Sunday 27th July - The Royal Mile

 Sunday 27th July - The Royal Mile

Sunday 26th The Royal Mile

We caught the bus to the Royal Mile to do some shopping for souvenirs. The town was packed with visitors for the Edinburgh Festival and some street performances. 


We walked everywhere and had a look in lots of souvenir shops for items to give to friends and family back in NZ. On the way, we found two girls displaying live owls for passers-by to look at:-

A vidoe:-


Or a photo:-




From there we went to the Witchery and especially the Secret Garden restaurants (very dramatic!)



We eventually found some good souvenir items in a couple of different shops and, as it was now 2:00pm we looked for a place to have lunch. Sheila took me to a pub called the Guildford Arms. 


The bar was in a good old fashioned style:


The barman gave us a taste of four different beers before we ordered “Happy Chappy” which had quite a distinct hoppy taste. 


We also ordered a hot smoked salmon salad with capers each. It was lovely. The decor in the pub was beautiful old stuff and well preserved. 


... and the wallpaper:


Sheila then took me to see the next door pub The Cafe Royale which was a beautiful step back in time. Most interesting was that it had an adjoining Oyster Bar for £4 an oyster.

From there we walked down to Princess Street passing the National Records of Scotland. 


From there we went to Leith Walk and caught the tram down to Annandale Street where we got off and walked down to Lidl Supermarket to buy some Prosecco wine for Sheila and then up to Tescos to buy cakes for afternoon tea for our visit to Ross & Margaret at Dunbar tomorrow – my half brother and his wife.

On the way home we caught an electric double decker bus back to Warriston Drive:

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Guess what Sheila produced when we got home?:






Comments

  1. Kate Corfield28 July 2025 at 15:49

    Great time in Edinburgh, a wee dram at last. Your pics are a wonderful reminder Travel well, Terence

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