19th April Edinburgh unmasked


So its the first day post Easter and it's time for a little R&R, with TOM and I off to discover our inner Braveheart on a little Scottish adventure. Having packed the car with enough stuff for a six month expedition we hit the road and headed north on relativly quiet roads, stopping to refuel on route with a motorway services Costa coffee and mini snack, the cost of which almost required me to receive CPR.

Pausing to pick up some more zoobs in Jarrow, the drive up through the border country was stunningly beautiful especially under a blue sky dotted with large white cotton wool clouds. A ham and cheese sandwich for lunch in Coldstream and we were on the outskirts of Edinburgh by early afternoon, wondering if the dreaded road works on the tram line running to Leith would make finding our airBnB as difficult as emerging from the Minataur's maze.

Thankfully my trusty antique sat nav managed to weave it way past all the closed roads and diversions so that we were all checked into out rather cosy flat just after 3pm, leaving us plently of time to go and enjoy the sunshine in the city. And despite the blustery breeze it was just lovely to sit and watch a veritable United Nations of people just wandering by, on the first day of unmasking here in Scotland.

The highlight of the day however was being served out tea by Eamon Holmes (or at least  someone who could have moonlighted as the former Good Morning Britain presenter) earnign a little extra cash working as a waiter in Wetherspoons. We could only assume that it was those wonderful devices he sells on DaveTV that enabled his battered knees to take the strain of a 12 hour shift.

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