Today the intrepid explorers went to Edinburgh and spent the day happily wandering. We visited the castle first then had lunch at a pub called the Deacon Brodie, where a cheeky young barman talked me into having a pint of 80-/-�s instead of a � to keep out the cold! Good mussels and burgers for lunch. The story of Deacon Brodie is interesting as he was the person Lewis Carroll based Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde on.
We caught a tour bus out to Holyrood House which is closed, alighted in Princes Street and wandered round the new shopping precinct, drank coffee then walked for miles admiring the lovely architecture and visited Greyfriars Bobby too. The new Scottish museum building is absolutely stunning, not open but a must see on our next trip.
We found our way out of Edinburgh easily and located an Asda where we bought everything deemed necessary for the rest of our stay.
Back at the Pineapple we cope with oven less dinner and enjoy steak and wine in front of the fire and peruse possible trips for tomorrow.

Edinburgh Castle
National Gallery	Greyfriar's Bobby
Sir Walter Scott Monument	Museum of Scotland

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