20th April Go Forth...so we did.

So day 2 of our Caladonian capers saw us venture out, fresh from a good nights sleep, for a date with Royalty. Well when I say royalty what I actually mean is to peruse from a distance the Royal yatch Britannia, seeing as she happens to be moored in Leith. Note I said peruse and not go on board as that would have required the splashing of cash that neither TOM nor myself thought justified. 

In the end it was a long way to walk to actually see very little of the ship from the first level of a multi storey car park adjacent to a white elephant of a giant shopping centre that had as full of customers as the Marie Celeste had crew. 

In fact to be honest the whole waterfront area around Leith turned out to be a bit of a disappoinement to both of us, being not as vibrant or trendy as we have imagined it to be. And this from two not very trendy people whose idea of vibrant isn't that spectacular to begin with.

Much more spectacular was the 40 minute trip acoss the Firth of Forth to Dunfirmline. Why Dunfirmline I hear you ask? Well only because it allowed us to take a trip on a train,(so TOM was in his element) across one of the three spectacular bridges that now span this stretch of water. Under another beautiful blue sky it was a great little excusion even if the railway station was at the bottom of step series of inclines, requiring a pedestrian plod with several rest stops up into the town itself. 

As a result it means that at the time of going to press, TOM is currently fast asleep on the sofa recovering from his exhertions, so I had better not play this loud.You can and should of course. This is without question the best song ever written about Leith. Turn it up and sing along. This is The Proclaimers, with the wonderful Sunshine on Leith, which is exactly what we have enjoyed today.