Bottom of the Royal Mile.

A shot of the castle - in the distance (the castle spreads out a bit). On the right is a monument to Adam Somebody, who I had never heard about. How important he is or was, I don't know. The interesting thing is the plinth and terrace he is standing upon - Scottish Baronial again. It crops up everywhere!



A little further on is the Scott Memorial - quite an imposing and impressive monument.







Next is the Scottish Parliament Building. Some love it - some loathe it. It was grossly over budget and over time, but it has a certain something. The more I see it the more it grows on me. The site is roughly 'L' shaped. Down one side - taken from the Royal Mile.



Taken from the entrance looking outwards, towards Holyrood Chapel. Note the three flags flying out side the Parliament, The Union Flag, The Saltire and the Flag of Europe.



Looking towards the Entrance. The flags are behind us in this shot and the main entrance is tucked away to the right in a corner.



This got left out. Half way down the Royal Mile.



What else to say. We found an excellent Turkish cafe/restaurant for lunch - wonderful food. I bought Margaret a green marble necklace, unique in Europe. The rain had not let up all day so we said good bye to the capital and headed back to the station. Again the train was waiting for us and we were back in Hawick before long. We dined in a really good Indian restaurant in Hawick - Alex knows some great places to eat and off the bed for an early start at the games in the morning.

This concludes Saturday. In real time it is 00:50 in the morning here, so I am holding Sunday until I get some sleep.

See you tomorrow.

Regards

Chas