morning....
Oh. I don't know how that happened. I seem to have cloned.....
I believe the word is clopned.
Simon (Highwayman) wrote: "I didn't know I was coming until 11 o clock this morning...."That post should be in the sex thread. Tsk.
Maybe Simon needs a blow up doll as well.
Have you found the Christmas market yet Simon? If so, have a hot spiced wine for me please!What a shame we didn't get to arrange a meet up!
Naw.I bet he's got the fluffy cow in his car.
Just about to walk into the city. Will look for the market.
Patti (baconater) wrote: "Naw.I bet he's got the fluffy cow in his car."
Cow no longer in car. Finally let it out when I sold the car...
In Bennets Bar. Nice little pub.
Traded it in for a shaved goat?
Just heard on the news that the trams will have a trial run in the town centre tomorrow Simon.
Hmmm.Seems I could have got a direct flight there from here.
Philip (sarah) wrote: "Just heard on the news that the trams will have a trial run in the town centre tomorrow Simon."I predict a riot.
I'm sure you'll find a pub to shelter in!The market and ice rink are in Princes Street Gardens,you can't miss it as there is usually a big wheel there.
I have found the hot toddy market. This place is awesome... Pubs and hot toddy. Why didn't anyone tell me about this before?
Been on the big wheel and the thing that goes up and spins. Will pop along and see the trams if I can. Thanks.
Probably because they were afraid you'd show up and lower the tone.
Simon (Highwayman) wrote: "I have found the hot toddy market. This place is awesome... Pubs and hot toddy. Why didn't anyone tell me about this before?"Because they were afraid you would never leave...
We need a group 
You should go to Clark's Bar Simon, in Dundas Street. Quality beer. The Doric Tavern in Market Street used to be good, but a long time since I was in. It's upstairs. And the Cafe Royal circle bar is great to look at. You can have oysters at their oyster bar.
Gingerlily - Smiter of idiots. wrote: "You conquer?"That too.
Patti (baconater) wrote: "Gingerlily - Smiter of idiots. wrote: "You conquer?"That too."
And conker, no doubt.
Have you found Rose Street yet Simon? It's nickname is the 'Amber Mile' due to the high number of pubs there.A hospital I worked in many years ago did a sponsored pub crawl there, literally on our hands and knees between hostelries.
Would be great for a meet up as it has many connections with literature!
I'd love another meet up in Edinburgh. I love Edinburgh
Oh great. Rosslyn chapel is closed with a power cut. Off to the castle instead but very disappointed.
That's a shame, it's well worth seeing :(The castle is excellent too though, and the Camera Obscura nearby is worth a look for a "range of optical experiences"
Simon (Highwayman) wrote: "Oh great. Rosslyn chapel is closed with a power cut. Off to the castle instead but very disappointed."It's £20 to get in, and you have an Australian offering to tell you about Scottish history! Nothing against Australians, but £20 to get in!
I've not been to the castle but I've done Holyrood.
I've done Holywood! Not that there was much to see or do...
I recall having a steak in a restaurant there that would have fed a family of six.Dave and I shared it and we barely managed to dent it.
Jud (Disney Diva) wrote: "I've not been to the castle but I've done Holyrood."I've done the Castle, Holyrood, the toy museum (is that still there? ) saw the statue of Greyfriars Bobby, and also went to the underground buildings.
I'd like to do the Ghost Walk and the underground streets tour.The Botanic Gardens are wonderful but not in this weather.
I went to the toy museum last year, I also did Greyfriars and a ghost walk and a tour of the whadyecallums under the streets where they put all the poorest of the poor.I'd like to do St Mary's Close (the underground city/streets)
I did a Ghost Tour a couple of years back, it was good fun. Don't believe in all that stuff at all bur gave myself a hell of a fright in one of the candlelit underground vaults when I felt something brushing against my hair. Turned out to be the ceiling.
We did a ghost walk in London. We all gathered next to a building at the beginning of the tour and as the guide began his talk, a bird flew into a window and fell dead in our midst.
Was freaky, man!
The vaults that's what I did, the ghost walk took us through the vaults. I just about peed my pants at the time and then couldn't believe I'd been so daft once we got outside again, our guide was very good at creating the spooky atmosphere
Oh dear I am going to have to come back as there is a lot I have missed. Enjoyed the castle nd the 1pm cannon. Everything is expensive though.... £16 to look around the castle is a bit steep.
Still, when they get independence the Scottish zlotti will be worth didly squat and my English pounds will be worth loads.... Oops... Controversial... But Edinburgh looks like it is thriving, why risk it for a bit of national pride?
closing the bunker door carefully and hiding under the table here!
My national pride doesn't affect Scotland or it's independance
I still say they should join forces with Quebec.
Simon (Highwayman) wrote: "Oh dear I am going to have to come back as there is a lot I have missed. Enjoyed the castle nd the 1pm cannon. Everything is expensive though.... £16 to look around the castle is a bit steep."How come I got charged £20 two years ago, and you got in for £16? Scandal!!! :)
