Monday, 2 April 2018

Hooray for Hollyrood

Before heading for Hollyrood for a spot of tea, we took a wander through town after taking the tram to its final destination.

We made our way through the back streets of a retail park and found ourselves halfway up Carlton Hill.  On our previous visits we have climbed to hill and it was quick a trek, to find ourselves almost half way there was a bonus.

Not too tricky a trek this time.

I’m always in a race to the top, this time with the couple just behind GO, I won!

Getting our breath back, nice flushed cheeks.

Loving the new converse, ohh la la.

Say cheese!

Overlooking the father land.

Bonnie Scotland 

Trusting a tourist to take a photo

Look we’ve gone to Athens, just kidding.  Must be time for a spot of tea, there’s a palace round the corner let’s go there.

Oh he’s so very fancy.

Red faced and happy.

White sand for white tea, green sand for green tea and black sand for black tea.  Different sand for different teas.

Waiting patiently for his cuppa, ain’t no billers tea here, thank you very much.

This was actually a video GO hadn’t told me he was filming.

So I didn’t stop moving.

Ooh fancy food for fancy people.

How rude!

The palace from the toilet.

Making out way to Scottish Parliament, going to have a word about Brexit!

They wouldn’t listen to me.

GO is thrilled though.

Packed house, only joking.

The view from the toilet, bloody nice toilets.  It became my favourite place to spend a penny or two.  It was worth the security check ups.

Dynamic Earth

We adore Chao Baby Thai restaurant in Manchester and GO found its parent restaurant in Edinburgh Chaopraya, just as yummy.

He’s so happy.

Backlight Beauty.

Caught mid swallow

Edinburgh Life


Off to find our accommodation 

Squirrel trying to hop on the bus

All smiles at the start

Looks promising

Now to get in

It’s swallowing him whole

Secret code to get the key.

Lovely lobby

Not the greatest, quite grubby

The bed bug riddled sofa.  Yucky!

Looks nice enough but....

Old and tired, like me

Trying out the tram £3.40 all day any bus or tram.

Chilling or moody?  Hint he’s not chill

Here comes the rain

Peeking him up with a strawberry tart, the last one just for him, because I love him.

The beautiful Jenners

Couple time

Love this place

On our way to Edinburgh


Where shall we go today?

And we’re off...

Have you really been on a trip if you haven’t had Greg’s.

Pricey last minute, but loving the E ticket.

Rain one side of the tunnel this on the other.

Well that didn’t take long.

He left me for a seat by himself.

Blocking the walkway for everybody else.

Haggis Meatballs

Can’t beat a Wetherspoons.

Ba da bing


As part of our week of treats to celebrate five years of marriage, GO had arranged something for each evening.  Our first night was a Stone steak meal at Badabing, a Sopranos themed cabaret bar.  Most evenings they had live entertainment.

The night we were there they had a live pianist with an open mike night.  There were a couple of regulars who got up and took to the stage for over fifteen minutes.  The atmosphere in the joint was just of a small group of individuals having fun.

The Steak and stone was literally a hot lava stone with the steak on, we were given a timer to ensure that we turned the steak at the correct time to achieve the desired "doneness", it was rather yummy, and as always with steak when it was eaten I could've eaten more.  I'd go vegan as long as I could eat as much steak as I wanted, lol.

We have been quite fertility focused recently, the amazing, spermometer app predicted that I'd be in my fertile window within days.  I decide to throw caution to the wind, and just let me hair down and enjoy some alcohol.  Well it's not everyday you celebrate five years of marriage.

Boy did I let me hair down, I started, as always, with a cider and very quickly progressed onto cocktails.  This was most likely because on the very wet walk to the restaurant we popped in to M&S and I purchased a couple of cocktails in a can, they were lethal, very yummy and alcoholic.  I began heckling the singer and made some bizarre requests; Smelly Cat was a crowd favourite.  It was a fun night and a very good start to the trip. 



























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