Edinburgh

 Edinburgh 23rd to 25th June

We travelled up from King Cross in London to Edinburgh on the fast train. A great way to travel and under 5 hours. Plenty to see along the way lots of cropping farmland mainly in grains. In our carriage the train was a wedding party they had the bubbles open quite early on in the trip and got louder as the trip progressed. 

What a lovely welcome to Edinburgh to be met by Eilidh - tour guide extraordinaire, whisking us away from the station to our accommodation then straight into a look around the beautiful Edinburgh. A city of course of castles, very old building a, gardens and much to look at.   

The following day a pick up and drive down to the Borders for a town fair at Peebles and out to the coast to Berwick.  We meet up with Matt who we hadn't seen since August 2022. So great best day.  Jim went to the Highland Agricultural show the following day and Matt and I had a day walking all over the city  The next day we went with Eilidh again to the to the lovely Trossachs region and up to St Andrews. She was a great guide with plenty of local info.

We stayed in an abnb with a lady called Holly and her two cats. Good place to stay only 15 minutes walk to the city and Holly was great to chat to and gave us some more local info.

Edinburgh Castle

The fast train from London to Edinburgh

The route by train from Kings Cross Station

Another photo of the castle 

The Tucker tartan.

Victorian memorial in honour of the writer Sir Walter Scott in middle of the city.

Another photo of the city

Maree and Eilidh off to the Peebles town fair.

A big day for the town.

They even had dancing Elvis's plenty of them.

More photos below of the parade "great effort"

We went for a walk along the River Tweed that runs through Peebles.

Neidpath Castle upstream from the town seen as we walked along the river.

The oldest building in Peebles is the tower of St Andrew's Church. The church was founded in 1195.

Bass rock from North Berwick (also known by some as shit rock)
The rock is home to many sea birds and the have been impacted by the avian influenza.

Looking along the beach from North Berwick another photo below.

Eilidh, Maree and Matt in Edinburgh

Scottish unicorn for Jemma

The city at night about 10 pm still quite light.

Action at the Royal Highland Show

The Kiwis won the blade sheer

Team of Clydesdales at the show.