Rock 'n' Soul

J wanted a new rucksack - of extraordinary expense but, as he argued, it was for his birthday. We came through to Edinburgh today to get it, but had lunch first in a Mexican fast food place that he had visited a couple of times before and which he wanted to introduce me to. I had the chicken quesadilla and it was delicious. However the nachos we'd ordered between us were burnt round the edges and a sort of circular pile of them was left at the end, where we had avoided the outer ring of them. After lunch I left him to go get his rucksack and took myself for a walk up to the Royal Mile. The piper and the guitarist rocked while David Hume remained stony faced and inside St Giles there was no doubt some saving of souls going on.