Our second day we awoke to another day of clouds and of course rain so what to do - we decided to conquer first Holyroode Palace where the queen comes every year for a period during summer. We caught the bus into town and prepared ourselves for the 'royal mile' which is definitely the tourist strip. After making it to the palace we took the audio tour, it was our first taste of Scottish history and it was a brutal one!! It was quite bizarre to think not only wher...

Well we finally made it to Edinburgh safe and sound despite it pissing down rain and fog - actually it was just like driving in toowoomba. The scenery between York and edinburgh was just stunning but I must admit some of the roads were slightly smaller than what I was comfortable with!!! We finally arrived at our abode for the next couple of days. Beautiful Georgian guesthouse with bone china to be used at breakfast time and stunning crystal - my mum would have ...