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Heading for the hills in Edinburgh

Trish Burgess Posted on18/01/202218/01/2022 Edinburgh, Hills, North Berwick, Scotland Leave a Comment
Craiglockhart Hill

Have you ever tried ‘munro-bagging’? The idea is to climb one or all of the 282 Scottish mountains over 3000ft high (914m). I can’t say that’s ever been on our agenda. We love walking...

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Diary of a long weekend at the Edinburgh Fringe – Day Four

Trish Burgess Posted on11/09/201831/10/2018 Edinburgh, Edinburgh Fringe, Edinburgh Tattoo, Scotland 4 Comments

A Tale of Two Cities. When Dickens wrote this book he was referring to London and Paris during the French Revolution. But Edinburgh could claim this term as it’s very much a city split...

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Diary of a long weekend at the Edinburgh Fringe – Day Three

Trish Burgess Posted on05/09/201831/10/2018 Edinburgh, Edinburgh Fringe, Scotland 5 Comments
Victoria Street Edinburgh

Sunday morning – we were needing a lie-in. There’s only so much excitement a middle-aged couple can have before the idea of a nice cup of tea takes precedence over everything else. Thankfully most...

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Diary of a long weekend at the Edinburgh Fringe – Day Two

Trish Burgess Posted on31/08/201831/10/2018 Edinburgh, Edinburgh Fringe, Scotland 23 Comments
tickets from edinburgh fringe

  “Don’t make eye contact”, Dougie warned, as we ran the gauntlet along the Royal Mile the following morning. It costs a lot for performers to put on a show at the Edinburgh Fringe...

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Diary of a long weekend at the Edinburgh Fringe – Day One

Trish Burgess Posted on29/08/201818/09/2018 Edinburgh, Edinburgh Fringe, Scotland, weekend at the Fringe Festival 17 Comments
Grand Gallery of National Museum of Scotland Edinburgh Fringe

I can’t remember the last time I travelled First Class on the train. Our usual journeys involve a 50 minute journey into London so it’s never seemed worth the upgrade. A trip from Peterborough...

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Old Town Chambers, luxury serviced apartments in Edinburgh

Trish Burgess Posted on24/08/201830/08/2018 Edinburgh, luxury apartments in Edinburgh, Old Town Chambers, Scotland, where to stay in Edinburgh 13 Comments
Old Town Chambers interior signature apartment

The luxury serviced apartments of Old Town Chambers are located just a short distance from Edinburgh Waverley Station. If you look carefully, you can see them as you emerge from the depths of the...

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Visit Scotland to create some Brilliant Moments

Trish Burgess Posted on08/05/201406/08/2016 Edinburgh, Glasgow, Scotland 13 Comments

One of the campaigns from VisitScotland for 2014 is the idea that the country is a land of Brilliant Moments: whether it’s the sight of a mountain glen, the sounds of the bagpipes or...

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Mum’s gone to Edinburgh

Trish Burgess Posted on30/04/201405/04/2018 Edinburgh, Scotland 62 Comments

Edinburgh Castle – atop volcanic Castle Rock We had never truly visited Edinburgh as tourists before this recent trip. As the place of Dougie’s birth and schooling, his relationship with the city is a...

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