Saturday 22nd August - Royal Mile We headed across North Bridge which goes above the railway station and is maybe a 100m across. We turned into the Royal Mile which runs from the Scottish Parliament and Holyroodhouse Palace at the one end to the Edinburgh Castle on the hill at the top of the streetbat the other end. Well there is a street festival on Edinburgh at the moment and there are literally thousands upon thousands of people walking very slowly, st...

Saturday 22nd August - Edinburgh We headed for the city and were told to go to a particular parking building which was in a shopping centre close to town. Well this is the weirdest parking building that we have ever been in. It had a circular ramp that was very narrow with walls on both sides so close and we ended up taking the 5th floor exit. Now we had a problem! Cars parked close together on both sides and no empty spaces so we drove down to the end think...

Saturday 22nd August - Dundee to Edinburgh We had met a family, couple with two girls 16 and 13, from Catalonia at breakfast. His name Frederic Casanovas Barcelond ph 645 479504 and they want to come and show us Barcelona when we are there which will be lovely. We said goodbye to Douglas and Barbara and packed the car one more time and headed off to Edinburgh. Along the way we stopped at Kilcauldie for a cup of coffee once again at Costas. We walked up and b...

Friday 21st August - St Andrews pm We had a lovely time just sitting and catching up with Jim and what he is up to. Saw a bit of the Ashes 5th Test. Talked a bit about rugby, back home, family, mum, sister and brothers, mum and dad, all in all a lovely time. As we had walked North Street, South Street we were taken down Market Street, where all the shops are, (no time for shopping here Jannie), to the University and entered into the grounds and the lawns wer...

Friday 21st August - St Andrews Golf Course I should have been playing on one of the 6 courses that are here. I knew of the Old and the New Courses but was surprised to find another 4 courses here. If I had had the time I could have played. £35 to hire a set of clubs, £70 course fees, NO trundlers allowed on course so the golf bag had to be carried so that's another £80 for a caddie and then I was informed that it would be another £200 for Jannie...