I went into Edinburgh to get some tickets and wish I’d ordered them online.  It was SO crowded and although I normally enjoy the buzz and the street entertainers I just wanted to get back home rather than see the show that I’d intended seeing.  Fortunately I know the relatively quiet routes to avoid the festival crowds and then it was a relief to get off the bus and hear only the sounds of a buzzard overhead, the wind rustling in the wheat field and distant children playing as I walked home.  On the way to the bus stop I had passed several people playing musical instruments but liked this man who was giving a very good rendition on simple pans, a cymbal and some plastic tubs.