Edinburgh ....

12th December 2017 (Tuesday) ..... 08.00   Another frosty,  perfect for going ‘out and about’ morning .... but there is a colder feel to the air.    ‘JB’ and I are
Open air skating rink.
going to Edinburgh to see the ice sculptures... and to have a general browse around.   JB might do more browsing than I will .... I’ll most likely need to find some ‘seating arrangements’ by mid afternoon.   Must ‘go’ .... “slight flap on” .... ‘Blob’ is looking for food!
20.30    John and I went to Edinburgh today;  taking in the ice sculpture display, and some of the Christmas Market.    We took the car to Dalgety Bay rail station and took the train to Waverley.    It was only a three carriage train, and looked more like  a toy train  .... until we went for the train to come home;  it was made up of two carriages!   However it only cost £3.65, return, and the seats were comfortable.    We decided to walk along George Street and take in the ice sculptures first, on what was a grey cold morning.    It was
Stags ice sculpture.
considerably warmer after we’d been through the Ice display .... they are kept frozen at -10 according to the bloke on the door.   They were really well done, but not very easy to photograph, with them being more or less ‘see through clear’.

From the ice display we wandered down to Princes Street, and thence to the gardens, eventually reaching the ‘Market’ stands at the Art Gallery.   It was here that we bought something;   a  huge, German Brat Wurst burger thing .... my word it was tasty.... and warming after the cold of the sculptures.     We poodled our way back towards Waverley, through the ‘market stands’, ending with a coffee in the Princes Mall, before catching the aforementioned train(?) to Dalgety Bay.

My legs are tired tonight, but I am happy because I didn’t know if my legs could cope
Interesting notice .... 
with all this hard ground walking, and I enjoyed seeing all the different things on sale:   I’ve never even thought of a wooden tie, let alone see one, before today.....  there were loads of interesting, and colourful items for sale.     Having said that;  the stands with the most customers were the food stands.  
 
 I have the Friendship Lunch in the Kirk Hall.     John did the diplomatic thing deciding to do his Christmas shopping, in St Andrews .... unhindered!

We have rain tonight, and tomorrow is forecast to be rather grey ...with the chance of a few sunny spells later.

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