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I was up in sunny Edinburgh last weekend and have finally got my arse in gear, so here are a few ‘taster’ photos. Calling it the “Festival” is slightly misleading; the Fringe was only just starting (some of the shows were still doing previews) so everything was fresh and new (unfortunately this meant that we didn’t have the faintest idea which shows would be worth seeing!). Also, getting going was the Science Festival, Film Festival, Book Festival and so forth. No doubt the Telephone Engineering Festival can only be a few years away.

On the plus side, the jugglers and performance “artists” on the Royal Mile were good value for money, especially as I ran off before they started asking for cash at the end. I’m such a tightwad!

On Sunday, went for a wander with David around Holyrood Park, home of Arthur’s Seat. Lovely sunny day, so much so that I got nicely sunburnt…

So a good time was had by all, and thanks again to David for his kind hospitality…

This is the view looking north (I think!) from Arthur’s Seat, the extinct volcano in the heart of Edinburgh’s Holyrood Park. Possibly the best public park to capture a sense of wildness while being extremely close to the center of a town. Richmond Park is the only other that comes close, but that doesn’t have a bloody great big hill in the middle, of course…

(Taken last year in September, with my Nokia camera-phone - there’ll be a few more of these now as I can now transfer the images back to my PC.)