Armed with my day rider card I have just returned from the spectacular fireworks display at Meadowbank stadium in Edinburgh. Earlier on in the week after being advised tickets were selling quickly I reserved a couple of tickets over the phone and paid £4.50 each plus a £1.50 booking fee.
I arrived […]
I went for a spot of shopping on Princes St armed with my £2.30 day rider card (giving you a whole days worth of travel on Lothian Buses).
Skipping breakfast meant I was on the lookout for a quick snack and the spacious Chocolate Soup on South St. Andrew Street, Edinburgh looked appealing. […]
I ordered in a curry from Lancers Brasseries in Stockbridge, Edinburgh for dinner and ended up with an incomplete order!
After work we I headed, as part of a large group, for some 10 pin bowling at Edinburgh’s Fountainbridge complex. It wasn’t too busy while we were there from around 6pm to 8pm; although we had booked five lines in advance. The ‘clientele’ in the venue seemed to be mainly young persons, and […]
For lunch today I went to Tonic on North Castle Street, Edinburgh. This is a stylish basemnt bar, with neat seats and a good decor. It pitches itself at the upmarket cocktail bar market. However, I went for a £3 pint of Stella Artois and my dining partner, on her lunch break, […]
And so I made my return to Edinburgh via an approx. 7 hour flight from Boston to Manchester and then a supposed 3 hour 15 minute ride from Doncaster to Edinburgh with GNER. It turned into a 4 hour and 40 minute journey! First of all it was around 10 minutes late arriving […]